Three young Kenyans honoured by the Queen

Ms Domitila Chesang from Kenya receives a Queen's Young Leaders Award for 2017 from Queen Elizabeth II at the 2017 Queen's Young Leaders Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace on June 29, 2017 in London, England.The Queen's Young Leaders Programme was launched at the time of her Diamond Jubilee and aims to discover, celebrate and support young people across the Commonwealth

While on a visit to Tanzania, Chebet Lesan was shocked by the level of environmental degradation around Mt Kilimanjaro.

The magnitude of deforestation in the region was mind-boggling, thanks to a growing appetite for charcoal.