Three of Kerry’s best known players have recently returned from a historic trip to Africa, where they kickstarted a bid to plant more than a million trees to combat climate change.

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Kerry players Tomas O Se, Stefan Okunbur, and Ciara Murphy, joined 50 leading GAA stars to compete in the first ever ‘Plant the Planet Games’ in Nairobi, Kenya.

The visit also saw them plant the first thousand trees in a GPA-backed tree planting effort to tackle climate change in Africa.

Each of the participating players, who included inter-county hurlers, footballers and camogie players from 23 different counties, were tasked with raising €10,000 in sponsorship to support the effort. The group’s collective total has already topped half a million Euro, with funds still coming in.

The initiative was organised by Galway dual player Alan Kerins 'Warriors for Humanity' in conjunction with development charity Self Help Africa, and is also being supported by Kenyan Olympic medalist and world record holding runner, David Rudisha.

“I have been blown away by the amazing work Self Help Africa do on the ground. We have been fortunate to visit schools, farms, hospitals and a tree nursery on our quest to plant one million trees. The resilience of the communities we have been working with is incredible. Their positivity and drive for progress with massive adversity has been an education to us all,” Ciara Murphy said.