An essay on synergy by Judyannet Muchiri. It is the information age; but information on its own is nothing. What you do with information, how and with who changes everything. Similarly what you don’t do with information is also important. Narrowing it down to the youth in Africa and across the globe, what information do they…
by Judyannet Muchiri, NAYD Editor From Nelson Mandela to all the men and women who went beyond the call of duty to give us the present day Africa as we know it. Their courage in the face of insurmountable circumstances amaze us and as such we have a moral obligation to continue with their work…
This article was translated from French and was published at sitrapid.net and reseau-idee.be (cet article en francais) VILLAGE COMMUNITIES OF THE COMMON Nkol-METET IN CAMEROON 1. BACKGROUND Alternatives for Sustainable Development (Alternatives Durables pour le Développement – ADD) is a social organization for non-profit work for local development in Central, South and East Cameroon.Its action is…
This is a follow up on one of our previous postings on the African Movie Academy Awards 2012, where we cross-posted the results of the winning films. We are here highlighting the winning Diaspora Documentary by Branwen Okpako: “The Education of Auma Obama”. Auma Obama has always been an activist for social justice and especially towards…
Today, we would like to present to you another great initiative aiming at empowering underprivileged people in Sierra Leone. Read about the outstanding work of Musa Ansumana Soko and his female colleagues … About the Initiator Being a victim myself and coming from a society that respects men with more than one wife, I kept experiencing…
Have you ever wondered what drives young girls into early marriage? Itungu is a mother of three kids – at the age of 19; her oldest child is 5 years today. She tells about her situation back then and why she had to opt for early marriage instead of continuing to go to school.
PALM OIL FOR DEVELOPMENT? We need to understand the realities of our new models of development, supported by the UN and The World Bank and driven by the corporations and billionaire philanthropists so far removed from the realities of life. This new model doesn’t seem to be working for the people that it’s supposed to…
[voir aussi l´article en français] The following is a translation (French to English) of a document provided by the Director of the Kinkeliba home for young girls in Tambacounda, Madame Seynabou Mbaye. The problems of rape, forced marriage, and early pregnancy are sincere in Senegal, especially in Tambacounda. A ten year old girl who was…
How did an informal settlement such as Kibera emerge in the first place? What are the economic forces that shape the reality of life for slum-dwellers? What does it mean to live in extreme poverty? Adam W. Parsons aims at giving answers to these and related questions in the book ‘Megaslumming‘, which was published by Share The World’s Resources and…
In a previous post, Aisha Khadar Desince – Director of Khadarlis for Sierra Leone – reported to you how she returned to the now war-torn village of her childhood Jimi, in the Southern province of Sierra Leone after 15 years in the US. She described how it felt meeting again beloved ones that remained in the ruins after…
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