In Botswana, National Service is being developed, a government plan to provide industrial and commercial training for the country’s unemployed youth. One of the thousands of beneficiaries was Malebogo Bakwena.

Before joining the programme, Bakwena wanted to study biology or Continue reading →

It’s not difficult, in fact it’s quite affordable, to find references to Malika Louback on the Internet. In an overwhelming percentage of cases, searches lead to content in which the appears wearing, carrying or carrying products from some of the Continue reading →

We could define her as consistent and determined because Kenyan Eriss Khajira has turned her profession into a way of being aware of what is happening and trying to bring about real social change. 

“I was born in the suburb Continue reading →

Faith, courage and responsibility. These are the principles on which the “Queen of Plastic Waste” or Amazon is basing her fight against plastic pollution in Côte d’Ivoire.

A quick look at her social networks – full of photos contrasting the Continue reading →

Creativity, closeness and reactivation. This is the recipe used by the Diwouta Architecture office since 1989. As Danièle Diwouta-Kotto explains in the presentation of her study’s website, “Most of our work is carried out in Cameroon and other countries in Continue reading →

Alarmed by the pollution produced by the Konkola Copper Mines operation in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia, Chilekwa Mumba organized a lawsuit to hold the mine’s parent company, Vedanta Resources, responsible. 

Chilekwa’s victory in the UK Supreme Court set a Continue reading →

He has inherited the legacy of his father, one of the few survivors of the genocide half a century ago, and represents a “people” that today numbers only 59 people.

Adriano and his few companions are so attached to his Continue reading →

She organized community efforts to stop mining development by British mining company Anglo American in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. 

Brazil is one of the five largest mineral producers in the world, with much of the activity concentrated in the Amazon region. Continue reading →

Faced with the violence of criminal gangs that have overwhelmed the lives of many children, the Kenyan activist opened the doors of her home, giving young people an opportunity. A commitment that earned her the Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity Continue reading →

The 20-year-old climate activist is making her voice heard across South Africa and beyond. What she says. 

My involvement as a climate activist began in 2017 when my province, the Western Cape [in South Africa], was experiencing a water crisis Continue reading →