CYNESA Reaches Out to the Pearl of Africa ~ Uganda
(Cover photo: A group photo with the Catholic Youth Leaders of Masaka Catholic Diocese in Uganda during the CYNESA introduction workshop) The Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA) worked with the Diocesan Youth Chaplaincy for Makasa Catholic Diocese in Central Uganda to bring together over 75 youth…
Capetonian Water Crisis; One of our Greatest Lessons
(Cover photo source: City of Cape Town official Facebook page) Water scarcity is a reality that most of the world needs to take note of. This is but one of the examples of what happens when humanity is careless with our common home. The rapid growth in population and development in…
Spreading Wings to the South
A CYNESA Tanzania team visited the Archdiocese of Songea, located in the Ruvuma region, southwestern part of Tanzania. CYNESA Tanzania primarily has its presence in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, and the visit to Songea provided the opportunity for the chapter to spread her wings to the south of…
Fr. Katongole Visits the CYNESA Secretariat
Receiving visitors is always a blessing. For the CYNESA Secretariat, our blessing came through Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, who on February 19th, spent an entire afternoon at our Nairobi office. Fr. Katongole, a Ugandan priest who currently serves as an Associate Professor of Theology and Peace Studies at the University of…
CYNESA's Mission is to offer the platform through which young Catholics across Africa, respond to the twin challenges of Environmental Degradation and Climate Change, from the perspective of Catholic social teaching on care for creation, paying attention to the most vulnerable.