CYNESA Summit 2017: Faster, Further, Together.
2017 has been a phenomenal year for the CYNESA family, capped by a successful 4-day summit in Nairobi, in the final week of November. It was such an honour to welcome to our second summit, colleagues from 6 of our 8 chapters – Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Kenya and South…
Holy See: Failure to Curb Pollution Could Prove Catastrophic
The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Archbishop Charles Balvo, told the United Nations Environment Assembly, that failure to curb pollution could prove catastrophic. “Humanity is at a turning point, a moment when it is confronted both with the enormous challenges as well as the…
Faiths and UN Environment: Caring for our Common Home
The United Nations Environment Program is seeking to enhance collaboration with faith communities, in the common endeavor to tackle global environmental issues, and to care for our common home. Just a few days before the 3rd session of the United Nations Environment Assembly kicked-off in Nairobi, the UN Environment hosted…
Hon. Chris Wamalwa: What will be your little thing?
“What will be your little thing that will help to conserve Mother Earth and fully guard her wildlife?” This was the challenge posed by the Honorable Chris Wamalwa to the delegates gathered for the CYNESA Summit 2017. Hon. Wamalwa, the Chairman of the Catholic MPs Spiritual Support Initiative (CAMPSSI) and…
St. Martin de Porres Youth in Soweto Pedge Laudato Si’ Action
The youth of St. Martin de Porres parish, Soweto and the Jesuit Social Apostolate of South Africa, joined forces to organize a dialogue and discussion on The Care Of Our Common Home. The workshop that took place on the 30th of September at St. Martin de Porres church, in Orlando…
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.