Pope Francis: Our Planet Needs Urgent Repair
In his address to participants of the international conference on the third anniversary of Laudato Si, Pope Francis, highlighted the urgent need to respond to the encyclical’s call for change, for an ecological conversion. “Here we can think back on the call that Francis of Assisi received from the Lord…
Laudato Si and Wildlife Conservation Interview at Radio Tumaini
On June 7, the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA) engaged the Coastal community of Kenya on issues of human-wildlife conflict from a Laudato Si perspective through a radio program hosted by Rebecca Makeo at Radio Tumaini in Voi, Kenya. Radio Tumaini is an initiative of Lwanga…
Solving the Marine Litter and Micro Plastics Puzzle-A Young Tanzanian’s Perspective.
Experts from around the world convened at the UN Regional Headquarters for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya for the First Ad Hoc Open Ended Expert Group (AHOEEG) meeting on Marine Litter and Micro Plastics from May 29 to 31, 2018 to deliberate on ways through which this menace could be contained….
CYNESA at the World Environment Day 2018 Celebrations
CYNESA participated in the 2018 World Environment Day (WED) events in a number of locations across sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya the WED celebrations were held at the Kwale Baraza Park in Kwale County, in the coast region of Kenya. The CYNESA team at the WED celebrations was led by Executive director…
CYNESA at the First Ad Hoc Open-ended Expert Group Meeting on Marine Litter and Micro Plastics
Plastic pollution has been recognized as a major global environmental concern that requires urgent global attention. Following deliberations at the 2007 United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA 3), an ad hoc open-ended expert group was created to look at ways of combating marine plastic liter and microplastics and offer globally workable…
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.