La célébration de la Journée Mondiale de l’Environnement au Rwanda
Le 05 Juin 2018, le Rwanda a rejoint le monde entier pour célébrer la journée mondiale de l’environnement. Cette journée a été précédée par une semaine de l’environnement. Dans cette semaine il était prévu beaucoup d’activités pour la lutte contre la pollution causée par les plastiques. CYNESA Rwanda a participé…
Global Recycling Day and the City of Joburg
Justice and Peace along with CYNESA and City of Joburg, Department of Environmental Affairs, PIKITUP and Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) organised for the first Global Recycling Day as is an initiative of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) which is part of the global federation in…
What is the Role of Young People in Combating Environmental Degradation and Climate Change?
This is the question that young people form 5 universities in the city of Kigali sought to answer, at a conference convened by CYNESA Rwanda, March 17th to 18th 2018. While officially opening the conference, the Deputy Director General of Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), thanked the participants and appreciated…
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…
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.