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…
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…
Loyola CYNESA Hosts Wildlife Conservation Workshop
‘Young people engaging in wildlife conservation today for a better tomorrow’, was the rallying call at a workshop that CYNESA hosted for students of Loyola High School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The workshop’s main aim was to facilitate interaction with the youth on their role in wildlife conservation in…
My Heart Bleeds for the Elephant
A lot has been said about this particular subject, so much to some extent that it makes it intricate to write this article! I’ve had the privilege to visit our wonderful Game Reserves several years ago when I was quite young. Two years ago, I also visited our beautiful and famous Mikumi National Park. Upon…
First Days at the World Wildlife Conference
Long days, plenty of meetings to attend and many documents to read – is how the CYNESA delegation at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES CoP17). This meeting also referred to as the World Wildlife…
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.