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…
CYNESA Team All Set For CoP17
Five CYNESA team members drawn from four countries- Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe are participating in the CoP17 as ‘Observers’. The team will also reach out to young Catholics in Johannesburg, to learn about the environmental challenges they face in their communities and to share their faith.
All Set For The WYD2016 Laudato Si’ Eco-Youth Festival In Poland
The Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA), is well represented at the 31st edition of the World Youth Days (WYD), which officially starts on the 25th July, in Krakow, Poland. Team members from Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Burundi will be running the ‘Africa Pavilion’, as part of…
CYNESA At UNEA 2: An Exodus Towards Participative African, Catholic, Youth Emancipation.
The journey to the UNEA for CYNESA has been an exciting turbulence. It has tested the resilience of the organisation that relies 100% on volunteers and a team of young Africans that thrives in protection of God’s perfect work that man knowingly and unknowingly destructs only to retry to reconstruct.
The Indispensable Contribution of Faith Communities in Delivering the SDGs
In the preamble and paragraphs 4, 26, 48, and 72 of the United Nations’ (A/RES/70/1), “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, emphatic reiteration is made concerning “Leaving No One Behind”. The document outlines the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the commitments by member towards accomplishing the…
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.