Rongo University College is one of the public universities in Homabay County. It offers diversified courses inclusive of environmental studies. Many young people do not understand the implications of environmental studies to the needs and interests of their local communities. Environmental problems have become increasingly difficult to understand and evaluate due to evolving social and technological systems like human settlement systems as well as changes in production and consumption mechanisms. During a workshop with young Catholic Christians at Rongo Parish, CYNESA members were invited by one of the student leaders, Alphonse Muia to give a talk on religious perspective of environmental education based on the encyclical Laudato Si.
Laudato Si Workshop at Rongo University
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.