CYNESA Leads Africa into an Ecological Conversion: #UnbottleMyEvent
The Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA), supported by the Global Greengrants Fund, brought together 40 women faith leaders from diverse faiths and backgrounds to a two-day advocacy training on proper waste management and disposal. Besides being an opportunity to sensitise, create awareness and educate the multi-faith women leaders in Mombasa…
On the Feast Day of St. Ignatius, CYNESA Honours Our “Eco-Jesuits”
What better day to acknowledge the role of “Eco-Jesuits”, in our CYNESA story, than on the Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola! A few years ago, in 2012 to be specific, a group of young Catholics were thinking about setting up a platform, through which they could learn more about Catholic…
Insights from a Young, Muslim Faith Leader: My Experience at the CYNESA Multi-Faith Women Leaders’ Advocacy Training on Proper Waste Management in Mombasa, Kenya.
“Living in a county where the girl child is marginalized, it’s the little things that we can do to create a huge impact in their lives.” My name is Doll Osman Abdi and I am a young Muslim girl from Mombasa County’s Changamwe Sub-County. I participated at the Multi-Faith Women…
Youth Day and Laudato Si in Cape Town
Just a day after ‘Youth Day’, the Jesuit Social Apostolate and the Youth of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Nyanga, organized a workshop with the theme “Young People, It’s Time to Take Care of Our Common Home”, which CYNESA was honored to facilitate. This year, South Africans commemorated the 41st Anniversary…