By Genny Ndayisenga
Kampala, Uganda- Tuesday 14th of May-The first regional meeting to prepare the GPS took place on Tuesday May 14, 2013 at Serene Hotel in Kikoni. Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda attending the GPS as a team were all represented at the meeting.
The delegations from Burundi and Rwanda arrived Sunday night not only to take part in this meeting, but also for the process of visa applications for the trip to Turkey. There is no Turkish embassy neither in Burundi nor in Rwanda. We then took the road to Kampala -16 hours road trip – and at the arrival we were all exhausted. But as far as I’m concerned, I was not worried about tiredness. I couldn’t wait to see the great commercial city Kampala. The city is too noisy with a high traffic of cars and motorcycles that run at full speed without worrying about accidents that could happen. In short it is a very hectic city!
The country mapping exercise was mainly discussed during this meeting in Kampala
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May 16th, 2013 | No Comments » | landry_ninteretse
On Tuesday the 30th April, physical meetings kicked-off in Africa-Arab world with the Kenya meeting in Nairobi as part of preparations of GPS – phase 1. Here Caroline and Valentine, Kenyan participants share the highlights of that gathering while we are waiting for more news and stories from the rest of teams soon.
Were we excited to meet? Yes. Tens of emails and two Skype calls later, it was a first of many meetings to come. Obviously energized to start up, we were lucky enough to host two attendees (These are not part of the participants going to Turkey, but key allies in the national climate movement.) After brief introductions, the meeting kicked off.
The discourse ensued firstly tackling the overall climate-related challenges faced in Kenya including inter alia; severe droughts, information gap, limited access to energy, little progress on green economy, youth involvement in climate activism and corporate engagement.
GPS Kenya participants and allies during their first face-to-face meeting in Nairobi
Participants then had the opportunity to express what they felt needed to be done by the different groups and stakeholders. Issues with the youth which emerged were: need for information and participation, mobilization and systematical organization in order to amplify effectiveness in the climate work. Read the rest of this entry »
May 14th, 2013 | No Comments » | landry_ninteretse
On the 2nd March the Pacific Warrior Day of Action took place across several islands such as Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Niue and Tokelau. The slogan “We’re not drowning, we’re fighting” resonated with all participating groups as a means of showing the world the intention of taking on climate change till the very end. An amazing video from Fiji shows the warrior performance of one of the groups.
As Warriors came together to show their strength by not giving up, people from around the world showed their support and solidarity with these great photos.
Warriors in Fiji
Micronesia
Warriors in Palau
Warriors in Tokelau
Marshall Island stick dance
March 5th, 2013 | No Comments » | lushendrie
Il y a des images qui touchent. Lorsqu’hier j’ai ouvert le lien partagé par notre ami et collègue Aaron du Pacifique, je ne pouvais m’empêcher de m’émerveiller devant l’ampleur de la solidarité planétaire manifestée à l’endroit des vaillants guerriers climatiques du Pacifique. Du Kazakhstan au Bangladesh en passant par le Burundi, le Brésil et le Canada, la vague de solidarité a été vraiment planétaire et la mobilisation spectaculairement spontanée.
Activistes climatiques burundais témoignant leur solidarité
Comme le résume un des sympathisants qui a envoyé sa photo « Plus nous nous mettons ensemble pour la défense de ce monde et de ses créatures contre ceux qui voudraient gâcher ce paradis pour leur profit, plus nous plaçons la puissance pour le bien entre les mains de gens de ‘bonne conscience’».
Je vous invite à contempler ces photos sur http://350dotorg.tumblr.com/. Certaines ont été prises en groupe, d’autres individuellement et d’autres encore soumises par des anonymes, mais toutes expriment un même message : Solidarité en faveur du Climat, de la Planète et de la Vie.
Les moments forts de cette journée ainsi que d’autres images de solidarité sont consultables sur http://350.org/en/about/blogs/photo-highlights-pacific-warrior-day-action et la page flickr de cette action.
March 5th, 2013 | No Comments » | landry_ninteretse
Ce samedi 02 mars, les activistes climatiques du Pacifique se sont mobilisés pour ce qu’ils ont appelés la “Journée d’Action Guerrière 350 du Pacifique”. Diverses danses guerrières en provenance des 14 îles de l’océan ont caractérisées cette journée placées sous le signe du refus de la victimisation. Avec un message “Nous refusons de couler, nous continuons la lutte”. Un aperçu des moments forts de la journée en images…
350 Niue
Danseurs des Etats Fédéraux de Micronésie
Danseurs de bâton Hobo des îles Marshall
Guerriers du Fidji
Guerriers Tokelau du Nukunonu
March 4th, 2013 | No Comments » | landry_ninteretse
