The people of Faith are showing their commitment to raise the voices of communities and victims of the climate crisis in Kenya and Africa. The office of Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Franciscans has gathered 600 participants from different Faiths and schools in a Conference that turned to be global due to the launching of the new Film from Vatican The Letter.

On Saturday 15Oct 2022, the Film became an excellent tool to engage with various stakeholders. Most importantly, the Member of Parliament Honorable Felix Oduor known as Jalango responded to our invitation and made a commitment to support our journey on mitigating climate change effects and give support on the Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation the Star news.

The climate movement in Africa has been very active and the past few months have seen a continued partnership with the many groups and communities we serve.

The Global Initiative for Food Security Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), Coal Free Nigeria and 350Africa.org on Wednesday, called for urgent intervention to mitigate environmental crisis across the country.

The Executive Director of GIFSEP, Mr Michael Terungwa, made the call at a three-day workshop organised by the NGOs in Abuja.

Delivering his national statement at COP26 Leaders’ Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, the President said that – attaining national and global climate change goals would require adequate and sustained technical and financial support to developing countries.

On April 27th, our partners in Sendou/Bargny reiterated their opposition to the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank (FMO), one of the financiers of the controversial coal power plant project in Senegal.

Young environmental activists continue to mount pressure on world leaders, policymakers, and other decision-makers to commit to environmental and development targets – and, more importantly, to honour those commitments.

On the 25th March 2022 Rise up Movement was not the only one holding placards, we were joined by over 600 students, teachers, parents and some community members. This sentiment was repeated in the thousands of Climate Strikes held around the world.