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The African Youth Climate Justice Caravan from Nairobi to Durban- Winnie's Diary

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Day 7-13 th Nov-Lilongwe Concert We head for a drive around Lilongwe early morning, informing everyone that we are headed to Civo Stadium for a climate justice concert in the afternoon. At the various stops many enthusiastic Malawians sign onto our petition and share their experiences on how climate change has affected them. Most talk of intense drought in recent years, of massive crop failures which has wreaked havoc on their communities since it has affected their livelihood and left them really vulnerable. The concert is awesome and the huge stadium has a huge crowd of people who have turned up. The energy Minister is here as well, to support this campaign and encourage youth who have been involved in this to keep on with the good work and energy. Dan Lu the Malawian star does not disappoint, as other perfomers, the Botswana team is charming as usual.Juliani keeps to his element and Simki gets the crowd fired as well. It’s a good day, we have many petitions collected from all

The African Youth Climate Justice Caravan- Winnie's Diary

Day 4-10 th Nov 2011 Dar- Iringa Thursday blues.....I wake up so late as I had slept even later. Its time to leave and the journey to Iringa starts in earnest. Down the valleys and up the hills.....beautiful place this is and I can’t help but marvel at the abundance of Gods’ creation in this part of the world. We all collect petitions at each stop and hope that we have left an indelible mark. My Swahili is much polished am so proud of myself. We get to camp in the evening do an assessment of how the day was like and ways to move forward. .Day 5-11 th Nov 2011 Iringa – Chitimba This is one of the special stretches we’ve passed through. Imagine seeing elephants, giraffes, throw in the grand gazelle and zebras , then hurray thats the package....at no cost, in the comfort of the truck all lining the nearby bushes as if standing in solidarity with the campaign and wishing us well.....We have faith Indeed! And now imagine a world where all this species are threatened because of

The African Youth Climate Justice Caravan- Winnie's Diary

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Kick off Concert in Nairobi-7th August Memorial Park Its early noon when the concert kicks off. The atmosphere is rife with anticipation.The concert goes far beyond expectation, there are so many people and close to 10,000 petitions have been collected by the time the concert come to an end. The Botswanan trio just blew it away with their performance which was punctuated with wild screams, reminds one of the world renowed' The gos must be carzy'. Achieng' Abura is cheered wildly as she explains the relevance of the campaign and why it is everybody's responsibility to take action and address climate change issues. It starts with individual, she summarizes. Juliani the Youth Climate Ambassador brings down the curtains on the concert with his energetic moves and powerful lyrics. I dance away to the tune of his climate music, its simply irresistible! What a concert......I can’t wait for the Dar es Salaam Concert. Day One-Nairobi to Arusha Its early morning a