AYICC KENYA

VENUE:  BLUE STAR HOTEL DATE:     7 TH NOVEMBER 2017 EVENT:   PRE-AU-EU YOUTH SUMMIT FOR VIHIGA COUNTY The aggression among the Vihiga youth was just what the AYP-AYICC team needed to jumpstart the youth consultations in the country. It could be agreed from the high turnout of energetic youth that Vihiga was a great choice. Since tit for tat is a fair game it was only fair that the team give the mic to the virulent Mr. Evans Gichaga who stirred up the conversation on how this group of young people could work together to create the much-needed change in their own society. His catalytic skills got the youth deliberating how they could tap into innovation and creativity for their own financial benefit and means to instigate change in the society. After this briefing discussion to keep the audience at par with why they were here, it was only protocol that the team explained who they were and why they had come to talk about the matter at hand. A...

VENUE:    YMCA CONFERENCE HALL. DATE:       10 TH NOVEMBER 2017. EVENT:     PRE- AU-EU YOUTH SUMMIT NAIROBI COUNTY . From the county near the great Lake Victoria to the county in the Indian Ocean now we were in the city under the sun, Nairobi. It would seem like the morning showers would go ahead to threaten all the plans laid down by the AYP-AYICC team, but this would not be so. This was due to the uniqueness of the day and the group of people. Today we would prove the notion wrong or right that the best of the best dwelled in this city, whether or not this was true, the two previous counties had given us something to remember and we had seen it all what more could Nairobi bring. True to its praises this county was one of a kind. Despite the morning downpours, there were exceptional young people who arrived an hour before time and volunteered to help the team set up the venue. Talk of punctuality. This gave the ...

VENUE :    CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH. DATE :       8 TH NOVEMBER 2017. EVENT:    PRE-AU-EU YOUTH SUMMIT FOR MOMBASA COUNTY The AYICC-AYP team arrived in Mombasa ready to vehemently engage the young minds of Mombasa on matters that were most important to them. This great expectation could be due to the fact that enthusiastic youth in Vihiga had given the team a run for their money. The team encountered a quite unexpected audience ready to engage in mind-boggling discussions. It was a disappointment to find that some of our equipment got shy of the audience and refused to function out of the blues or maybe it was the hot temperatures. But this would not deter the team from achieving its objective neither were they going to let it intimidate them. Despite the initial low turnout we held on to the boat of hope as one Mr. Isaac Oindo gave an insightful presentation on what our organization was all about and what we had come to enga...

International Student Conference on Climate Change, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Livelihood: A South-South-North Dialogue Aug 28 2011  -  Sep 1 2011 , Johannesburg, South Africa The world is currently facing a number of challenges including the adverse effects of climate change, expressed through global warming and changing rainfall patterns, drought, flood conditions, hurricanes, diseases, famine, and the depletion of bio-diversity. The adverse effects of climate change impact on communities regardless of race, gender, and social class across the globe. Besides aspects of food security and health being affected by climate change, human and social conflicts for resources, such as water and arable land, but also regional and continental migration are threats looming in the near future. It is on the basis of this increasing realization that as we realize that climate change is a global problem, it is also accepted that the search for sustainable solutions to mitigate ag...

Story by: J.F Regis NISENGWE On this Friday July 22 nd, 2011 at 2h: 45, KIST Environmental Conservation Club (KECC) and African Youth Initiative on Climate Change Rwanda (AYICC Rwanda) held a public lecture and open discussion on climate change. The event, supported by both the Head of Department of Chemistry and the Dean of faculty of science, took place at KIST, Muhabura block, room P016. The presenter was Dr. Landry Ndriko MAYIGANE, AYICC (East Africa Cordinator), who was joined in the effort by other special environment activists Shawel MULATU (AYICC Ethiopia), Jordi MUSONI (JVE Rwanda) and Claude and another guest from international student organization, Beatrice ONYANGO (AISEC). It all kicked off with the presentation on “climate change and youth involvement” made by Dr. Landry Driko MAYIGANE, and after we heard from other special guests of the day starting with Shawel MULATU and then Jordi Michel MUSONI. They all emphasized the importance of youth involvement in fighti...

‘‘Earth is God’s handiwork-a sacred gift, a seamless cloth, woven from many connecting threads.’’ Eco-Congregation Programme of SAFCEI (www.safcei.org.za) In an unprecedented occurrence, 132 faith leaders from over 32 African countries representing Muslim, Christian, Hindu, African traditional,  Bahá'í  and Buddhist communities gathered on Kenyan soil to talk about Climate Justice and Sustainable peace in Africa for two whole days. The Venue was UNEP, Nairobi perhaps in a symbolic show of the gravity of the situation and in recognition of the transboundary nature of the issue at hand., UNEP Director, Achim Steiner in his opening remarks said that, ''The Faith Community has a duty, legitimacy and the power to bring back a sense of responsibility to the Climate talks'' . We (Africa) are part of the solution (to the climate change crisis) echoed Rev. Dr André  Karamaga, General Secretary, All Africa Council of churches(AACC).According to Sheikh Ibrahim Asman...