Africa Women of Faith in Energy Demands
Statement of Grassroot African women of Faith is from the conference at Accra, Ghana 27th – 28th May 2024 whose objective is to build an African multi faith women-led movement on phasing out fossil fuels while calling for locally owned, women led, renewable energy initiatives. We, African women from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo, […]
GreenFaith and Strategic Network for Youth Development Collaborate to Promote Climate Justice in Ghana
GreenFaith teamed up with the Strategic Network for Youth Development to address the critical issue of climate change in Ghana. With the devastating effects of climate change already being felt in the country, this collaboration aims to engage various stakeholders, including religious communities, to raise awareness, campaign against oil drilling, and advocate for renewable energy […]
Kenyan Students Join Multi-Faith Action Demanding Clean Energy for Africa
Grassroots participants condemn arrest of Ugandan students for protesting against pipeline Students from several Kenyan universities joined Muslim, Christian, Hindu, and tribal leaders in a march in Machako, demanding that COP27 deliver commitments for universal access to clean, affordable energy for Africa. They also called for an end to persecution of Ugandan students opposing the […]
People of Diverse Faiths Call for an End to EACOP
“We Can’t Drink Oil” In the face of growing threats to the safety of peaceful protestors, this week grassroots people of diverse religious backgrounds marched to demand an end to the heated crude oil pipeline project that would stretch 1,443km from Uganda’s Tilenga to Tanzania’s Tanga Port. During public actions organized by GreenFaith Circles in […]