CSAFRICA COMMUNITY NEWS
+ CSAfrica News: FALL/WINTER 2008
Launch of Namibia's First Green Charity 14/11/2008
Mr. Stephan McGuire, a Producer of the award winning film The 11th Hour starring Leonardo DiCaprio and President of CSAfrica, was the special guest of Mr. Gareth Amos at the launch of Namibia’s first Green Charity, GAWA (Green Awareness Africa).
GAWA was officially launched at Iitumba’s Lekkerkry venue by the Hon. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Minister of Environment & Tourism, on the behalf of His Excellency Hifikepunye Pohamba, The President of The Republic of Namibia. The Hon. Minister welcomed the green initiatives that will be undertaken by GAWA, which will support the continued efforts of the Ministry of Environment & Tourism to ensure Namibia’s favourable Environmental Performance Index (or EPI). According to the EPI, Namibia is ranked 88th in the world, and fourth in Africa.
Namibia’s first green charity, GAWA is a section 21, non-profit organisation which has been established with the aim of leading and growing the Green Movement in Namibia. read more at GAWA
Jatropha Tree Planting LA events at UCLA starting in December 2008.
Trees for Sustainable Africa partners with Michigan State University Global Observatory for Ecosystem Services and College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. CSAfrica is officially partnering with the Michigan State University - College of Agriculture & Natural Resources - International Program and the Global Observatory for Ecosystem Services (Nobel Peace Prize recipient with Al Gore to combat Climate Change) In partnership Michigan State University will be in charge of the research & development for agroforestry, monitor and evaluation process, verification and calculation process on the carbon credits elements of the project.
CSAfrica wins Webby Award!
The above video presentation has been awarded the Bronze level Best Non-Profit (Audio/Visual) presentation in The World's Largest Advertising Competition With over 60,000 entries annually, the ADDY® Awards are the world's largest and arguably toughest advertising competition. Click here to read more! September and October Fundraisers in NYC & DC!
September and October Fundraisers in NYC & DC!
Sumaya Conners, Sharifa Perry & Raymond Winbush (www.freewebs.com/rwinbush), in partnership with The United Africa Congress (http://unitedafricancongress.info), are now organizing two fundraisers for CSAfrica: September 27th in Chatham NY & October 18th in Washington DC.
NYC Chapter launching in September!
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"We moved from self to others, from ‘my issue’ to ‘our issues’, from home to communities, from national level to global. Now we embrace the concepts of our common home and future." 1992
"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."
"The privilege of a higher education, especially outside Africa, broadened my original horizon and encouraged me to focus on the environment, women and development in order to improve the quality of life of people in my country in particular and in the African region in general."
"I hope the [Nobel] Prize will inspire us as a government and as a people to set a good example for Africa and the rest of the world, to show them that no matter what problems we face we can still protect the environment and think of future generations." 2004
Wangari Maathai
2004 Nobel Peace Prize
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