This blog was written by Matheus Bizarria, an Activista from ActionAid BrazilYesterday I was surprised to learn that my 16 year old cousin, always very quiet and calm, had been suspended from school...
Yesterday night after the first day of the 4th Fellows´Conference in Myanmar (read the first days impressions here), I had the opportunity to meet a group of youth that in december 2012 initiated and...
It's not just the immense pre-monsoon humidity that strikes me sitting in the back of this huge open-space conference hall in the capital of Myanmar, it is also the feeling that a strong movement is...
John Mulingwa - everybody is talking about jobs, but what changes can I expect as a Youth, if they get elected to be president?It is only twilight for 20 minutes in Kenya – after that, most people...
This post is written by Ebrima Ceesay, who is a core Activista in Activista the Gambia.Recently, I was fortunate to represent Activista the Gambia as a conference delegate at this noble gathering of...
I am in Kibera with other activista volunteers and covering the good governance festival.I can still recall vividly the first time I heard of Kibera. All I could picture was this gigantic slum,...
‘’For every two bags of fertilizer given to a man, a woman should be given four’’.This is how the leader of the FCT chapter of ActionAid Nigeria’s facilitated network of smallholder women farmer’s...
Despite growing the majority of food in Kenya, women farmers receive little support from our Government. This World Food Day, ActionAid travelled to different parts of the country to raise awareness...
As I was heading to Zombo district in west Nile to meet with Activista members there, we had a debate on which route to use depending on which was in a better condition. This drew a lot of debate...
On 12 August 2012 the over 3000 youth gathered at the Municipal Sports grounds in Kabale District in the western part of Uganda, to commemorate the International Youth Day. To Uganda this 12th day of...
In Nigeria, at a time when youth identity has become synonymous with unemployment, poverty, marginalization and when the myriads of social, economical, cultural and political problems seem to be...
This week, we've been celebrating the young people across the globe who are working together to build a better world!We've been pleased to have some blogs from young activists around the world as...
... purpose, which was only their personal gain and nothing further. Youth were intentionally overlooked for long and it became a practice to accept the societal structure as it was. But being in...
The theme of this year International youth Day is “Building a Better World: Partnering with Youth” and celebrating this in particular should definitely not leave Activista unnoticed. I think this is...
Leya Chede from Uganda is a woman ‘small holder’ family farmer, who like millions others, produces food for herself and her local community. It is women like Leya that hold the key to ensuring that...
If there is a problem in Africa there must be a problem in Europe. If there is a problem in Australia there must be a problem in Africa. Why don’t we help each other?
