Congratulations! We are Celebrating the Second Anniversary of Africa Educates Her Campaign - Angola (sdgs 4;5;13)

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 PART 1


Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome everyone to our Africa Educates Her Campaign Angola 2nd Anniversary Party!

This is the big campaign that represents a critical strategy in advancing the education of girls and women in Africa during the time of Covid-19 pandemic.


The main objective was to:


1. Empower rural girls and women with skills to combat climate change;

2. Gathering information about participation of vulnerable groups in climate discussion and decision-making;

3. Documenting the access of vulnerable communities to environmental justice;

4. Helping affected communities find relevant environmental information and counter misinformation;

5. Introduce the "Ladies without plastic project" - reusable menstrual pads to rural communities.

 2022 Theme: Advancing climate justice

Our smartphones are hurting the environment


The second anniversary of the campaign was conceived and implemented in rural communities of Angola to gather information about participation of vulnerable groups in climate discussion and decision-making; and to document the access of vulnerable communities to environmental justice. We continue to visit rural communities and vulnerable people to deliver our non-formal training that cover and promote the SDGs and also accelerate the AU / Agenda 2060.



Multiplus training and activities were carried out on this great day.
This small group of vulnerable people in this region, lives in complete innocence behind the digital world we find ourselves in today.


These girls come from very vulnerable families. They have never had contact with a digital phone. On this day they learned about the negative impact smartphones have on the environment. It was shocking to learn that the biggest impact of most electronic devices is in the supply chain: mining for resources, producing the parts and assembling them. 82% of the emissions of a smartphone come from its production, so the more often we get a new one, the higher the impact.

 

"Ladies without plastic" - reusable menstrual pads


Translation: Hello, we are Joana and Fernanda, we are 12 years old. We haven't started menstruating yet, but when we start menstruating, we're going to use these reusable pads to protect the environment.



We provide interactive training in how to make safe, washable and reusable sanitary pads, so people always have access to safe menstrual protection, can help protect the environment. 

We started producing sanitary reusable pads to keep girls in school in support of the government's efforts to end the challenge facing girls failing to attend school due to menstruation.


These girls for the first time got to know washable - reusable menstrual pads and learned about green and sustainable menstruation.

The history of the Africa Educates Her campaign:
1. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education across the world and Angola has not been spared. By the 6th of April 2020, 53 African Union Member States had shut down all institutions of learning as a measure to curb the spread of the Coronavirus, affecting an estimated 250 million students across the continent.
2. In July 2020 AU/CIEFFA alumini were informed about the approval of the Campaign.
The other good news that happened on this festive date, the AU/CIEFFA selected a theme song for the campaign with the title: “I am an African girl”, written by Afrie, a young artist from Uganda. The song was officially released to the world.
6. The ambassador Sofonie Dala once again organized a mega event to celebrate the second anniversary of the campaign in rural communities of Angola on September 14, 2022, with the theme Advancing climate justice.

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