CHANGE STARTS WHERE YOU STAND
September 28, 2010
Feliciano dos Santos (Mozambique, 2008) is the subject of the most recent African Voices program on CNN International. In the piece, Santos discusses his successful music career with his band, Massukos, and his work in helping communities in the poorest region of Mozambique with sanitation and infrastructure projects. Click the image above to watch the three-part video series.
The following piece is a guest post by Pianporn Deetes, Executive Director of Rivers and Rights. For six days, I walked alongside monks, Indigenous communities, women, youth, artists, and river defenders along the Kok River, a tributary of the Mekong in northern Thailand near the borders of Myanmar and Laos. We carried out this Peace Walk because people…
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We’re excited to share a Q&A with Olsi Nika, 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Europe. Based in Tirana, Albania, Olsi is the executive director of EcoAlbania, an NGO working to protect Albania’s natural ecosystems and wildlife through the friendly coexistence of humans and nature. Olsi and his colleague Besjana Guri won the 2025 Goldman…
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Carving canyons, sustaining communities, feeding wildlife, and shaping history: rivers are integral to life on our planet. Despite their essential role, these rushing waterways make up just under half a percent of all surface freshwater on the planet. Rivers are rare, and they’re a prize worth fighting for. What Rivers Give Us Rivers are vastly…
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