Posts Tagged ‘West Africa’
In Honor of Moms Everywhere
Happy Mother’s Day Mothers come in many forms. Today, WEA honors the work of mothers and community caregivers around the world—women who are mothering children and mothering movements; birthing babies and birthing transformation in their communities. This Mother’s Day, support these mothers with a gift in honor of a mother in your life. All photos were taken…
Read MoreMeet Binta: A Clean Cookstove Leader, Advocate, and Entrepreneur
Binta Yahaya is a community mobilizer and environmental advocate from Lere, a rural town in Kaduna State, Nigeria. In her town, most women and girls cook over open fires, and many suffer chronic respiratory infections and other health problems from the toxic smoke. Few are aware that cooking with an open fire is like burning…
Read MoreWEA Voice: Olanike Olugboji
Olanike Olugboji — WEA partner and founder of Nigerian NGO WISE — was recently recognized with the Sustainability, Environment and Advocacy Award for demonstrating exceptional proficiency in Eco-Business Advocacy. Olanike is a WEA founding mother who participated in our first Women and Water Training in 2008 and has now trained over 3,000 women in clean energy, safe water technologies,…
Read MoreSpring Edition of the WEAvings Newsletter: BIG things at WEA!
Read the latest WEAvings Newsletter today As we enter our 13th spring at WEA, we know more than ever the power of global grassroots action. Global movements like the recent climate protests led by youth around the world, remind us that ideas can germinate faster than ever, and indeed, no person or idea is too small to…
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