Nyombi Morris is a 24 year old climate justice activist from Uganda who I came in touch with over a post on his socials.
The post was about new gold being discovered in Uganda which is rich in that resource. Nyombi wrote under this article about the discovery "dead - now we're dead". I asked him to explain and quickly realized that Nyombi faces personal threats engaging in activism and that although this post referred to environmental destruction, he and other activists in Uganda do their work at great personal risk.
Nyombi has been physically threatened, his phone has been confiscated, his twitter account suspended and he even relocated to another place of residence to be safer.
To support his activism you can donate to his gofundme here 🦋
In this episode we Talk about the work he is currently doing, which entails tree planting projects, FridayForFuture Activism, educating children and other students and providing educational material to spread awareness about the climate crisis in Uganda which is not wide-spread there.
Nyombi shares some insight about the destructive industries that are dominating in Uganda and which steps
must be taken in order for him and other young people to be able to have hopes of a bright, livable future.
Please do consider donating to Nyombi´s Gofundme to support him in raising voices in a place where they are
trying to be silenced 🌱
Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀
which came alive through the voices of
Nyombi Morris
and your host Stella Sage🌿
