Kenya | Mozambique | Namibia | Nigeria | Togo | South Africa | Ghana

Kenya

Mailing to Inform

Friends of Lake Turkana (FoLT) published a letter to the President and Prime Minister, and sent out material on Gibe III and the effects of Lake Turkana to all members of Parliment and the donor community.

Contact
Ikal Angelei
E-mail: ikal [at] friendsoflaketurkana [dot] org

Mozambique

The Big Banner

Activists in Maputo displayed a large banner saying, "River is Life...Without Water There is No Life." In addition they calculated statistics of the number of dams affecting their people, how many people have been displaced by these dams, and which rivers are heavily polluted. They then submitted these results to a local newspaper.

Contact
Anabela Lemos
Email: anabela [at] ja [dot] org [dot] mz

Namibia

Distribution of Promotional Materials

A community action project in Windhoek, Namibia requested Day of Action for Rivers stickers, posters, and brochures from International Rivers. They distributed these materials on March 14th to create awareness about the number of dry rivers surrounding their district.

Contact
Gertie Katukula
E-mail: chirry354 [at] hotmail [dot] com

Nigeria

Mediation Through the Media

The Ethiope River Trust Foundation organized a live television discission about the issues of river degradation in Nigeria. They also sent out letters to surrounding governments detailing the same concerns.

Contact
V.I Dafe
Title: Preseident
E-mail: retfon [at] yahoo [dot] com

Togo

South Africa

Photographic Essay Campaign

In South Africa, groups GeaSphere and EcoDoc Africa teamed up to create a photographic essay entitled, "Thirsty tree plantations, not enough water and climate confusion: What version of sustainable development are we leaving our children?" Photographs in the booklet depict plantations with low biodiversity contrasted with the natural grasslands of South Africa which are rich in biodiversity, and extremely threatened.

Contact
Philip Owen
E-mail: owen [at] soft [dot] co [dot] za
Web: http://www.geasphere.co.za/articles/thirstytreesnowater.htm

Ghana

Mailing Extravaganza

Vincent Mark Abedi who lives in the eastern Nsawam region of Ghana is worked on mailing 300 correspondences to organizations and activists in the state because he believes "water is life."

Contact
Vincent Mark Abedi
E-mail: abedimv [at] yahoo [dot] com