"The rain has failed for 3 years. The only working well is 4.5 km away and the river is dry. They say the water is polluted and we shouldn’t drink it, but what choice do we have?" Hipolito, Las Joyas, Nicaragua
Amos Climate Justice seeks to develop a greater understanding of how to support highly impoverished rural communities as they face the impact of climate change.
Over the next 5 years we will be supporting seven rural communities in Teustepe, Nicaragua through our long-term partner CEPAD – a vibrant community-led organisation working with communities to identify their needs and provide training and resources, equipping communities to become self-sustaining.
Their needs include access to electricity, water and healthcare; better roads, farming skills, leadership training, youth work and women’s economic development.
Join us and journey with the people of Teustepe.
Our range of resource and fundraising packs, blog posts, downloads and products have been produced to help you find out more about Amos Climate Justice.
At COP26 in November 2021, we spoke to several young female climate activists from the Global South. They have expressed that their solidarity, spanning thousands of miles, inspires them to make a change in their communities. They were enthusiastic about more connection and a more structured opportunity to connect in solidarity and collaboration, which led to the development of the Amos Trust Climate Fellowship.
Our second book of poetry, prose, creative writing and reflection is now available. ‘Seeds Of Hope: More Thoughts and Reflections from Amos Trust’ has contributions from Zena Kazeme, Arundhati Roy, Ben Okri, Cornel West, Angela Davis, Robert Cohen, Maya Angelou and our partner Abdelfattah Abusrour. “What a wonderful collection of writing — rich, deep, broad, funny, touching, angry, and, most importantly, encouraging.” Brian Eno — producer, musician, writer and artist.
With Dámaris Albuquerque, Jocelyn Timperley, Molly Elliot and Richard Elliot. We heard the latest news from Dámaris from CEPAD on the impact of Coronavirus in Nicaragua and had a conversation with Jocelyn Timperley from DeSmog UK, youth climate activist Molly Elliot and Pickwell Foundation’s Richard Elliot on how we can emerge from the current situation with a far stronger call for climate justice.
For our 33rd and final webinar of Amos@6 Season 4, we took the opportunity to celebrate our planet and to amplify the call for radical action to address climate change and to call for climate justice. Spoken word artist Zena Kazeme performed some of her own work as well as hosting a range of other performers and activists. Zena Kazeme is a Persian-Iraqi poet and author who draws on her experiences as a former refugee to create poetry that explores themes of exile, home, war and heritage.
When last year’s COP (UN Climate Change Conference) was delayed by 12 months, young people from around the world called their own ‘Mock COP’. Delegates from 140 countries put together and voted through their own treaty with 18 policies/demands for COP 26. For our own COP 26 webinar, we were delighted to host a group of young climate activists from the UK and Nicaragua who were drawn together by our partner CEPAD.
Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert from Ithaca College and Warwick University discusses how our calls for climate justice will only make progress when we recognise its inter-connectedness with the need for social, racial and gender justice. Alexandra has research interests in Sociology and Development Studies with a particular focus on the intersections of poverty, race and gender. She is an alumni of the Institute of Development Studies and is a leading voice and activist in Black Lives Matter UK. In conversation with Richard Elliott from the Pickwell Foundation.
Nicaragua is one of the countries most affected by climate change. While the world is talking about the need for drastic action, the people of Nicaragua have been living with its escalating consequences for decades. This webinar marked the launch of our new five-year programme with our partner CEPAD. We are investing in their work in seven rural communities in Nicaragua’s dry belt — where long periods of drought are now followed by intense rain and flooding, and where hurricanes are becoming more frequent and more severe.
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