Photo Contest Ceremony

The people of developing countries are often the first to feel the effects of environmental degradation and climate change. This is especially true in Africa where water scarcity, crop failures and health risks associated with temperature changes are already being seen. But ordinary people should not always be seen as helpless. They also need to be seen for who they are: the stewards of their environment. They are the true experts and potentially the most powerful advocates for protecting the environment.
With this in mind, UNDP in partnership with Olympus Corporation and the Agence France-Presse Foundation, launched an Africa-wide photo contest calling for photos of people working to mitigate or prevent the effects of climate change and environmental degradation in their countries, cities and communities. The winning photos highlight solutions to these problems as opposed to simply capturing their damage. They focus on the small but positive actions that, put together, can lead to substantive change for the people of Africa and the environment they live in.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• UNDP
• UN
• photo
• contest

[TheOhmum]

Dear Helen, What about the Australian/NZ'ers? While you're on the other side of the world the Australian UNIC wants me to go to Fiji UN. instead of helping me make contact with the ICC. I am Maori and refuse to be treated as a subordinate to any convict/slave government system. This genocide is rife today Helen but where are the authorities. where is the ICC? We victims can't access their email web address. I have no income at all now. Stripped from me and trying to survive the road to nowhere.