Roots of Resilience: How Storytelling Can Heal Communities and Inspire Climate Action

In many communities, conversations about climate change often focus on rising temperatures, floods, droughts, and environmental degradation. While these challenges are real and urgent, there is another side of the climate crisis that is often overlooked: its impact on emotional well-being, identity, and people’s sense of belonging. Across Africa, storytelling has long been a powerful […]

Navigating a Fragmented World: A Perspective on How Global NGOs Can Survive Today’s Crisis

Why NGOs Matter More Than Ever as Global Cooperation Weakens As global cooperation weakens and foreign aid budgets shrink, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are facing unprecedented pressure. Rising nationalism, geopolitical fragmentation, and declining international support are not just policy shifts—they directly affect communities that rely on NGOs for healthcare, education, climate resilience, and humanitarian support. Understanding […]

100 Years From Now: The Power of Now

100 Years from Now: Who Will Remember Us? 100 years from now, most of us will be no more. Who will remember us in 2135? The thought of being a mere memory disturbs my soul a bit; I want to be remembered. What will happen to all these possessions we have fought so hard to […]

A Ticking Bomb: Ending Girl Child Begging in Northern Nigeria

My name is Adamu Sulaiman Bawa, and I am proud to be a UPG Champion and an author who writes to inspire change. One of the most important books I have written is called: “Girl Child Begging: A Ticking Bomb in Northern Nigeria.” This book was born from what I saw around me, young girls […]

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