Black Girls Rising: Mentoring project behind new wave of young climate advocates in SA

Oct 31, 2024 | Feature News, Latest News | 0 comments

Black Girls Rising: Mentoring project behind new wave of young climate advocates in SA

Oct 31, 2024 | Feature News, Latest News | 0 comments

On Mother’s Day, Xoli Fuyani’s smartphone was flooded with messages from the young girls in her non-profit organisation, Black Girls Rising.

Founded in 2021, the organisation trains girls between 12 and 18 to lead climate action within their communities.

Fuyani has been pleasantly surprised to find that her role as an environmental educator and mentor has taken on a parental quality for the girls she is guiding.

Yola Mgogwana was among those who sent her messages.

“I always send her Mother’s Day, New Year, and birthday messages,” Mgogwana said, highlighting a mentoring relationship that stretches back more than four years.

Under Fuyani’s tutelage, a then-11-year-old Mgogwana delivered her first public speech in 2019. Fuyani had helped to organise South Africa’s first climate march, and Mgogwana, who was then a member of Fuyani’s now-defunct Eco-Club, volunteered as a speaker.

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Jennifer Khumalo

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