Tag Archives: Africa
Rare surviving rhinos
Life in a refugee camp
“Chosen” Charity lets kids choose their own sponsor
Tree barrier against desertification
Hippos struggle for access to water
Heroes risk lives every day to save animals in Kenya
Impala miraculously escapes leopard
“Terranga”: hospitality in Senegal
A one-ton crocodile gets rescued after getting stuck in a canal
Great village inventor
The majesty of elephants
Cute lion cubs only 6 weeks old
Artists reclaim Rio’s African roots and slavery history
A wise man never knows all
Chibok girl freed from Boko Haram
Community rescue elephant trapped in mud pit
The birds that have lived for 44 million years
Radio collars put on elephants in Kenya
Cliff divers leap 30 metres
Bird tricks meerkats
Deadly sea creature: blue dragon found in Australia
A blue dragon (a small, poisonous sea slug) has recently been found on the coast of Queensland, Australia. Here is some information on the dangerous but beautiful little creature:
Woman chief in Mawali, Africa, bans child marriages and send the kids back to school
As Malawi’s Nyasa Times reports, in April, the African nation Malawi raised the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old. One might wonder, however, “What about the legions of underage children who were legally wed before the law took effect?
Well, one of the regional chiefs in Malawi – an elder woman who goes by the name Inkosi Kachindamoto – annulled the marriages of more than 300 youth in her district and sent them back to school.
In addition, she fired several village heads who had sanctioned the unions.
Child advocates around the world cheered on the effort to encourage girl education and abolish early marriages as soon as the news circulated.
Knowing the value education has in helping to empower citizens and strengthen the mind, the Senior chief terminated 330 marriages, of which 175 were girl-wives and 155 were boy-fathers. Those chldren were sent to school instead.
Said 18-year-old Malawian Memory Banda to The Guardian:
“Marriage is often the end for girls like me. But if our leaders will invest in us and give us the chance to be educated, we will become women who create a better society for everyone.”
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Nigerian “puff puff” sweet pastries
Female president in Mauritius
Nigerian chicken pie
Makes 15 medium sized yummy Chicken Pies
Nigerian Chicken Pie Filling:
•300g of minced chicken breast
•a medium-sized onion
•a little garlic/garlic powder(optional)
•2 medium-sized carrots
•2 medium-sized Irish potatoes
•a cooking spoonful of Vegetable Oil
•Seasoning of choice (but preferably)-bouillon cubes (Maggi / Knorr cubes), a teaspoon of thyme, a teaspoon of curry
•2 tablespoons of plain flour(to make a binder)
•Cool water — 200ml
•Salt — to taste
Nigerian Chicken Pie Dough:
•Plain Flour — 500g
•Baking Powder — 1 teaspoon
•Salt — 3\4 teaspoon(a big pinch)
•Margarine — 200g
•CoolWater – about 75 ml
Maasai warriors in Africa play cricket
Because I am a girl… I deserve an education!
This is what Michelle Obama has to say about this program:
“Right now, 62 million girls across the globe are not in school. These girls are our future doctors, teachers, and entrepreneurs – they are the dreamers and visionaries who could change the world as we know it if they just had the chance to get the education they need.
This issue is personal for me, because I see myself in these girls. I see my daughters in these girls. And I refuse to just sit back and accept the barriers that keep them from realizing their boundless promise.
That is why I am thrilled to announce that we’re expanding our efforts to “Let Girls Learn” with a new, community-focused girls’ education initiative across the globe. Through this new effort, we’ll be collaborating with the Peace Corps to support hundreds of new community projects – from building school libraries to creating girls’ technology camps – to help girls go to school and stay in school.”