THE FUTURE IS MOST DEFINITELY FEMALE
You’d be forgiven for feeling a bit despondent these days. Between living in a world where we still have to fight for basic women’s rights to the rising threat that coal has on the very air we breathe (and that’s just at home… let’s not even get started on the chaos across the border and seas), things haven’t exactly been rosy. But as hard as things seem right now, don’t lose hope just yet. Despite their age, these young people are already making a difference in the world (or even just their ’hoods) and we’re taking notes. For some much-needed inspiration, keep reading…
STANDING TALL IN A SEA OF DENIAL
YOLA MGOGWANA
Eleven-year-old Yola Mgogwana carries the weight of the world on her shoulders. As an outspoken climate change activist, she can see the effect we have had on the planet, and she’s not happy about it. ‘Our weather is not normal – one day it is hot, the next day it’s raining heavily. It’s a huge problem for farmers, and floods wash away houses, leaving poor families without homes.’
The learner from Yomelela Primary School in Khayelitsha, Cape Town,
