Coffee & Geography 4x18 Aidah Nakku (Uganda) Climate justice for women and girls, and more

Coffee & Geography

Kit Marie and Aidah Nakku enjoy a hot chocolate, and chat about climate justice for women and girls in the Global South, logistical language barriers, dancing ears and more! Aidah Nakku is a climate and gender Justice activist from Kampala Uganda. She is the founder of Hold Her Hand Initiative, an Initiative that focuses on empowering women and girls in areas affected by climate change disasters. She is also part of the administration team at Agape Earth coalition. She believes in equality and integrity. Aidah has devoted her free time to making a tangible contribution towards a better tomorrow for all young women and girls affected by the climate crisis. She engages in community engagements through tree planting, climate education ,skills training and training of young leaders at different levels of education. She raises awareness about climate change, climate action through stirring up conversation on social media to reach as many people as possible. Some links to things mentioned in the chat: - Hold Her Hand Initiative (https://aidahnakku.com/hold-her-hand-initiative/) - Vanesse Nakate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Nakate) - Agape Earth Coalition (https://agapeearthcoalition.org/) - The Movements Trust: Climate Justice Camp Fund (https://www.themovementstrust.org/cjc) - Cats as carriers of demons in Uganda (https://globalpressjournal.com/africa/uganda/cats-bad-rap-hopes-change/) Expand your geography network and connect with Aidah via Twitter/’X’ via https://twitter.com/Aidahhelen and https://twitter.com/HHHInitiative After the release of this episode, the first 10 people who donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley will have 100% of their contribution passed on to Aidah for her work though the ‘Hold Her Hand Initiative’. =About Coffee & Geography== The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink! Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/) ==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation== • Follow us on Twitter/’X’ at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod. • Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform. • Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details. • Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.