About Us
About Girls for Climate Action
Girls for Climate Action is a grassroot Girl/Young women eco-feminist movement that is putting our realities and experiences to advocate for climate justice at the local and national levels. The movement was started by young women and girls who live in the riparian zones of the River Nile in Jinja, Uganda whose activism started from the experience of floods and droughts and at the same time the lack of freedom to access the River Nile and the various streams that were being polluted by investors.
The movement started to demand leaders for action and ensure that the companies that pollute the Nile and the various streams can be held accountable, demanding for inclusion in the local environmental and local policies, translating the policies into local languages and create more awareness, capacity building for young women and girls in all their different diversities.
Our Vision
Our vision is to build a just world that is resilient and thrives in harmony with the environment.
Our Mission
To actively engage young women and girls to tackle the climate crisis and promote climate justice while centering their lived realities and experiences through advocacy and policy engagement, climate leadership and supporting young women/women Led local climate solutions in building community resilience to climate change impacts and climate education towards behavioral change appreciating the role of education in changing mindsets.
OUR CORE
VALUES
- Compassion
- Ingenuity
- Accountability
- Care
- Knowledge Sharing
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- Young women and girls in their different diversities across Africa are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts. These have no or limited access to resources to adapt to climate change impacts and build their resilience.
- Exclusion of young women and girls from decision-making processes has led to sidelining of the experiences that women and girls have about the environment to shape the decisions made about the future of the planet.
- Limited implementation of knowledge that is initiated by women and girls in communities.
OUR KEY PROGRAM AREAS
Green Master Curriculum Eco Innovations Contest Green Master Challenge.
Girl Climate Corps, Local Climate Leaders, Climate Captains.
Women starting or coming up with local climate solutions to local climate challenges to be replicated in their communities.
Climate Corps Fellowship
Empowering girls in climate leadership, activism, adaptation, mitigation and movement building.
Partnership
Co-design process for Generation Equality Forum with support from Global Fund for Women.
OUR IMPACT
CAPTAINS
BIRTHED
TRAINED
SOLUTIONS REPLICATED
PLANTED
EVENTS AND CAMPAIGNS
BIRTHDAY TREE CAMPAIGN
ORCHARD WEEK
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
ECO CHOICES
MEET OUR
DIVERSE TEAM
Meet out esteemed team that works around the corner to get things done
Joanita Babirye
Co-Founder & Movement Strategist
Viola Kataike
Climate Corps Program
Claire Pedo Lokeris
Community Manager
Martha Arinaitwe
Partnership & Fundraising associate
Mbwali Resty
Climate resilience Hub lead
Nancy Kubilima
Adolescent Programs Lead
Sandra Kisakye
Climate resilience Hub Associate
Margaret Mbirire
Adolescent program associate
Wilson Mukwaya
Finance Associate
Kizza Pius Ddumba
CONTENT LEAD