By Nita Bhalla
NAIROBI, Feb 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Dressed in skinny black jeans and a T-shirt bearing the slogan “your problems, not mine”, Makenna Muigai looked like a typical teen as she sat on her bed staring at her laptop.
But the 17-year-old Kenyan student wasn’t checking out the latest music videos on YouTube or FaceTiming her friends. She was posting a short film that she made calling on the youth to take action against climate change.
“There is this idea that young people in Africa don’t care about the environment because we are not seen doing school strikes, or protesting on the streets against climate change. That’s not true, we do care,” she said.
“But it’s not like in the West where there is a lot more understanding of climate change and therefore more support from family, school and the media for youth activists. It’s much harder here.”
