In 2018, for five weeks, my sister went to Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, to help restore a technical middle school for girls. She was part of a group of young French people that flew to Cameroon to join a group of young Cameroonians in order to work together. Before leaving, they raised funds to…
Education, in its widest sense, is the process through which the goals and habits of a group of people are passed down from generation to generation. In general, it happens as a result of any event that has a formative influence on how one thinks, feels, or acts. However, despite Ghana’s efforts to deliver outstanding…
The problem: plastic waste pollution With the increasing production of disposable plastic products, the Earth is faced with a major problem: plastic waste pollution. Plastic items and particles accumulate in the environment posing a serious risk to ecosystems, animals, and humans. Even though plastic was discovered to be revolutionary and convenient, indeed it has been…
The beauty and the problems of Africa Despite global and national recognition of children’s rights, Africa is still dealing with many problems such as poverty, lack of drinkable water, and brutal violence against children, old people, and women. I was 19 years old when I went to Kenya for the first time, with the association…
In 2019, Elena, a 24-year-old Italian student, started doing a Master’s degree in African Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She had always been curious about the roots of inequalities displayed on the African Continent, but, in 2017, she had a revelation when, before writing her bachelor’s thesis, she decided to join a volunteer project…
What happened As many of us may have read over the last few weeks, on February 22nd, the Italian Ambassador in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Luca Attanasio, was killed together with a member of the Italian military force “Carabinieri”, Vittorio Iacovacci, and their driver. The identity of the killers has not been clarified…
Despite global and national recognition of children’s rights, Kenya still faces many challenges such as poverty, limited access to drinking water and healthcare, violence against children, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. Unfortunately, Kenya is also scourged by one of the world’s worst HIV and AIDS epidemics. The knowledge and tools for preventing HIV transmission are available worldwide, but…
In 1980, Bob Marley was writing and singing “Won’t you help to sing/ These songs of freedom?/ ‘Cause all I ever have/ Redemption songs/ Redemption songs?” Forty years later, in the heart of Nigeria, there is a man who has captured the deeper meaning of those words. His name is Emeke Obanor, and his weapon…
Beatrice is 21 years old today, and she attends the second year of psychology in Milan. She loves this university and is particularly interested in developmental psychology because she thinks that the environment in which kids are educated, and in which they grow up is fundamental to understand the pattern of their behaviour in the…
Albinism is a rare, stable, non-contagious, genetic condition characterized by lack of pigment in a person’s hair, skin, and eyes, causing vulnerability to sun exposure. In Sub-Saharan Africa people with albinism face profound social stigma and isolation, due to the negative myths that surround the condition. Being affected by albinism means undergoing superstition, amputation and…
