Rooted Promises to Protect Endangered Species in the Ebo Forest

May 18, 2021
3 min

Rooted Promises to Protect Endangered Species in the Ebo Forest

Rooted in front of the secondary school Ces De Somakek, in the village by the same name, is a ribbon tree. Daily, the ribbon tree...

Transforming Limiting Beliefs: Creative Advocacy

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May 7, 2021
4 min

Transforming Limiting Beliefs: Creative Advocacy

In a world where forest areas continue to decline at an alarming rate, and ocean acidification threatens marine environments and...

Fresh from the Field: Advocating for a clean environment in Cameroon

Creative Action Institute

Apr 1, 2021
3 min

Fresh from the Field: Advocating for a clean environment in Cameroon

Waste disposal, particularly plastic waste, is a significant problem across Cameroon: there are insufficient trashcans or collection...

Fresh from the Field: Using Poetry to raise awareness during a pandemic

creativeactionins

Jan 28, 2021
2 min

Fresh from the Field: Using Poetry to raise awareness during a pandemic

Participants in our Creative Foundation course composed poetry to raise awareness about the lack of environmental education.

Meet the Newest Member of the CAI Team - Doris Kamathi!

creativeactionins

Dec 21, 2020
2 min

Meet the Newest Member of the CAI Team - Doris Kamathi!

We (virtually) sat down with Doris Kamathi, who is joining us as Regional Program Manager for our work in East Africa, to get to know her...

Fresh from the Field: New Possibilities Begin

creativeactionins

Sep 16, 2020
2 min

Fresh from the Field: New Possibilities Begin

We’re excited to see the changes that these environmental leaders catalyze in the towns and villages where they live and work.

#FreshfromtheField: Racheal catalyzes change in Uganda

creativeactionins

Aug 5, 2020
2 min

#FreshfromtheField: Racheal catalyzes change in Uganda

Racheal has been inspired by Aunty Nala's texts to take action in her community

creativeactionins

Jul 24, 2020
2 min

Guest Article: The Effects of COVID-19 on Women and Girls with Disabilities

The pandemic has presented a range of challenges to the disability community across the world.

Fresh from the Field: Growing Leadership Skills Through Art and Creativity

creativeactionins

Jul 24, 2020
2 min

Fresh from the Field: Growing Leadership Skills Through Art and Creativity

Did you know that art and creativity can be used to develop leadership skills?

SCAMPERing with the Creative Collaboration Cohort

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Jul 23, 2020
2 min

SCAMPERing with the Creative Collaboration Cohort

In Week 5 of our Creative Collaboration course, the participants analyzed environmental and social problems by using the SCAMPER method

#FreshfromtheField: Appreciative Inquiry in Peru

creativeactionins

Jul 2, 2020
2 min

#FreshfromtheField: Appreciative Inquiry in Peru

In our Creative Collaboration course, participants generated a positive vision of their present and future

Creative Collaboration Workshop - New Platform, Same Course

creativeactionins

Jun 24, 2020
2 min

Creative Collaboration Workshop - New Platform, Same Course

We sat down with Isabel Carrió, Creative Action Institute's Field Project Manager in Latin America, to learn more about our adapted program.

creativeactionins

Jun 18, 2020
1 min

New and Adapted Programming

Here are some ways we've innovated and reinvented our programming during COVID-19.

creativeactionins

Jun 8, 2020
3 min

Resilience During COVID-19

Fulfillment of girls’ and women’s rights globally has not yet been achieved, and COVID-19 is putting these rights further in danger.

Menstrual Health in East Africa: A Panel with Three EAGLS Mentors

creativeactionins

May 27, 2020
1 min

Menstrual Health in East Africa: A Panel with Three EAGLS Mentors

Learn about barriers to menstrual health and the affects they have on girls' education and equality in East Africa.

Using Theater to Promote Reforestation in Ghana

creativeactionins

Apr 24, 2020
1 min

Using Theater to Promote Reforestation in Ghana

Ghana loses approximately 65,000 hectares of forest (think just a little smaller than New York City and little bigger than Chicago) each...

Creative Advocacy to Support Ban on Single-Use Plastics and Styrofoam in Belize

creativeactionins

Apr 22, 2020
1 min

Creative Advocacy to Support Ban on Single-Use Plastics and Styrofoam in Belize

Longtime partners came together for a clinic focused on reducing single-use plastics in Belize.

Guest Article: Our Experience at the East African Girls' Leadership Summit

creativeactionins

Mar 10, 2020
2 min

Guest Article: Our Experience at the East African Girls' Leadership Summit

Last year from December 9-13, five lucky Form Two SEGA students had the opportunity to attend EAGLS (East African Girls Leadership Summit).

Guest Article: Women in Engineering Kenya at our East African Girls Leadership Summit

creativeactionins

Feb 26, 2020
1 min

Guest Article: Women in Engineering Kenya at our East African Girls Leadership Summit

Women in Engineering Kenya featured their experience at our 2019 EAGLS in their most recent newsletter!

creativeactionins

Feb 3, 2020
3 min

Fresh from the Field: #TheBigFive

Five. I’m told that the number five symbolizes favor and goodness.

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