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Au Mali, le conseil des ministres a donc adopté un projet de loi qui accorde au chef de l'État un mandat de cinq ans, renouvelable. Une initiative qui coule de source, si l'on en croit Sahel Tribune, qui se fait l'écho d'un sondage effectué début janvier par une fondation allemande, la F.E.S., dont « il ressort que 7 Maliens sur 10 font confiance au président de la transition et que 9 Maliens sur 10 sont satisfaits ou plutôt satisfaits de la gestion de la transition, sauf dans le district de Bamako ». Sahel Tribune accorde par ailleurs un satisfecit sans réserve à la transition, estimant « qu'il est normal que les autorités réalisent les souhaits du peuple. D'ailleurs, elles l'ont toujours fait. » Moins enthousiaste, Maliweb fait aussi sa Une sur le maintien du général Assimi Goïta au pouvoir. Le site d'information rappelle l'émergence de l'Alliance des États du Sahel, « face à la menace terroriste » alors que « la fin de la transition semble "de plus en plus incertaine" » et que « des mécanismes sont mis en place pour dissoudre les partis politiques ». « Une décision pourtant contraire aux recommandations des Assises nationales qui avaient plutôt proposé une réduction du nombre de partis », remarque Maliweb qui rappelle aussi le principal argument du Conseil des ministres : « Notre pays, comme les autres de l'AES, est toujours confronté à la menace de déstabilisation internationale […], il est nécessaire de poursuivre la transition afin de parvenir à une pacification totale de nos États. » À lire aussiMali: le général Assimi Goïta bientôt président sans limite de temps Les élections se suivent et se ressemblent Au Burundi, où le CNDD-FDD, le parti au pouvoir, remporte les élections législatives. « Le CNDD-FDD rafle tout aux législatives », titre Iwacu, publication qui ambitionne de donner la parole « à toutes les voix du Burundi ». « À part trois députés issus de la communauté des Batwa cooptés, tous les autres sièges de l'Assemblée nationale seront occupés par le Parti de l'Aigle », explique ​​​​​​​Iwacu, « il s'agit de 108 sièges sur les 111 que comptera la nouvelle Assemblée nationale ». « En ordre dispersé », poursuit le journal, « l'opposition fulmine, parle d'irrégularités flagrantes et rejette ces résultats ». Des résultats provisoires qui ont été proclamés par la Céni, la Commission électorale indépendante, « lors d'une cérémonie à laquelle assistaient « quelques indépendants », ​​​​​​​qui sont repartis furieux, tête baissée », raconte Iwacu, « ils n'ont même pas attendu la fin de la prière pour accompagner et clôturer cette proclamation provisoire des résultats des législatives ». Vues du Burkina Faso, l'analyse est la même, mais les mots sont plus durs. Ainsi L'observateur Paalga, parle d'un « score soviétique », dans un Burundi où « les élections se suivent et se ressemblent ». « Le pays n'a donc de démocratique que le nom », poursuit le journal. « Pour tout dire, le général Évariste Ndayishimiye l'a transformé en un véritable camp militaire, où tout le monde est obligé de marcher au pas, au son du clairon, et gare à celui dont la tête dépasse d'un iota ».   À lire aussiLégislatives au Burundi: le parti au pouvoir rafle la totalité des sièges en jeu à l'Assemblée Caravane à l'arrêt Dans l'actualité africaine également, la progression de la caravane Soumoud, caravane de solidarité avec Gaza, partie lundi de Tunisie. Cette caravane est « bloquée à l'entrée de Syrte en Libye par les forces de l'est », annonce le journal ​​​​​​​La Presse en Tunisie, qui explique que « selon les responsables sécuritaires sur place, le convoi ne pourra poursuivre sa route sans instructions explicites de Benghazi ». « Face à cette situation », poursuit le journal, « le comité de coordination de la caravane Soumoud, a pris la décision de ne pas rebrousser chemin. Le convoi s'est rangé sur le bas-côté de la route, à quelques kilomètres de Syrte et était prêt à camper sur place pour la nuit, si nécessaire […], les organisateurs tiennent à rassurer les familles des participants : « Tous les membres du convoi sont en sécurité et réunis en un seul point. La coupure des réseaux téléphoniques, à l'endroit de leur arrêt, explique l'absence de nouvelles. »   À lire aussiÉgypte: Israël appelle les autorités du pays à bloquer une marche pro-palestinienne

Au Mali, le conseil des ministres a donc adopté un projet de loi qui accorde au chef de l'État un mandat de cinq ans, renouvelable. Une initiative qui coule de source, si l'on en croit Sahel Tribune, qui se fait l'écho d'un sondage effectué début janvier par une fondation allemande, la F.E.S., dont « il ressort que 7 Maliens sur 10 font confiance au président de la transition et que 9 Maliens sur 10 sont satisfaits ou plutôt satisfaits de la gestion de la transition, sauf dans le district de Bamako ». Sahel Tribune accorde par ailleurs un satisfecit sans réserve à la transition, estimant « qu'il est normal que les autorités réalisent les souhaits du peuple. D'ailleurs, elles l'ont toujours fait. » Moins enthousiaste, Maliweb fait aussi sa Une sur le maintien du général Assimi Goïta au pouvoir. Le site d'information rappelle l'émergence de l'Alliance des États du Sahel, « face à la menace terroriste » alors que « la fin de la transition semble "de plus en plus incertaine" » et que « des mécanismes sont mis en place pour dissoudre les partis politiques ». « Une décision pourtant contraire aux recommandations des Assises nationales qui avaient plutôt proposé une réduction du nombre de partis », remarque Maliweb qui rappelle aussi le principal argument du Conseil des ministres : « Notre pays, comme les autres de l'AES, est toujours confronté à la menace de déstabilisation internationale […], il est nécessaire de poursuivre la transition afin de parvenir à une pacification totale de nos États. » À lire aussiMali: le général Assimi Goïta bientôt président sans limite de temps Les élections se suivent et se ressemblent Au Burundi, où le CNDD-FDD, le parti au pouvoir, remporte les élections législatives. « Le CNDD-FDD rafle tout aux législatives », titre Iwacu, publication qui ambitionne de donner la parole « à toutes les voix du Burundi ». « À part trois députés issus de la communauté des Batwa cooptés, tous les autres sièges de l'Assemblée nationale seront occupés par le Parti de l'Aigle », explique ​​​​​​​Iwacu, « il s'agit de 108 sièges sur les 111 que comptera la nouvelle Assemblée nationale ». « En ordre dispersé », poursuit le journal, « l'opposition fulmine, parle d'irrégularités flagrantes et rejette ces résultats ». Des résultats provisoires qui ont été proclamés par la Céni, la Commission électorale indépendante, « lors d'une cérémonie à laquelle assistaient « quelques indépendants », ​​​​​​​qui sont repartis furieux, tête baissée », raconte Iwacu, « ils n'ont même pas attendu la fin de la prière pour accompagner et clôturer cette proclamation provisoire des résultats des législatives ». Vues du Burkina Faso, l'analyse est la même, mais les mots sont plus durs. Ainsi L'observateur Paalga, parle d'un « score soviétique », dans un Burundi où « les élections se suivent et se ressemblent ». « Le pays n'a donc de démocratique que le nom », poursuit le journal. « Pour tout dire, le général Évariste Ndayishimiye l'a transformé en un véritable camp militaire, où tout le monde est obligé de marcher au pas, au son du clairon, et gare à celui dont la tête dépasse d'un iota ».   À lire aussiLégislatives au Burundi: le parti au pouvoir rafle la totalité des sièges en jeu à l'Assemblée Caravane à l'arrêt Dans l'actualité africaine également, la progression de la caravane Soumoud, caravane de solidarité avec Gaza, partie lundi de Tunisie. Cette caravane est « bloquée à l'entrée de Syrte en Libye par les forces de l'est », annonce le journal ​​​​​​​La Presse en Tunisie, qui explique que « selon les responsables sécuritaires sur place, le convoi ne pourra poursuivre sa route sans instructions explicites de Benghazi ». « Face à cette situation », poursuit le journal, « le comité de coordination de la caravane Soumoud, a pris la décision de ne pas rebrousser chemin. Le convoi s'est rangé sur le bas-côté de la route, à quelques kilomètres de Syrte et était prêt à camper sur place pour la nuit, si nécessaire […], les organisateurs tiennent à rassurer les familles des participants : « Tous les membres du convoi sont en sécurité et réunis en un seul point. La coupure des réseaux téléphoniques, à l'endroit de leur arrêt, explique l'absence de nouvelles. »   À lire aussiÉgypte: Israël appelle les autorités du pays à bloquer une marche pro-palestinienne

Du 8 au 10 octobre 2024, Genève a accueilli un sommet international réunissant 100 délégué·e·s autochtones du monde entier pour débattre de la transition énergétique sous une perspective inclusive. Cet événement, intitulé « Just Transition: Indigenous Peoples Perspectives, Knowledge, and Lived Experiences », a mis en avant les défis auxquels font face les communautés autochtones, particulièrement affectées par la crise climatique et l'exploitation des ressources minières indispensables à la transition énergétique. Le sommet s'est conclu par l'adoption d'une déclaration appelant à une transition juste, qui respecte les droits des peuples autochtones, notamment leur droit au consentement libre, préalable et éclairé (CLPE). Ce document a également mis en avant les solutions proposées par ces communautés pour garantir une transition réellement durable et respectueuse de l'environnement. Dans cet entretien, nous avons échangé avec Vital Bambanze, délégué autochtone pour la région Afrique, issu de la Communauté autochtone des Batwa du Burundi, qui a partagé son point de vue sur les résultats du sommet et les actions futures.

Zoé Quetu est l'invitée du sixième épisode de SOUS-TERRAIN, le podcast qui dévoile les rouages de l'enquête de terrain en sciences sociales. Parmi les communautés qui vivent au Burundi, pays situé dans la région de l'Afrique des Grands lacs (à l'est du continent) une, minoritaire sur le plan démographique, reste particulièrement marginalisée : ce sont les “Batwa”. Après avoir été assimilés à une “race”, et déjà victimes de ségrégation, c'est sous la colonisation européenne au fin du XIXe siècle que cette population, spécialisée dans les activités artisanales, est alors peu à peu, elle aussi, considérée comme une “ethnie”, aux côtés des Hutu et des Tutsi. A partir des années ‘90, les Batwas, déjà exclus socialement, le deviennent également économiquement à la suite d'une crise dans le secteur de la porterie, à savoir l'activité principale dont ils vivent au quotidien. Au point d'ailleurs que le nom de “twa” devient synonyme de pauvreté. Comment cette population a-t-elle été assujettie de la sorte ? Et comment les Batwas utilisent-ils aujourd'hui cette identité ethnique comme levier de mobilisation ? C'est à ces questions que s'est attachée à répondre notre invitée, Zoé Quetu, doctorante au laboratoire des Afrique dans le Monde - le LAM - une unité mixte de recherche du CNRS rattachée à Sciences Po Bordeaux dans son travail de thèse intitulé “Les Twa du Burundi : quand des mobilisations s'articulent autour de l'autochtonie”.Un podcast écrit par l'équipe de Noria Research: Camille Abescat, Iris Lambert, Sixtine Deroure, Claire Lefort-Rieu, Mathilde Thon-Fourcade et Cécile Jeanmougin.Cet épisode a été réalisé en partenariat avec l'unité de recherche Les Afriques dans le monde (LAM, UMR5115 du CNRS/Sciences Po Bordeaux/UBM)Réalisation sonore: Loom audio   Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

For thousands of years, the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in the south-west of Uganda was home to an indigenous people - the Batwa pygmies. The original dwellers of this ancient jungle were known as “The Keepers of the Forest.” In 1992, the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest became a national park and World Heritage Site to protect the 350 endangered mountain gorillas within its boundaries. The Batwa were evicted from the park and since they had no title to land, they were given no compensation. Today many of the original Batwa people have been re-housed on land just outside the Bwindi National Park. I visited one such group who were living in the countryside surrounding Ruhija Village. During my visit they sang and danced as a way of welcoming me to their home. Recorded by Colin Hunter. Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world's first collection of the sounds of human migration.  For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration

"The story behind the migration of the Batwa pygmies from the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest was quite thought-provoking, and it inspired me to research this migration further. The field recording by Colin Hunter is a living example of the indestructibility of the spirit of the forest that the Batwa pygmies carried with them when they were evicted from the forest land in 1992. Being an immigrant myself and a person who has moved a lot, I can imagine the heartbreak and difficulties migration can bring. "The field recording I chose for my composition is a welcome song that a group performed for Colin, close to Bwindi National Park. I had two approaches to compose music with it: one was to remix the recording and create something catchy, or to create an ambient track with a strong imaginary sonic landscape around the field recording by editing it and creating many smaller samples out of it. "I settled on the ambient approach because I felt the recording was truly special, and it must teleport a listener to Bwindi and to the difficult migration story. I also felt the ambient approach would help me highlight a sound or melody from different angles without being too shackled to a structural idea. "I imagined the sonic landscape in my composition as if an observer/listener is walking through Bwindi Impenetrable Forest before the migratory chapter and there's an ongoing celebration. They see different groups singing and dancing, welcoming them while they are surrounded by the greenery of a lush forest and the sheer force of nature unfolding in it. "Perhaps the Batwa pygmies have learned to adapt to new surroundings and new ways of life today, but I think the forest will always remain in their being. To me, Colin's recording beautifully captures how the performing group's song is quintessentially connected with the forest. That's why I have named the composition ‘‘And the Forest Remained in Us.'' Batwa song reimagined by Atúl. Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world's first collection of the sounds of human migration.  For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration

PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETYHow do you foster more connection and psychological safety in the workplace?Sounds like a “nice to have,” not a “got to have” thing, but today's guest, Mike Brcic says it actually plays a huge role in business success. And in today's episode he explains how to do it.What You'll Discover About Psychological Safety:* The most common misunderstanding about psychological safety* The foundation and precursor to psychological safety is* The 4-part framework for establishing more psychological safety* The power of repetition in protecting psychological safety*And much moreGuest: Mike Brcic Community-builder and serial entrepreneur by nature, Mike Brcic is passionate about helping entrepreneurs live inspired, more connected lives. Via his events and adventure retreats around the world with Wayfinders, Mike helps entrepreneurs find the tribe and the support they need to achieve great things and personal fulfilment. He's travelled to and spent time with locals in some of the remotest places on Earth, from the Kazakhs of far western Mongolia to the hunters of Greenland, to the Batwa forest people of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Uganda. In the process, he's learned a thing or two about living a meaningful life.He is a passionate speaker on many topics related to entrepreneurship, community building, and mental health. Via his Substack channel he shares tips and resources about human connection and how to live a more deeply connected life.Related Resources:If you liked this interview, you might also enjoy our other Leadership and Management episodes.Contact Mike and connect with him on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.Also get more people management tips on Mike's Substack channelJoin, Rate and Review:Rating and reviewing the show helps us grow our audience and allows us to bring you more of the rich information you need to succeed from our high powered guests. Leave a review at Lovethepodcast.com/BusinessConfidential.Joining the Business Confidential Now family is easy and lets you have instant access to the latest tactics, strategies and tips to make your business more successful.Follow on your favorite podcast app here as well as on Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn.Download ♥ Follow ♥ Listen ♥ Learn ♥ Share ♥ Review ♥ Comment ♥ Enjoy

Expanding Our Circle, with Rev. Dr. Steven Koski. Series: Ruckus for Good 2024 A Spacious Christianity, First Presbyterian Church of Bend, Oregon. Scripture: Matthew 6.25.Rev. Dr. Steven Koski shares stories of selflessness and partnership between First Presbyterian Church and African Road, highlighting the transformative power of identity recognition and community empowerment. We will also see an update from three villages in Burundi inhabited by the indigenous Batwa people. The partnership aims to empower the Batwa communities through friendship, legal identification, farming support, education, and healthcare.Join us each Sunday, 10AM at bendfp.org, or 11AM KTVZ-CW Channel 612/12 in Bend.  Subscribe/Follow, and click the bell for alerts.At First Presbyterian, you will meet people at many different places theologically and spiritually. And we love it that way. We want to be a place where our diversity brings us together and where conversation takes us all deeper in our understanding of God.We call this kind of faith “Spacious Christianity.” We don't ask anyone to sign creeds or statements of belief. The life of faith is about a way of being in the world and a faith that shows itself in love.Thank you for your support of the mission of the First Presbyterian Church of Bend. Visit https://bendfp.org/giving/ for more information.Featuring:Rev. Dr. Steven Koski, Rev. Kally Elliott, Tyler McQuilkin, Becca Ellis, Brave of Heart, GuestsSupport the Show.

On this episode, my guests are Martin Lena and Linda Poppe of Survival International. They join me to discuss “fortress conservation” in the Congo, the issues facing Kahuzi-Biega National Park, and the recent victories of Survival International there. Linda is a political scientist and director of the Berlin office of Survival International, the global movement for Indigenous peoples' rights. She is also part of Survival's campaign to Decolonize Conservation, which supports Indigenous peoples, who continue to suffer land theft and human rights abuses in the name of conservation.Martin is an advocacy officer for Survival International. He primarily works on Survival's campaign to Decolonize Conservation and has collected testimonies directly from communities facing violations of their rights in the name of conservation. Show Notes:What Conservation Looks like in the Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Evictions of the BatwaSafari Tourism in DRC ConflictThe Militarization of Conservation in Kahuzi-Biega National ParkLand Guards vs Land GuardiansOrganizing Victory! Scrapping French Involvement in Kahuze-BiegaThe German Government Continues to Fund the ParkSolidarity: How to Respond / Act in ConcertHomework:Survival International: French government scraps funding plan for Kahuzi-Biega National Park, citing human rights concernsSurvival International Decolonize Conservation CampaignBalancing Act: The Imperative of Social and Ecological Justice in Kahuzi-BiegaTranscript:Chris: [00:00:00] Welcome to the End of Tourism Podcast, Martin and Linda. I'd love it if I could start by asking you two to explain to our listeners where you two find yourselves today and what the world looks like there for you. Linda: Well, hi everyone. My name is Linda. I work for Survival International and I'm in Berlin. I'm at home, actually, and I look forward to talking to you and chatting with you.It's dark outside already, but, well, that's, I guess, the time of the year. Martin: And I'm based in Paris, also at home, but I work at Survival's French office. And how does the world feel right now? It feels a bit too warm for October, but other than that. Chris: Well, thank you both for for joining me today. I'd like to begin by reminiscing on the season three interview that I had with your colleague Fiore Longo, entitled "Decolonizing Conservation in Africa and Beyond."And in that interview, we discussed the history [00:01:00] of conservation as colonization in the context of Tanzania and the national parks that were built there and the indigenous lands that were stolen in order to do so. I'm curious if you two could offer a bit of background for our listeners in terms of the history of conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and especially in regards to the Batwa people and the Kahuzi Biega National Park.Linda: We were quite you know, astonished of the colonial history that, we find in the park where we're here to discuss today. Well, the Congo, obviously, you know, was a colony. And I think in this context, we also need to look at the conservation that is happening in the DRC today.And a lot of the things that you have discussed with our colleague, feel very true for the DRC as well. And the, the park that we're going to look at today, I think it's probably [00:02:00] also the best example to start to explain a little bit what conservation looks like in DRC. It's an older park, so it was created a longer time ago, and it was always regarded as something that is there to protect precious nature for people to look at and not for people to go and live in.And this is exactly what the problem is today, which we see continues, that the people that used to live on this land are being pushed outside violently, separated from the land which they call home, which is everything for them, the supermarket, the church, the school, just in the name of conserving supposed nature.And unfortunately, this is something that we see all over the DRC and different protected areas that exist there, that we still follow this colonial idea of mostly European [00:03:00] conservationists in history and also currently that claim that they're protecting nature, often in tandem with international conservation NGOs.In the park we look at today, it's the Wildlife Conservation Society, and they're, yeah, trying to get rid of the original inhabitants that have guarded these spaces for such a long time. Martin: To build on that, in our campaign to decolonize conservation and survival, we often say that fortress conservation has deep colonial roots and you can definitely see that with the the actual history of the of Kahuzi Biega National Park because it started as a reserve that was created by the Belgian colonial government in 1937 and It was transformed into a national park after independence.So in the 70s, but it was still designated as such following the lobbying of a Belgian conservationist. So it's really the continuation the Western and the European will to keep controlling the, [00:04:00] the independent territories. And that in Africa oftentimes was done through conservation.Linda: And it also has this idea of, I think a lot of the conservation projects that we see, Martin just said it, there was also this post independence push on creating national parks, which was obviously related to the idea that Europeans might lose hold of control in certain areas, so they were pushing for the creation of national parks like the Kahuzi Biega National Park.And that is the setting that we're talking about, basically, something that has very colonial roots and has been pushed into the post colonial era, but in a way which is actually very colonial. Chris: Thank you both for that brief, brief history and introduction into what we'll be speaking about today, Linda, you mentioned that so many of the circumstances around the creation of these national parks includes the exclusion and [00:05:00] displacement of the original inhabitants.And in this case, among others, this includes the Batwa people. And so I'd like to just give our listeners a little bit of a context for what's happened to the Batwa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And so the statistics tell us that "over 90 percent of the 87, 000 indigenous Batwa people in the park have lost legal access to their native territory, turned into conservation areas, and who are desperately poor," according to a 2009 United Nations report.Now, in a recent Reuters article, it's written that, quote, "Local human rights and environmental experts say that the authorities failure to fulfill promises to the Batwa has undermined efforts to protect the forest and its endangered species, including some of the last populations of eastern lowland gorilla.Some of the Batwa around the [00:06:00] park participate in the illegal poaching, mining, and logging that are destroying the gorilla's globally significant habitat. As a result, the conservation outlook for the park is critical, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature." The article goes further and says that "the Batwa have no choice because they are poverty stricken, according to Josue Aruna, president of the province's environmental civil society group, who does community outreach for the Batwa." It seems in this way that the land rights and traditional lifestyles of the Batwa are intimately tied to the health and survival of the ecosystems within the national park, which they've been excluded from, and that their poverty is a consequence of their displacement. Do you think that the issue is as simple as that? Martin: It's always interesting to read these reports from the conservationists, whether it's the IUCN or the NGOs, because the problem is always "the local people. So they are poor and they [00:07:00] have no choice. They participate in poaching." and it's always their fault.Like you were saying, if they end up being poor it's because they were evicted from the land. And as Linda was saying earlier, the forest and the land more generally is everything to them or was everything to them. So it's not only the place where they get food, it's also the whole basis of their identity and their way of life.So once they lose that, they end up in our world, capitalist system, but at the lowest possible level. So, that's why they end up in poverty. But it's a problem that was created by the conservationists themselves. And even when you read Their discourse or their position about trying to improve the situation for the Batwa, it's always about generating revenue ,lifting them out of poverty, developing alternative livelihoods. But what we are campaigning for is not some alternative to the loss of their rights. It's Their land rights themselves. And to go to your other question [00:08:00] about the fact that the loss of their land rights has led to a degrading in the health of the ecosystem.I think, yes, for sure. That has been the case, and it's what we're seeing all around the world in these protected areas that are supposed to protect nature. But actually, once you evict the best conservationists and the people that were taking care of the land for decades, then there is room for all kinds of exploitation whether it be mass tourism or luxury safaris or even mining and logging concessions.So it's not a coincidence if 80 percent of the biodiversity on the planet is located in indigenous territories. It's because they have lived in the land. It's not wild nature. They have lived there for generations. They have protected it and they have shaped it through their practices. So, to us, the best way to protect this ecosystem is to ensure that their land rights are respected and blaming them for poaching or putting that on the fact that they are poor, it's just [00:09:00] dishonest and ignoring the basis of the problem.Linda: Yeah. I agree. And when you just read out these sentences, I noted down like the way it was formulated, as a result, the park is threatened. It's again, just focusing on the local people as being the problem. Like the protected areas, they are to protect an area from the local people, which I think becomes very clear in the way you explained it. And also, like, Martin, I'm quite struck by the idea that they talk about poor people, but ignoring that, you know, their actions that of the Batwa have also caused this poverty. So it's, in a way, you know, first you make people poor and then you kind of insult them almost for being poor and then, you know, acting accordingly.I think that is quite, you know, ignoring what has happened. And I think it's the same with [00:10:00] the general model of conservation. Like the sentences you read, I mean, there is some sympathy in it, you know, it sounds like, "oh, these poor people," you know, "in a way we regret what has happened and that they were evicted."But it's like "those poor people," they don't really look at, you know, why were they evicted and what are the consequences for our kind of conservation today? Like the consequence could be that the Batwa can return to their land because they are the best guardians and because it would give them a base to, to live, not in poverty.So that consequence, they don't see it's because they ignore all the things that have caused the supposed poverty and have caused this kind of conservation that we see. So, don't think about what we've done in the past, we'll just go on, but that is a problem because they don't learn any lessons from what has happened and that land rights should be so important.Chris: Yeah, I think that it definitely points towards this notion that I think a lot of people are becoming apt to in our [00:11:00] times in these days, which is the general kind of approach to the dilemmas in these contexts are to look at the symptoms of the dilemma and not the causes.And in the context of the eviction and exile, displacement of the Batwa people, one of the articles mentions that "one of the consequences of the induced poverty includes the endangering and further endangering of the eastern lowland gorilla." And I mention this because in my research leading up to this interview, this conversation, I looked into the tourism offerings in Kahuzi Biega, in the National Park, and I found the following.I'm just gonna read off a list of what I did find. " Gorilla safaris, or trekking. Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center tours. Camping safaris. Cultural tours. Bird [00:12:00] watching. Hiking. Climbing and boat cruises." And so my next question is this. To what extent does the safari tourism in the national park play a part in this conflict?Linda: Oh, that's a super interesting question. I mean, it obviously depends on the specific park that you look at. But I think I would say in almost any national park that we look at in Survival, there is some kind of idea that this park needs to have tourists. Tourists need to come and go and see the beauty of nature, ideally Western tourists, so that they become involved in conservation and donate money, and also in a way that tourism would be a way to pay for services that are related to maintaining the park.So it's something that usually always pops up. It's kind of, it's like twins a little bit. And, you know, I, I work on, on [00:13:00] mostly German politics and how they relate to this conservation. And it's something that you can't really separate where you read about conservation projects that the German government funds, you will always also read about tourism.So they're very interlinked. In some parks, you know, there isn't a lot of tourism because the situation is not very attractive to western tourists, but the idea is always there. And then the extent to which tourism actually happens obviously differs and then has different effects. In some parks that we work on, There's a lot of tourism, there's a lot of creation of infrastructure for tourists, hotels, for roads, for tourist vehicles to go places.Then it obviously has a much stronger impact on the area and also on the people that live there. If there are less tourists, then the actual effect of tourism is, of course, a little bit less than it might sound in these proposals to have tourists there at all.Chris: In the [00:14:00] context of conflict zones, which from what I understand this particular park in the Congo is a conflict zone, or at least parts of it, that tourism can act as a kind of barrier between local populations or local ecologies and the consequences of those conflict zones, right? But it doesn't necessarily stop the conflict. It just turns it underground, it turns a kind of blind eye to it, waiting, in most instances that I know of, until the organized crime in the area ends up getting, you know, their hands into the economy of, of the tourism itself.Martin: Yeah, I mean, I agree with Linda that it's always there and it's always under the discourse and it's never only about conservation, there's always tourism. And often the national parks are created for this purpose. If you read the UNESCO definition or the IUCN definition of what a national park is, it says it's also for [00:15:00] recreation.So these places are built for tourists. against the locals. So, yeah, it's always there and it's even in the definition.Linda: So yeah, when you said tourism is a barrier in some cases tourism can amplify the problems that are there because there is more eviction or there's more interest of, for example, governments to evict people, to create this great picture of nature, which is so attractive to tourists.So I think, I would find it as something that can really worsen the situation. I think from what I've seen, you know. We sometimes talk about sustainable tourism or respectful tourism, but in the terms of conservation projects, my impression really is that it's been harmful.And the indigenous populations that work in tourism, which is one of the things that funders of conservation projects often [00:16:00] say, that they can find jobs in tourism. A lot of these jobs are not very good. And I would argue that a lot of times people need to take these jobs because they have lost the choice to not take a job and live from the forest.Chris: Yeah, it's an interesting thing to wonder about in the little research that I did around what's happening in this particular park in the Congo, that there are rebel groups. It is a conflict zone, and yet there are these tourism offerings, right? And that surely, the champions of the National Park and conservation and in many areas would say, "well, you know, the more, the more tourism we can get in here the more we can undermine at least the economic causes if not the political ones that are contributing to the violence," when in fact, from what I can understand from Survival's work, that this is just deepens the causes that produced that conflict and that exile in the first place.Linda: Yeah. And I think there's also [00:17:00] perception of injustice, which we shouldn't underestimate. I mean, if you're an indigenous person that has been violently evicted or whose family has been violently evicted from a certain area, and then you see, Western tourists mostly, which are rich, you know, pay a lot of money for these trips, are allowed to go in and use that area in a way. I think that also creates, yeah, a sense of injustice, which is also, yeah, it's quite, quite sad. Chris: Mm hmm. Definitely. And then that's certainly what we see in over touristed places around the world and in places that are just starting to become over touristed, this kind of deep resentment amongst locals for the inequalities, the growing inequalities and yeah, as well, the injustices that these industries bring.And so on that point of conflict zones, especially in and around Kahuzi Biega. I wanted to ask you both a question around the militarization of conservation. So, [00:18:00] some people believe that militarized park police, which is what exists in this park, are a necessary evil.Officially, at least, "the guards protect the park from armed militias or rebel groups in the area, ensuring that they stay out of the park." Of course, those who they confront and sometimes attack also include the indigenous people, the Batwa in this case, who are trying to retake and reclaim their ancestral lands.And the argument is that without the guards, the land would fall into the hands of much more malevolent groups or forces. And so how do you think the presence of armed conflict as well as militarized conservation guards complicates the issue? Linda: That's a tough question. Well, maybe I can just give like a little anecdote.It was actually about this park, the [00:19:00] Kahuzi Biega National Park, and we were talking to German politicians and government officials about the problem of conflict and about the problem that these park rangers you know, are trained and have a lot of weapons, which seems very militant. And they, they were seeing the problem.They were seeing that this is probably not the best thing they should do, support security forces in an area which is already so problematic. But their thinking was, if we don't give them the money, now we have created this this force, basically. We have hired people, we have trained them.Now, if we stop supporting them, what are they going to do? You know, they're gonna maybe take the training and their weapons and make it even worse. So in a way, I mean, this was off record, right? They were just kind of thinking out loud. But in a way, they were seeing that the projects that they have supported have created structures which [00:20:00] very likely will increase conflict.And it seems quite obvious also because you see all these conflicts with indigenous peoples. So, I'm not going to say that it's a very peaceful area and there is not a need maybe for people to defend themselves. But in a way, the structures that we have in militarized conservation are not the solution.You know, they make the situation much more complicated than it initially was. And now, like, in this park, we're in a situation where we witness terrible human rights abuses, and everyone's scared to act and do something because it could get even worse. And it's, yeah, it doesn't seem like a very good solution.I think we need another way. We can't just stick our head, and say, oh, you know, we just go on, we'll just go on and then let someone else deal with it in a few years. I don't think that's a very good solution. Very good example.Martin: And it's questionable also to what extent do these these guards, these armed [00:21:00] rangers actually protect the, the parks and the species because they are here supposedly to fight against illegal wildlife trade and poaching and everything.But what studies have shown is that the root cause of of poaching and of the, of the illegal wildlife trade is mostly the demand for such products that comes from industrialized countries or at least other parts of the world and the system is made for the guards to take action against the local population and not against the actual criminal networks that lead to illegal wildlife trade and poaching.They get money for people they arrest and the easiest people to find are the locals that are trying to get to their ancestral lands. And there's also sometimes the park management involved in these criminal networks. So, you pretend to put in place a system to fight against illegal wildlife trade, but there ends up being no choice but [00:22:00] for the guards to, to take on the local people. Linda: Maybe we should also think about the indigenous populations as guards, or maybe guardians is the better word, of this area. And if we zoom out of the DRC and look at South America, where we have much stronger land rights... it's not perfect, but of course, better for indigenous people.They often act as guardians or guards of these territories, even though they're also confronted with illegal logging, quite brutal illegal logging, for example. But in a way, they are there and they, of course, are supported by authorities ideally, in defending these territories, but you see a less violent or militarized conflict because you have the indigenous guardians, as opposed to starting out with their protected [00:23:00] areas and armed guards, which are not just there to defend themselves, but have extensive rights of use of violence, and they don't have to fear any repercussions if something goes wrong and they kill, for example, an indigenous person.I mean, that's what we've seen in this park, that they can basically act with impunity. Chris: And thank you, Linda, for offering that example of the difference or the contrast between places like the Kahuzi Biega National Park and the DRC and other places in South America, for example, where there is this inherited intergenerational understanding of guardianship and while there's only maybe a half a century of conservation industry in these places, of course, they're an extension of the colonial project or projects that were undertaken much further back in time in places like Africa and places like the DRC before it was known as such.And then what happens, you know, after X amount of [00:24:00] generations after this kind of exile and displacement, that there is no lived memory anymore of what it means to be a guardian of your place. And I don't just mean as a title, but in terms of how you guard that place, as an indigenous person.We might be able to say that the Western world or the modern world that that's very much what we've become is people who are unable to remember or have a lived memory of what it's like to adequately stand as guardians for a place. You know, I think with the work that you two in Survival International are doing, there's a path forward towards that.And I'd like to remind our listeners that we're also here speaking today in part because there was a victory that was won by Survival International on behalf of the Batwa people and activists like yourself. And so I'd like to just read very briefly from [00:25:00] July 2023 press release from Survival International, in which it is said that, quote, "in a landmark decision, the French government has scrapped its plan to fund the controversial Kahuzi Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo."France's Minister of State for Development, francophonie and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, confirmed that the plan to begin financing the Kahuzi Biega National Park has been scrapped. Ms. Zacharopoulou said, quote, "It has been abandoned, in line with our requirement for the respect of human rights."So first of all, I'd like to say congratulations to you both and to your teams at Survival for for getting this this victory and for doing the work you need to do in order to get there. And I'd like to [00:26:00] ask about the strategies that were employed in order to revoke French support for the park. You know, so many of these efforts and victories are either ignored in the context of the endless dilemmas or they're celebrated kind of superficially without considering the work it took to organize such campaigns.And so my question is, how has this campaign been organized by Survival International? Martin: Well, to give a bit of context the first time we heard about the French Development Agency planning on funding Kahuzi Biega, it was in the exact same time period as the publication of a report by Minority Rights Group International detailing brutal waves of violence in 2019 and until 2020 of appalling human rights abuses. So, atrocities that including murder, torture, rape [00:27:00] the burning alive of children, the burning of villages. So, we are, in this context, where we are reading the minority rights group report and understanding the scale of these waves of violence against the Batwa.And around the same period, we see that the French Development Agency has been a delegation, including the director, has been to the park and plans on funding it. So, of course we are appalled and and decide to write to the French Development Agency, but also to the to the ministry that has oversight.So, one of them is the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. And then we wait. And then we also got the support of a senator who also sent a letter and asked a question in Parliament to the government about their plan to fund this park in the context of these human rights violations.And so in July 2022, so last year, they decided to suspend temporarily the project. It was also in the context of an internal scandal because there was an expert[00:28:00] in the field and contracted by the French development agency to carry out a feasibility study. And he was basically saying around, and it can be heard in recordings saying that basically the study is just a formality and that the decision to fund the park has already been made.So there's both scandals. An internal scandal about the due diligence apparently being considered a formality on the field and the scandal of the very detailed report that had just gone out about the atrocities. So, that led to a temporary suspension. And they said that they would conclude the study and look into the abuses into social aspects.And then a year passed and we kept sending letters, of course, and doing some public campaigning about it on social media, et cetera. And then the senator asked again a question in July this year, and that's when we learned that the project was cancelled. So, of course, it's a victory, and it shows that sometimes the government actually does have the oversight[00:29:00] on the development agencies and takes the right decisions.But, of course, it's just the whole model still needs to be challenged and the park still has many international backers, even in the context of the atrocities that we that we know about. Chris: Mm. So the senator that asked about the status of the funding and found out that it was in fact scrapped, the scrapping of the funding was never made public until that point?Or there was never any press release saying so? Martin: No, they made it public, In the answer to the question, orally, in, in commission in Parliament. Chris: Mm. And would there be no way that the French public, for example, would be able to find out about this otherwise?Martin: I don't think so. And to be honest, I'm not even sure the decision had been taken before. I think they looked into it again because the senator asked a question again, but that's just speculation. Chris: And you spoke about writing letters, obviously to politicians and to the ministries [00:30:00] and also social media campaigns. Do you think there was more of an effect on the scrapping of the funding because of the public campaign, the social media campaign? Martin: Yeah, I think and that's basically the whole premise on which our campaigns are based is that an efficient mobilization of the public opinion will lead and the fact that the public cares and is informed will lead to a more efficient lobbying and advocacy of the governments and, and other government agencies. So yeah, I think one can't go without the other. And I don't know what would have happened if only the Senator had asked the questions or if only the Senator had asked a question or if we had only sent a letter and no public campaigning at all, or no press release, or no social media, I don't know. So I think, yeah, both go hand in hand.Chris: Mm hmm.So do you think that without the report from the Minority Rights Group, that the funding would have gone ahead, regardless of what was actually happening there? Martin: It's possible because we know that the funders were aware for years and [00:31:00] years of the human rights violations. And even before the waves of violence that are described in the report, we know that they were aware of that risk of violence at that time and of the human rights violation in the whole context of the militarized park.So, I think it could have very well gone ahead, because the other funders knew and kept funding it. And yeah, it's very important to get that kind of report with very detailed testimonies and information from the ground, and really documenting these atrocities. Otherwise, it's just business as usual.Chris: And the original proposal for the funding at least by the French government or the ministries involved, they were basically just promoting conservation in the way that it typically is. That's what the funding was for? Martin: Well, it's hard to know because they never published anything and actually, they never actually started funding it.It was just, just a project. Like I said, they went on a visit there and started making [00:32:00] promise to the local conservation agencies and to the local authorities. It's not clear to this day what exactly they were planning on funding, but it was clearly stated that there were planning on supporting the park itself, but I don't know for which kind of activities, but still, funding the same structure that that has been responsible for these abuses is still unacceptable.Chris: Mm hmm sounds "sketchy," as we say in English. And and so for our listeners, just a little bit of further context while France simply abandoned plans, the country had not yet made, or the government had not yet made, Germany continues to finance the park despite France's, however, subtle acknowledgment of human rights violations.And so, Linda, my question for you is, first of all, why is Germany funding a national park in the DRC to begin with? And, if you know, [00:33:00] how does that money get spent? Linda: Well, I guess the, the German interest in this park is pretty old, so the German government started funding the park already in the 80s.And there were some other projects even before that, supposedly. But it's considered to be a very, well, it obviously is a very long running project financed by the German government. And some local people call it the German park, because they assume that without the German funding, it wouldn't even exist. Like the kind of money that has been given over decades and the kind of things that have been funded, the infrastructure, the Congolese conservation authorities, the park rangers, you know, all the things that were funded basically crucial for the park to function. So yeah, it is a very German funded project. And also the German government has for very, a very long time looked at it as being a prestigious [00:34:00] project.You know, it was this great park, the gorillas, you already mentioned it, you know, and the Germans been funding it, which when you know a bit about German history, post World War II, there was a lot of interest in biodiversity and conservation funding because it was a good thing to do, which gave Germany a little bit of a different international picture than it had after the war.So there was a lot of interest in funding projects, and they were perceived as being fantastic, and they were shown to be these great projects that Germany is supporting internationally. And then, obviously, it isn't, but the German government has been very, very good at denying that there are these problems, and the role that it has had in facilitating these horrific human rights abuses. Mm. Chris: And how, if at all, has the German government responded to the [00:35:00] scrapping of the French funding? Linda: Very good timing, because I just got a response today, actually from the German government. Mm. 'cause we did point out to them that the French government has decided to not fund the park because of the violations of indigenous people's rights and because of human rights concerns. So we pointed this out to the ministry again, just in case, they would not have learned about this themselves. But the reply basically doesn't address this at all. You know, this was what we wrote the letter about and the replies about all the great things that the German government keeps funding and the improvements it is supposedly seeing on the ground and these improvements justifying their continued support.So it's just a letter explaining why they continue funding it and not addressing why maybe partners like the French government have decided not to fund it. And it's something that we have seen over the years. I think [00:36:00] survival first raised human rights violations in the Kahuzi Biega National Park in actually 2017, so that's quite a few years ago.There was a Batwa family. A father with his son, a teenage son. They were going into the park to collect herbs for medicine because another son of the family was sick. They encountered park rangers who killed the teenager and hurt wounded the father. So it was quite a terrible incident.And the father wrote to the German government, to the funders, and he complained about these human rights violations and the fact that the Batwa had lost access to the park and to their livelihood because of the German funding. The German government just said, "well, you know, there's not much we can do about it, basically."They tried to pay some money, but then really nothing, nothing else happened. And over the years, the situation hasn't improved. It has [00:37:00] gotten worse. But the German government keeps saying that they have faith in the Congolese conservation authorities and they do not see grounds to stop the funding or the project.They keep saying that they see progress. And things will get better. And we know it hasn't gone better. Chris: I'd like to return anyways to this this question around tactics and strategies and organizing. It seems that activists and those not directly involved in social movements struggle with the weight of our times.I mean, it's you know, kind of hard to ignore these days. And so, given that the German government, I imagine, is the obvious next target in the campaign to defund Kahuzi Biega, or at least the conservation authorities and programs there, what tactics, what strategies are being employed by Survival in your campaigns, [00:38:00] and how might our listeners in Germany, France, Europe, and, and beyond, how might they participate?Linda: That's a very good question, because, as I said, you know, Survival has been working on this for a few years, and there's a little bit of frustration, of course, that not much is happening in the terms of acknowledging the problem of funding this park. I think what Survival, what we're thinking is, quite important in this issue of conservation is making sure that donors in the West understand that this is a very symptomatic problem.So, a lot of conservation projects function like this and it is because there is this underlying problem with them, that they do not acknowledge land rights. But they continue to say that certain government authorities or certain conservation organizations are best put to run these places. It's the same with the [00:39:00] Kahuzi Biega National Park.The German government now says, "well, we know there are problems, so we pull in the WCS. They're the conservation organization and everything will be better. But it won't because they also have a record of not respecting indigenous people's rights. So, we need to make them understand that there is this underlying issue of not acknowledging indigenous people's land rights.And we try to do this by pointing out that this is a problem which is happening in a lot of national parks. So, protected areas that Survival has looked at in Africa and Asia, almost all of them, even the ones that we were told were good examples, have these problems. And we try to show that to the donors that have such big impact on these conservation projects and make them rethink what they're doing.It's a very difficult process, of course, because they've always done it in a different way. And now it's hard for them to think [00:40:00] about, you know, giving control and power to local people, which until now they've always said is a threat to conservation. It's like a total turn of what they assumed so far.But for us, it seems like that's the thing that we have to do for them to actually acknowledge the problem, because otherwise all the solutions that they come up with are not real solutions. They put people like the WCS in power, which is also not going to respect the Batwas' rights. Chris: Yeah, I think one of the critiques around development is in the context of these industries, especially things like conservation, volunteerism is another one that as industries, you would imagine that they would have in their mission statement, or vision, or ten-year plan, the slow and intentional disappearance of their own industry, right? Because if what they were [00:41:00] doing was working, we would need less of them. And there would be less of them, but here we are, right? And it's just, of course, a massively growing industry, both conservation and volunteerism. Martin: Yeah, it's true that our key targets are the donors, because like many of the issues that indigenous peoples are facing across the world, the root of the problem and the funding for these problems come from the West and our societies. So that's going to remain one of our targets and key part of the strategy. I think we are starting to see a shift in the discourse, in France, at least. And when we talk to the politicians, we also see that shift, that shift in the discourse of the conservation NGOs, but it's still as harmful. So instead of saying that these places are wild and empty and that the local artists are destroying it or encroaching, well, they still say it, but they also say that what we were saying before about the poverty issue and that [00:42:00] they will generate new projects and new activities and development basically.So, I think that they are starting to acknowledge the presence of these people. They couldn't be further from recognizing their land rights because, like you said, otherwise it means their own disappearance, and they're not built for that. Linda: Yeah, so it's a difficult, it's a difficult thing. I mean, I think we try to talk to people that are more inclined to understand the importance of indigenous people's rights so that we can have a base of people that support our campaigning, which is very important for us.And then we select our targets and try to engage the people that support us in convincing these targets to change projects or change their minds. And sometimes, you know, that can just be it a tweet that texts someone who we know makes decisions about certain [00:43:00] projects, try to raise awareness that there is concern about this project, that some people disagree, that this doesn't comply with human rights, that this doesn't comply with, agreements or treaties they're supporting for indigenous people's rights.And sometimes it's a more complex lobbying strategy. So there are different things we try to do and sometimes, like we saw with the example of the French government, sometimes it works because there's timing, there's different things coming together. But obviously, even though we have a lot of strategies, it's always difficult to know what will work in the end.So we try different things and try to engage with people that will help us spread the word about the need to decolonize conservation and do it differently and acknowledge land rights. And sometimes it's little things that really change a lot. Sometimes we work on something for a long time and it wasn't the right strategy and we need to change.[00:44:00] Chris: Well, speaking of how might our listeners find out more about Survival International and the decolonize conservation campaigns and especially around the work that you two are doing. Martin: Well, I strongly encourage people to read more of our campaigns on the website, on social media, also to subscribe to our newsletter, because that's where we mostly share our urgent actions.So which are one of our tools to put pressure on the targets. So, mass emails basically sent by our supporters to the targets about specific projects. And we also publish some video, direct video testimonies in our tribal voice projects, as we call it.So if they want to listen to, to the victims explaining the problems they are facing, but also the way of life that they have lost or sometimes more inspiring things about the resistance and and the fight. I think it's also very interesting to hear directly from the people affected.But yeah, I strongly encourage people to join the movement by [00:45:00] any means possible. And sometimes as Linda said, just small actions like a tweet or sending an email through these campaigns can be can really make an impact and and it does help ensure that the advocacy and the lobbying is effective.Linda: Yeah, and I think it's also a nice way to picture that you're showing solidarity with, for example, the Batwa, who often perceive the Western donors as being the cause of their problem. And I think for them, it's nice to see that there are also people in the countries that, where the problems originate that are standing up for their rights and supporting them.And I think it's probably the least we can do also, because we're so obsessed with African nature that I think it would be a very good step for us to think about the people that live in these places.Chris: Yeah, absolutely. And maybe not immediately or superficially in part because of the inundations and the dilemmas in our times, but that kind of [00:46:00] solidarity can begin to break down as well, the largely like unconscious nationalist tendencies we have when we think of other people in other countries, we always associate those people with their governments, right?Which is just like, absolutely ridiculous when anyone thinks of themselves in relation to their own government, right? But these are two faces, two voices of the resistance that are working on behalf of many others.And so I just wanted to reiterate that we're here today just to have the chance to be able to speak about a little bit about this this small victory that all willing will lead to many more to much bigger ones in regards to the Decolonize Conservation campaign of Survival International.It takes work and I'm grateful to be able to speak with you both today and to have you share some of your work and your dedication with our listeners and I will make sure that all of those links that you mentioned, Martin, will be on the End of Tourism website and available for our [00:47:00] listeners to sign up to the newsletter and follow on social media and of course participate if they so wish.Thank you both. Linda: Thanks. Martin: Thank you.​ Get full access to ⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ at chrischristou.substack.com/subscribe

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The opposite of addiction is not sobriety… it's connection.  -Mike BrcicI'm thrilled to share what turned out to be a fascinating and deeply meaningful discussion with community-builder and serial entrepreneur by nature, Mike Brcic.Mike is passionate about helping entrepreneurs live inspired, more connected lives, and our conversation was focused on the themes of the role of human connection in human health and our ability to thrive. He's traveled to and spent time with locals in some of the remotest places on earth, from the nomadic Kazakhs of western Mongolia to the Batwa forest people of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda. In the process he's learned a thing or two about how to live a meaningful human life. We talk in depth about his events and adventure retreats around the world with Wayfinders, the business Mike created to help entrepreneurs find the tribe and the support they need to achieve great things and personal fulfillment. We also cover his personal journey, including his own struggle through periods of depression.Mike is a passionate speaker on many topics related to entrepreneurship, community building, and mental health. Via his Substack channel, he shares tips and resources about human connection and how to live a more deeply connected life.Enjoy!VIEW THE FULL SHOW NOTES AND GUEST BIO & LINKS HERE ---------------------------------------

Last week climate refugees came up and this week it's time to talk about conservation refugees. Many Indigenous communities are losing their ancestral lands for conservation. This week's guest is one of the Indigenous Batwa clan leaders currently living in Buhoma in a settlement at the edge of his former home, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. It was an honor and a privilege to sit with him and his community to talk about who they are as a people, what life used to be like, and what they are hoping for in their future. During our interview, the rains came so you'll hear how heavy the rains were toward the end. If you want to see one of the Batwa traditional dances you can see it here. If you are digging the show subscribe and share it so others can enjoy it too. You can follow the show on Itunes, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Also follow the show on Twitter: @WildConnectPod You can also follow me on  Twitter: @realdrjen Instagram: @readrjen Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RealDrJen YouTube: Wild Connection TV

In this episode, we talk to Joyce Orishaba, a high school junior in north San Diego. She was one of 13 winners of the New York Times 100-word student essay competition out of more than 12,000 entries, writing a moving story about her earlier life in Uganda, which brought greater awareness to the plight of the indigenous Batwa tribe. Orishaba is a member of the National Honor Society, a Civics Unplugged Fellow 2022, and head of her school's Music Production Club. She has interned for Redemption Song Foundation for several summers, a nonprofit founded by her adoptive mother to empower the Batwa through livelihood projects, education, and community development. She's working on developing ‘Discover The Lost Tribe,' an ambassadorship program to connect American and Batwa teens. She loves to sing, surf, and dance. In this episode, we discuss: Hear the essay that won the New York Times 100-word student essay competition Learn about the journey to founding Discover The Lost Tribe, an ambassador program, and how they plan to impact the world The importance of sharing your story and being a role model with your story Connect with Joyce: 100 Words From a San Diego Teen for Her Ugandan Tribe article Redemption Song Connect with Lola: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/428192995622965 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lolaaadeyemopm/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/immigrantsincorporate/ Apply to be on the podcast: shorturl.at/dnyEO More about Thriving in Intersectionality Podcast: Welcome to the “Thriving in Intersectionality” podcast. A podcast created to help you learn from professionals in the workplace who have multiple intersectional identities; from ethnic minorities, veterans transitioning into the workforce, individuals with disabilities, parents, and so many more. Hosted by Lola Adeyemo, who is the CEO of EQI Mindset and the founder of the nonprofit Immigrants in Corporate Inc, her mission is to work with organizations to build more inclusive workplaces. This podcast was built to amplify the voices of leaders and immigrants in the corporate workplace and to give insights and guidance so people can move past their “barriers” and advance in their professional careers. Through interviews and solo episodes, Lola will examine this global world of work. We hope that you can learn a thing or two from our guests, who have a range of experiences and stories to share. Join Lola as we meet new people who are successfully navigating the corporate space. For more information and additional resources, please visit www.immigrantsincorporate.org and www.eqimindset.com

El 20 de marzo de 1916, el guerrero de la tribu batwa del Congo, Ota Benga, se suicidó en Estados Unidos. El aborigen fue exhibido en el zoológico del Bronx junto con un orangután amaestrado y nunca pudo regresar a su país.

In this episode Rebecca Grollemund (Missouri) and David Schoenbrun (Northwestern) join editor Marissa Moorman (Wisconsin) to discuss recent insights and the continuing complexity of classifying five millennia of Bantu language expansions using statistics, computational methods, and other tools. In the wide-ranging conversation, the authors make a powerful case for the utility of collaborative, multidisciplinary, and multigenerational scholarship, talk about the need to bring an eye for contingency to the big questions still surrounding the so-called Bantu-migration, and recount the joy and passion which the late Jan Vansina brought to this project and his scholarship in general. Grollemund, Schoenbrun, and Vansina's open access article, entitled ‘Moving Histories: Bantu Language Expansions, Eclectic Economies, and Mobilities', features in the March 2023 issue of the JAH. *For a sampling of further works on Bantu language expansions and related social histories, see: C. Ehret, Southern Nilotic History: Linguistic Approaches to the Study of the Past (Evanston, 1971); J. Vansina, The Children of Woot: A History of the Kuba Peoples (Madison, 1978); D. Nurse and T. Spear, The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500 (Philadelphia, 1985); J. Vansina, Paths in the Rainforest: Toward a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa (Madison, 1990); C. Ehret, An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 BC to AD 400 (Charlottesville, 1998); D. L. Schoenbrun, A Green Place, A Good Place: Agrarian Change, Gender, and Social Identity in the Great Lakes Region to the 15th century (Portsmouth, NH, 1998); K. Klieman, ‘The Pygmies Were Our Compass': Bantu and Batwa in the History of West Central Africa, Early Times to C 1900 CE (Portsmouth, NH, 2003); J. Vansina, How Societies Are Born: Governance in West Central Africa to 1600 (Charlottesville, 2004); R. Gonzales, Societies, Religion, and History: Central-East Tanzanians and the World they Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE (New York, 2009); C. Saidi, Women's Authority and Society in Early East-Central Africa (Rochester, NY, 2010); R. Stephens, A History of African Motherhood: The Case of Uganda, 700-1900 (Cambridge, 2013); K. M. de Luna, Collecting Food, Cultivating People: Subsistence and Society in Central Africa (New Haven, 2016); R. Jimenez, ‘“Slow revolution” in Southern Africa: household biosocial reproduction and regional entanglements in the history of cattle-keeping among Nguni-speakers, ninth to thirteenth century CE', The Journal of African History, 61/2 (2020).

Hello and welcome to Zee Humura Show - a podcast dedicated to sharing the beauty of Uganda with you and with the rest of the world. Today, we're going to get to know better, the Batwa people of Uganda. Enjoy - Humura Ruth (mbabaziruth77@gmail.com) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humura-ruth/message

Red Pill Buddhas w/Phil Escott – Ep: 20 w/Mary Ruddick Mary's website: https://www.enableyourhealing.com/ Mary Ruddick: Director of Nutrition Dubbed the "Sherlock Holmes of Health," Mary Ruddick is a seasoned medical nutritionist, researcher, and philanthropist who specializes in metabolic, immune, and nervous system disorders. She is the Director of Nutrition for Enable Your Healing, CaptainSoup.com, Cows4Kids.com, The REIGNS Method, and the Back to Joy Program, and she currently travels the globe studying traditional diets and seeing patients online via her private practice. She has been featured with the book, "Beat Autoimmune" and she can be found on several productions from GundryMD, the Food Lies documentary, and MeatRx. Mary is a keynote speaker at several conferences each year. She recently presented at Low Carb USA, Freedom From Food Addictions, and The GAPS OnCon. Mary spent the last several years traveling throughout Africa, the Blue Zones, and throughout remote regions of the world to observe the diets of those not affected by chronic, infectious, or emergent disease. She is currently studying with tribes throughout Latin and South America while concurrently conducting a twelve-month study on Neuropathy in the States. You can find her article on the Batwa tribe within the 2021 Fall edition of the Wise Traditions Journal. In her private practice, Mary Ruddick specializes in rebalancing the microbiome by addressing nutritional and epigenetic aspects that underlie various physical and mental health disorders. She is a specialist in the field of autoimmunity, histamine intolerance (MCAD), mental disorders, hormonal disorders, and nervous system disorders including dysautonomia, neuropathy, and seizure disorders. Having used both lifestyle and dietary changes on her own miraculous healing journey, she emphasizes the balance of both.

On its face, nothing seems more benign and positive than “wildlife conservation.” But the Wildlife Conservation Society and the German and US governments have now been implicated in supporting organized violence against Congolese villagers, using mortars, RPGs, indisciminate fire, murder and rape. This is the finding of award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker Robert Flummerfelt. Flummerfelt and his team uncovered a three-year campaign of violence by park authorities to expel Batwa people from their lands, using funding and trained by the West and conservation groups. Investigators were targeted for murder after their report came out. He joined Dispatches with Rania Khalek to discuss his investigation, the history of Western violence in the Congo and the racist settler roots of some of the biggest players in the conservation movement. Read the investigation here: https://minorityrights.org/publications/pnkb/ TIME CODES0:00 Intro1:55 What Robert uncovered in the Congo9:35 Western-funded extermination 14:14 Wildlife Conservation Society 19:41 Racist settler roots of the conservation movement27:14 Militarization of conservation 38:59 Germany's role42:34 NGOs behaving like settler/occupiers51:24 History of Western imperialism in the Congo1:02:11 Rwanda and Uganda collaborate with Western imperialism in the Congo1:07:23 UN mission in the Congo: Helpful or harmful?1:19:40 Is ISIS really in the Congo?

Get the Heart of Freedom III Replay here: https://hof3replay.thefuturegen.com/hof3recording Join the Future Generations Community here: https://community.thefuturegen.com   Remember to Rate, Review and Subscribe on iTunes and Follow us on Spotify Follow us on Instagram: @futuregenpodcast   Mary Ruddick might just be one of the most important human beings alive today. She spends her time studying people who don't have contact with the modern human world and who maintain many practices we see trending today that are actually ancestral (i.e. breathwork, bone broth, organ meats, etc.). In this episode, Mary shares just how vibrantly human bodies can function that even people in the holistic health world probably aren't aware of. Return to this episode again and again! Dubbed the "Sherlock Holmes of Health," Mary Ruddick is a seasoned medical nutritionist, researcher, and philanthropist who specializes in immune and nervous system disorders.   She is the Director of Nutrition for Enable Your Healing, CaptainSoup.com, and Cows4Kids.com, and she currently travels the globe studying traditional diets and seeing patients online via her private practice. She has been featured with the book, "Beat Autoimmune" and she can be found on several productions from GundryMD, the Food Lies documentary, and MeatRx. Mary is a keynote speaker at several conferences each year. She recently presented at Low Carb USA, Freedom From Food Addictions, and The GAPS OnCon. Mary spent the last several years traveling throughout Africa, the Amazon, the Arctic, the Blue Zones, and throughout remote regions of the world to observe the diets of those not affected by chronic, infectious, or emergent disease. She is currently studying with tribes throughout Latin and South America while concurrently conducting a twelve-month study on Neuropathy in the States. You can find her article on the Batwa tribe within the 2021 Fall edition of the Wise Traditions Journal. Stay Connected with Mary:  Website: https://www.enableyourhealing.com/  Captain Soup: https://captainsoup.com/ Cows 4 Kids: https://www.cows4kids.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryqueenofheart/    ______________________________   Stay Connected with the Future Generations Podcast:  Instagram: @futuregenpodcast, @thefuturegensd  and @drstantonhom5.0 Facebook: Future Generations Podcast and Future Generations | Clinic of Chiropractic  Website: Future Generations | Clinic of Chiropractic  Remember to Rate, Review and Subscribe on iTunes and Follow us on Spotify!

Gustavo Petro has been voted in as Colombia's first ever leftist president – the former rebel and long-time senator campaigned to radically overhaul Colombia's economy and bring an end to inequality. Katy Watson reports from Colombia's capital Bogota on the country's decisive break from its past. Despite his presidential victory earlier this year, Emmanuel Macron saw his party lose 100 seats in French parliamentary elections . Meanwhile Marine Le Pen's far-right party saw an elevenfold increase in MPs, and the hard-left alliance, under Jean-Luc Melanchon, saw their own support double. As the battle to forge a consensus begins, Lucy Williamson went to meet some of the new arrivals. Congressional hearings in Washington DC concerning the attack on the US Capitol building last year has made for gripping viewing. The committee panel has already heard a raft of Donald Trump's former allies recount examples of presidential pressure to overturn the 2021 election result. Gabriel Gatehouse says, despite the evidence, the nation remains divided over which narrative to accept. The effort to protect the world's last remaining mountain gorillas in Uganda is reckoned to be a conservation triumph. But this success has come at a terrible price for the Batwa – or pygmy – people who used to share the forest with the gorillas. Justin Rowlatt met with a Batwa man who still yearns for his former home. Domestic cats have been getting an uncharacteristically bad press recently in Iceland. One town proposed a cat curfew earlier this year – sparking fierce opposition from the newly-formed Cat Party in local elections. Egill Bjarnason has been following the ‘Cat Wars'. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Iona Hammond

Natalya is a Russian journalist working for BBC Monitoring, and her husband and colleague, Yuriy, is Ukrainian. They have been evacuated from their home in Kyiv to Lviv. Natalya tells us about the challenges of family life during war, and how she's given up trying to convince some friends in Russia about what's really happening. Changing attitudes in India A recent survey of social attitudes in India showed that a large proportion of the population, both men and women, still believe that husbands have the right to beat their wives. Women's affairs editor Geeta Pandey talks us through the findings. Why Germans are migrating to Paraguay Thousands of German migrants have moved to Paraguay, some of them escaping Covid restrictions; others because they are uncomfortable with immigration itself in Germany. BBC Mundo's Mar Pichel travelled to Paraguay to explore the reasons behind this new wave. Goodbye to South Korea's Blue House The Blue House in Seoul has been the seat of power in South Korea for more than 70 years. But the new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, has moved his office to a Defence Ministry complex and opened the Blue House to the public. Julie Yoonnyung Lee of BBC Korean explains the reasons for this decision. Uganda's Batwa people Over 30 years ago, the Batwa people of Uganda were evicted from their ancestral forest home by the government. It was thought they might threaten the gorilla population, vital to Uganda's tourism industry. But the Batwa people have struggled ever since, as BBC Africa's Patience Atuhaire discovered when she went to report on their story. Presenter: David Amanor Producer: Sue Waldram (Photo: Wedding rings. Credit: BBC)

Muchos sucesos y situaciones que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabe cuáles son? Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival le presenta este noticiero con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita. Música de introducción: - “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso. Redacción: - Shaldon Ferris, Khoisan, Cultural Survival, Sudáfrica. - Dev Kumar, Sunuwar, Cultural Survival, Asia. - César Gómez, Maya Poqomam, Cultural Survival, Guatemala. Voz: - César Gómez, Maya Poqomam, Cultural Survival, Guatemala. Edición: - César Gómez, Maya Poqomam, Cultural Survival, Guatemala. Imagen: - Cultural Survival. Enlaces: MÉXICO: Denuncia agresión contra defensores de humedales https://avispa.org/en-chiapas-denuncian-agresiones-contra-defensores-de-humedales/ HONDURAS: Garifunas piden ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos el reconocimiento de su territorio https://avispa.org/garifunas-piden-ante-la-corte-idh-reconocimiento-de-su-territorio/ PANAMÁ: Los Wounaan eligen a una mujer como su máxima líder https://www.radiotemblor.org/panama-los-wounaan-escogen-a-una-mujer-como-cacica-y-maxima-lider/ BRASIL: La política debe llegar a las comunidades Indígenas https://rmr.fm/noticias/campamento-tierra-terra-libre-apib-brasil-pueblos-indigenas/ ASIA: Los impactos del cambio climático recaen doblemente en las mujeres Indígenas www.aippnet.org/report NEPAL: Federación de nacionalidades insta a realiza un voto por candidatos Indígenas www.english.indigenousvoice.com ÁFRICA: Los sitios sagrados son más importantes que la creación de empleo https://www.dw.com/en/cuando-el-capitalismo-y-los-derechos-indigenas-colisionan/a-61536115 ÁFRICA: Pueblo Indígenas Batwa deciden volver a su pueblo https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081746.html Esta es una producción de Radio de Derechos Indígenas. Nuestros programas son gratuitos para escuchar, descargar y difundir.

Kenya's top court blocks President Uhuru Kenyatta's push for constitutional change++Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari discusses security issues with Niger's Bazoum+++Rwanda's Batwa communities speak out on stigma

Tens of thousands of girls in Afghanistan have been disappointed as a sudden reversal of policy by the Taliban meant schools were closed down again just after some had reopened. We go LIVE to Kabul for the latest and hear from a young girl, 18 years old, who was sent back home this morning. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has accused invading Russian forces of using the area around the Chernobyl nuclear plant to prepare new attacks. And, we hear from the Batwa people who have been forced from their traditional forest lands in Uganda and accommodated in villages to make way for mountain gorillas. (Photo: Sakina wants to rebuild her life after last year's bombing and the Taliban takeover. Credit: BBC)

Schools nationwide are quietly removing books from their libraries https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/03/22/school-librarian-book-bans-challenges/ What Happens When Investment Firms Acquire Trailer Parks https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/what-happens-when-investment-firms-acquire-trailer-parks Scientists say this fungus is Dracula with a twist: It kills bats. But it's afraid of light. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/01/04/scientists-say-this-fungus-is-dracula-with-a-twist-it-kills-bats-but-its-afraid-of-light/ Photographer's 3,200 Undeveloped Film Rolls Hold History of Rock ‘n' Roll https://petapixel.com/2022/03/20/photographers-3200-undeveloped-film-rolls-hold-history-of-rock-n-roll/ Uganda's Batwa people: Evicted from a ... Read more

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The Batwa people are one of the oldest surviving Indigenous tribes in Africa. They live high in the mountain forests, straddling several East African countries. The Batwa are now also called conservation refugees, as governments scramble to cope with the pressures of population growth and climate change. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from western Uganda. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The Batwa people are one of the oldest surviving Indigenous tribes in Africa. They live high in the mountain forests, straddling several East African countries. The Batwa are now also called conservation refugees, as governments scramble to cope with the pressures of population growth and climate change. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from western Uganda. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Hello my friends, it’s time for another episode with the wonderful Mary Ruddick on our journey through Africa. This episode we make it over to Uganda and travel 10 hours to the Bwindi impenetrable forest to visit the Batwa tribe, better known as the Pygmies. This group used to live in the forest and hunt & trap animals and eat all natural foods until 1991 when they were forced off their land by the government. They now have to rely on corn and beans and other crops and are losing their health and their culture. The group we stayed with are mixing in with the other people in the village and are definitely losing their heritage. It was great to visit them while that’s still possible. I don’t know how many more years they’ll be around. You’ll definitely want to listen to this one and hear about the 120 year old great, great, great, grandmother dancing and stomping around with her (youngest) 91 year old daughter. We also got to trek in the forest and hang out with the few remaining mountain gorillas which was another once in a lifetime experience. At the end we talk about how the modern foods and oils are coming into the cities in Uganda and it’s causing some big problems that are going to be devastating if it continues. Mary and I mention our new organization to help groups like the Pygmy, Maasai, and Chagga that we visited get back to their ancestral diets. It’s called Cows4Kids and we do exactly that! Go to http://cows4kids.com and learn more and click through to the Indiegogo page that just launched today. We’re putting in our own money to buy cows, goats, pigs, and chickens for these communities but are opening it up for others to do the same. This is not like a normal non-profit where there’s all kinds of middlemen and administrative stuff. It’s just us and you directly buying animals for the specific communities we visited. Mary is going to simply take whatever funds we raise and buy that many animals for each group.  She knows many other groups personally who are in need and we can expand if people support the project. These people are not getting enough nutrition from animal foods and having a cow and chickens can supply them milk and eggs year round that will vastly change their health trajectory.  What I’m most excited about is seeing the difference between the groups we support and neighboring villages who only have the corn flour, oil, and sugar, for example. This is all the Maasai school we visited had for their meals all day. If the community (and the world) see the differences in the health of the kids that get something as simple as milk in their porridge each day compared to those who didn't, maybe people will wake up, change their thinking, and stop dropping off sacks of grains for aid and get some cows instead! Go to http://cows4kids.com and support the project along with us. You can click through to the Indiegogo campaign there or search for cows 4 kids. Thanks everyone, we’re very excited to get more of the animal foods they wish they had back in their diet. If you want to get some quality animal foods for yourself there’s http://NoseToTail.org where we ship out boxes straight from our ranch in Texas to your door. We’ve added great products like biltong (which is a sugar free and additive free grass fed jerky), skin care from beef tallow which is absolutely amazing, and seasonings. There’s free shipping options as well and that’s at http://NoseToTail.org Also go to http://sapien.org for everything else. You can book something with Dr. Gary, join our Sapien program if you’re ready to make some significant changes in your health and/or want to lose weight, or join the Sapien Tribe to get all the bonus content, private Zoom sessions with myself and Dr. gary, and much more. That’s Sapien.org Now it’s time for the show with Mary Ruddick and the Batwa of Uganda! Make sure to watch the video version on the Food Lies youtube channel for the photos and videos from the trip. You won’t want to miss the 120 year old lady dancing!   GET THE MEAT! http://NosetoTail.org GET THE FREE SAPIEN FOOD GUIDE! http://Sapien.org   SHOW NOTES [1:00] Their trip to Uganda to see the Batwa (Pygmies) tribes. [9:30] Origin story of the Batwa and other tribes.  [12:15] The incredible health of the Batwa women.  [19:00] What their diet and lifestyle is like.  [23:20] How they capture their animals and how often they eat meat. [25:20] The economic hardships they have been experiencing. [30:30] The current politics of Uganda. [38:20] General health of the Batwa. [41:40] Transition to city life. [48:30] Some closing words from Mary. [50:00] Sneak peek into the new project Cows 4 Kids.   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg  

You've probably heard of the Echuya Batwa.... They're pygmies living in South Western Uganda, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. They're the shortest people in East Africa who possessed some of the best land in Uganda only to be displaced by the government. It's a bitter sweet story with a happy ending! Listen to the podcast to enjoy a little bit of Batwa culture and also get to know how you could help them! Enjoy! - Ruth (mbabaziruth77@gmail.com) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humura-ruth/message

My guest this week is Jon Steingard, the lead singer and guitarist for Hawk Nelson. In late spring of 2020, Jon posted a gut-wrenching confession on Instagram that he no longer believed in God. He is one of the more prominent recent high profile deconverts. Jon risked more than most by publicly acknowledging his lack of faith as his career was tied to the Christian music world. This confession and the public discussion of his loss of faith has and will continue to have reverberations throughout the Christian community for some time. Jon has made himself widely available to honestly and vulnerably tell his story both to the Christian community and to the atheist humanist communities. It is Jon's honest seeking after truth and his willingness to respectfully engage apologists and other prominent Christians that are having such a large impact. He has become a safe person for others in the Christian world to discuss their doubts. In my conversation with Jon, he describes a major turning point in his life when he saw poverty, starvation, and abandonment of the Batwa children and community in Uganda. This began a quite reasonable time of questioning: if God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and good, why are the Batwa suffering? In January of 2021, Jon started a podcast and YouTube channel called The Wonder and Mystery of Being. Links Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jonsteingard/ Confession of his lack of belief https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbHm10lt7w/ The Wonder and The Mystery of Being podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUjFcPl10_QMxoevHL4jLXg Twitter https://twitter.com/jonsteingard Response to Brian Houston https://twitter.com/jonsteingard/status/1313552919661342725 Interact Full show notes with quotes from the episode https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2021/01/03/jon-steingard-the-wonder-and-the-mystery-of-being/ Deconversion from Christianity https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/ Jennifer Michael Hecht's Doubt: A History https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2019/05/16/jennifer-michael-hecht-doubt-a-history/ Clergy Project https://clergyproject.org/ Make audio snippet quotes of the podcast Vurbl: https://vurbl.com/station/4hdO0KfiVRV/ Attribution "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gracefulatheist/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gracefulatheist/support

This is a public service announcement about the coronavirus or Covid-19 disease outbreak. While we adhere to the precautionary measures that prevent the spread of the coronavirus, it is important to strengthen the defenses in our body through responsible and healthy nourishment. Having a healthy immune system means that our bodies can fight the virus. Within the community there are a great variety of foods that grow and are produced that can cover the needs of our families and of those elders who live alone. Producer: Shaldon Ferris Voices: Obong Denis Image: Washing Hands Music "Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.

This is a public service announcement about the coronavirus or Covid-19 disease outbreak. The Covid-19 Pandemic is upon us, and we all need to adhere to all the hygiene protocols. While it is important to ensure the well-being of our elders in the time of this global pandemic, let us take care of our children too. If this is new for us, imagine the psychological impact it has on our young ones. Take the time to explain it to them, first hand, as opposed to what they see and hear on social media, television and radio. Producer: Shaldon Ferris Voices: Obong Denis Image: Washing Hands Music "Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission. Links: Coronavirus, World Health Organization

This is a public service announcement about the coronavirus or Covid-19 disease outbreak. According to the World Health Organisation, coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe illnesses. Covid -19 is a type of coronavirus that is now affecting over 162 countries out of 195. Producer: Shaldon Ferris Voices: Obong Denis Image: Washing Hands Music "Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission. Links: Coronavirus, World Health Organization

This is a public service announcement about the coronavirus or Covid-19 disease outbreak. While countries all over the world are on lockdown, and panic is the order of the day, this is a time when Indigenous Peoples around the world are encouraged to stay calm, and be strong, in the face of severe adversity. What is most important to note, is that our elderly are the most vulnerable. We need to take extra precaution to save the lives of the ones who are dear to us, and the ones who have shown us the way to go, who have guided our feet on the path that we all walk. Producer: Shaldon Ferris Voices: Obong Denis Image: Washing Hands Music "Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission. Links: Coronavirus, World Health Organization

Nigeria will allow travel between its states outside curfew hours from July 1 +++ Germany's Merkel takes over EU presidency +++ Ethiopia police confirm arrest of leading opposition politician +++ Somalia's 60th independence anniversary +++ As Covid-19 cases spike in Rwanda, indigenous Batwa community may return to forests

Sonya Schweighardt shares about her work with the Batwa people in Uganda and how Covid-19 has affected them. How does this mom of 15 maintain life in quarantine while leading a ministry that impacts thousands on the other side of the world? Listen to her amazing story of how God called her and what has been on the other side of her "yes" to Him. Learn about Operation Raising Hope and how your "yes" can save lives impacted by the coronavirus.

In this episode we will be exploring gorilla trekking in Uganda, as well as a preview of Ya'lla Expo2020 Dubai.Featured Articles:"Gorilla Trekking in Uganda"For more information on this destination, please visit: www.ugandawildlife.org"Ya'lla Expo2020 Dubai" (07:39)For more information on this destination, please visit: www.yallatoursexpo.com

Almost a decade ago the world got to know Justin Wren through his successful mixed martial arts career. Today he finds his greatest fulfillment through his foundation The Justin Wren Foundation dba Fight For The Forgotten. His purpose and passion is for the most bullied people group, the pygmies. Through his Fight For The Forgotten initiative, 1,500 members of a formerly enslaved people group in the DRC “Congo” are now free and flourishing on 3,000 acres of their own land with access to clean water and their own farms. Currently, he is focused on the Batwa pygmies in Uganda where he is working to bring hope to the Batwa’s desperate plight. These people are going extinct because of their deplorable living conditions and treatment by other countrymen. Through Fight For The Forgotten, he has been able to recently purchase farmland for them, farming tools and seed for crops along with providing water wells and building a latrine. A new deep solar pump water well has been dug at a school and orphanage where Batwa children now attend and some live. He admits there is much work to still be done but where there was once hopelessness, he is now seeing hope for the Batwa pygmies. Today, Justin “The Big Pygmy” Wren has expanded his Fight For the Forgotten non-profit to empower others who don’t have a voice. He regularly speaks to raise awareness for those affected by the water crisis, as well as those who are bullied, and those suffering from depression and addiction. He is developing a bully prevention/character development curriculum that is being implemented nation-wide in martial arts academies with a vision to grow it into schools. Justin is passionate about sharing with organizations, schools, academies and youth events in order to break the lifelong chains of bullying and encourage our youth to put kindness and compassion into action. To connect with Justin www.fightfortheforgotten.org To connect with Evan Uyetake www.patreon.com/yblpc twitter: @utalkie facebook: /youngbusinessleaderpodcast instagram: @utalkie LinkedIn: /evanuyetake

Dr. Scott and Carol Kellermann have worked in SW Uganda for about 20 years, providing medical services for the Batwa Pygmies. The Batwa were the inhabitants of an ancient rainforest until the 1990s when the Ugandan government evicted them in order to establish a national park for the mountain gorilla. The park is now a World Heritage Site. From field medical clinics with drip lines hanging from tree limbs to a 128-bed hospital, the Kellermann Foundation has helped reduce child mortality rates and the incidence of malaria in the region. Support the show (https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/teaminfaith)

RNE Entrevista de Mavi Aldana a Raquel Rodríguez sobre Harambee Raquel Rodríguez de Bujalance, portavoz de la ONG Harambee España, explica algunos proyectos en África. Entre ellos, uno con mujeres Batwa (pigmeas) de Burundi, otro con niñas de la calle de Benín, con madres solteras de Ruanda, y otro con jóvenes en riesgo de exclusión en Togo y en Kenia. Y, además, el proyecto Scholarship que anima a los niños españoles a financiar con sus compañeros de clase, becas para que niños africanos puedan ir al colegio. http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/africa-hoy/africa-hoy-proyectos-harambee-africa-07-01-19/4929178/ La fuerza transformadora de la educación de las mujeres africanas

En este espisodio: -El cisne, el baile y el cortejo. -El origen y los Batwa. -El Baile del vientre, los 7 velos y la leyenda de Ishtar. -El Ballet, el vals y el Can-can. -El Baile Chino del Dragón. -El sabor de la salsa. -Los bailes prohibidos. -Un ejericio de dance. Música: -Intelligent Tribal Madness, Mikroben Krieg. -Traditional Rwanda Dance. -Shesh, Pesh. -Swinging With the Sultan, Creative Commons. -Ballroom Ballet, Silent Film Light. -Waltz of the Flowers, Tchaikovsky. -Offenbach, Can Can Music. -Chinese Dragon, Epic Chinese Music. -Cuban Salsa Dance Instrumental. -No le pegue a la Negra, Joe Arroyo. -It´s like that, RUN-DMC, Jason Nevins.

Loving A Broken World Vs Easing Our Conscience- Learning From The Batwa by Community of Faith

Join guest speaker, Sonia Schweighart, as she takes us through her journey of getting to know and loving on the Batwa people of Uganda.

Edition 5 of the Singing Wells podcast is here – with a bit of a catch up on the latest news from the past 12 months of the Singing Wells project. Click here to download Podcast 5

Our March podcast features music and interviews from a visit by MRG’s Media Officer, Emma Eastwood, to Batwa communities in south west Uganda. Batwa,…

Edition 4 of the Singing Wells podcast tells the story of Ketebul Music and their founder Tabu Osusa. Click here to download podcast 4.

The first Singing Wells podcast tells the story of the beginnings of the Singing Wells project!   Click here to download the: Singing Wells podcast #1

In the second edition of the Singing Wells podcast, we look at the continuing story, including the story of how the name came about. We also hear about how the concept of the ‘Magic Moment’ was born.   Click here to download the podcast: Singing Wells podcast #2

Here is podcast number 3. In this podcast, we look at the development of Abubilla Music – one of the partners in The Singing Wells project – from initial idea, to music label. There are interviews with members of the SMCC, and music from the SMCC, Louise Calf, Gus Warriner, Tati Kalveks, Chris Kozlowski and...

Transcript -- HIV and crime. A doctor from the Bwindi Community Health Centre and a conservation representative outline the problems that were created when soldiers and tourists arrived.

HIV and crime. A doctor from the Bwindi Community Health Centre and a conservation representative outline the problems that were created when soldiers and tourists arrived.

Transcript -- HIV and crime. A doctor from the Bwindi Community Health Centre and a conservation representative outline the problems that were created when soldiers and tourists arrived.

HIV and crime. A doctor from the Bwindi Community Health Centre and a conservation representative outline the problems that were created when soldiers and tourists arrived.