Shadrack Omuka is a freelance journalist and a photographer based in Nairobi, Kenya. He specializes in science, culture, human rights, environment, business, climate change and technology. His work has appeared in publications including Earth Island Journal, Equal Times, News Deeply, Inter Press Service, Thomson Reuters, Water World and World Economic Forum, among others.

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Since its founding in the 1980s, the 200-acre Subukia National Shrine in Kenya has been a place of worship for Christians and non-Christians alike, with surrounding forest and springs that many visitors consider to hold healing powers. (Shadrack Omuka)

Environment degradation imperils Kenya's Subukia Shrine and healing waters

EarthBeat
Oct 8, 2022

Kenya's Subukia National Shrine, said to have healing waters, has been losing its splendor in the face of massive deforestation that has wildlife disappearing and climate change that is drying up its springs.

Fr. Innocent Wefon of Cameroon participates in a cleaning exercise with the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability Africa, a grassroots lay organization that aims to empower African youth to get involved in working for a better climate.

Young Africans engage in local and global climate conversations through Catholic youth network

EarthBeat
May 2, 2022

Since 2011, Allen Ottaro has been running a grassroots lay organization that aims to empower African youth to get involved in working for a better climate.