IN THE SPOTLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD - MAHAWA KOMALA

Mahawa Komala is from Liberia. She holds an associate of science degree in Environmental Science from Stella Maris Polytechnic and the executive director of Green Environment Foundation. The goal

of her foundation is to provide every Liberian with opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and commitment needed to protect and improve the environment through awareness, education, undertake policy advocacy and dialogue on environmental issues and promote career interest in environmental studies

She also volunteer with an international peace building organization called everyday gandhis, where we promote peace through storytelling and experience that exemplify fresh thinking, respect for traditional culture and restoration of nature where we plant trees in rural Liberia in an effort to mitigate climate change impacts and conserve the environment for present and future generations.

In the next five years, she planned to effect change in my community through empowering vulnerable disadvantaged young girls in rural Liberia and educate people about environmental issues ranging from Climate change, pollution, and land degradation. She believe that many of the problems we are confronted with in our environment continue to happen due to lack of proper education on environmental management. People tend to degrade the environment because they don’t know the impacts of their activities on the environment.

She is a civil society actor. she had volunteered with many civil society organizations in Liberia. She enjoy working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, work under pressure and ensure that there’s gender balance in my team so as to promote inclusion and equal participant in every activity she participate in.

She stand for women’s rights. She think we should be given the opportunity to participate in decision making because we are the ones that are more vulnerable to the problems we are faced with in our environment. If we must develop Africa, we the youth need to serve as agents of change in our various communities. We can’t develop when our environment is degraded. So as youth, let’s take ownership of our environment if we want to grow, stay healthy and live in harmony with Mother Nature.

MahawaKomala

Liberia

+231776011460

hawakomala@yahoo.com