David Samikwa - 1 5 MAX 2022 - Keynote Speaker
Channel: 1.5max org
Date: 2022-11-01

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David Samikwa is a 29 year old Social Scientist and youth activist from Malawi, with expertise in nutrition and food security, tropical agriculture and community resilience. He has served as a youth representative and board member of Malawi’s Nation Aids Commission, as a Climate Change Young Leader under the Malawi-Scotland Partnership, and as Youth Change Maker with the Youth Wave Malawi project. David is a passionate advocate for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender Equality, community-led Climate Change adaptation and mitigation policies, and Youth Engagement on a wide range of issues.

“I have more than 5 years experience in youth work. As an advocate, I have been mobilizing fellow young leaders in climate mitigation and afforestation activities. This include tree planting, briquettes making, biogas production, clean up campaigns in hospitals, markets and schools among other places. I have also been engaging community leaders in the fight against climate change, deforestation, charcoal burning, information dissemination, clean energy usage and forest management.”

Listen to David discussing Climate Change and other issues every Monday on Malawi Times Radio: https://liveonlineradio.net/times-radio-malawi