Mrs Samira Bawumia, wife of Vice President Bawumia has called on governments and development agencies to continue taking measures to prioritize clean cooking as a major policy initiative. “There is the need to integrate clean cooking into government programmes and policies and encourage sustainable clean cooking solutions,” she stated. Mrs…
10 Women Who Transformed Themselves Into Superheroes
Black Widow, Wonder Woman, and Scarlet Witch are all fictional, but fortunately, the world is full of real-life superheroes far more amazing than their comic book counterparts. The ladies on this list have all fought monsters, saved people in distress, and made our planet a safer place.
10Lydia Angiyou
Lydia Angiyou stands 155 centimeters (5’1”) and weighs about 40 kilograms (90 lb). She isn’t exactly what you’d call “intimidating,” but appearances are deceiving. This is one Inuit lady you don’t want to mess with. The 43-year-old was walking through the town of Ivujivik, Quebec when she spotted her nephews and seven-year-old son playing in the streets. But instead of laughing and smiling, the kids were terrified, probably because a 300-kilogram (700 lb) polar bear was heading their way. Afraid it was coming after her kid, Angiyou pulled an Ellen Ripley.
he was so proud to be a lion killer. and we were thinking, could this guy actually change one day and become a lion guardian? [ speaking in foreign language ] today, we have more than 65 lion guardians across eastern africa doing what he s done. we never really even imagined that we could transform these killers to the point where they would risk their own lives to stop other people from killing lions. my hope is that my children and my grandchildren will be able to hear lions roaring in the wild. [ applause ] please join me in honoring cnn hero leela hazzah. [ applause ]
trouble. so are hyenas, giraffes, hippos. the big cats including lions. the trend at times seems unstoppable. but our next hero uses a unique approach to try to make a difference. here to tell her story is a supporter of the rape treatment center of los angeles, star of the recently wrapped emmy award-winning series, christina hendricks. [ applause ] one night a girl climbed up to the rooftop of a house in egypt. she had heard stories of how the night was once filled with the sounds of roaring lions. leela hazzah listened and listened for them. and when her father told her they were long extinct in egypt, in that silence her life s work to save them began. she went to school, studied, and traveled to kenya, where the lion population has rapidly declined. she spent a year listening to