A view of the night sky from the Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona. Photo: Ameer Basheer/Unsplash
Americans invented the idea of national parks. They sing of amber waves of grain and sublime purple mountain majesties. They’ve made the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and Yellowstone shrines of national identity and idealise nature in speeches, literature, painting, photography and architecture.
And yet American lands today are torn by conflicts over science, religion, identity and politics, with contradictory conceptions of nature at the heart of a broken national consensus.
To Native Americans, nature and culture are inseparable, and the identity and the history of a tribe is thoroughly interwoven with specific places, such as Rainbow Bridge or the San Francisco Peaks. In contrast, many White Americans embrace wilderness, defined as nature that is free of human presence, with no roads, telephone lines or electricity. The wilderness is, to them, eternal and pre-human, an idea at odds with b
Dr Tshepo Motsepe undertook her engagement at the launch of the 2020 South African Child Gauge in her capacity as patron of the South African Civil Society for Women’s, Adolescents and Children s Health. Photo: GovernmentZA
Dr Tshepo Motsepe, a medical doctor and South Africa s first lady delivered the keynote address during the online launch of the South African Child Gauge 2020: Food and nutrition security on Thursday, 18 February 2021.
Dr Motsepe s keynote address focused on malnutrition, which casts a long shadow on children and their future, robbing them of health and well-being, condemning them to continued ill health while undermining their chances to learn, earn and escape poverty.
Children wait for food at a feeding scheme in Lavender Hill, Cape Town South Africa, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, during the fourth week of lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. The feeding of the children has replaced the meal a day they would be fed during their regular school day on a regular basis. AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht NewsDefeat Poverty
South Africa’s First Lady Calls for an End to Stunting and Child Hunger
The country has failed to prevent stunting in children in the last 20 years, according to a report.
Why Global Citizens Should Care
Food insecurity is a serious issue in South Africa and has only increased as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also has a serious impact on the growth and development of the country’s children. The UN’s Global Goal 2 calls for an end to world hunger, and this cannot be achieved without immediate action to ensure food security for all South Africa’s children. Join the movement and take action on this
COVID-19 exacerbated hunger among SA s children in 2020, report finds The 2020 Child Gauge Report revealed that poverty, unemployment and hunger rose dramatically during lockdown. FILE: Carnarvon Primary pupils make their way to the school kitchen. The school feeding scheme s efforts are to alleviate pupil s hunger. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN
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CAPE TOWN - COVID-19 left nearly half of South Africa s mothers and children going hungry for parts of last year.
This was revealed in the 2020 Child Gauge Report, presented by the Children s Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
The study revealed that poverty, unemployment and hunger rose dramatically during lockdown.