Youth Activist from Tanzania attends UN conference in Doha

 

Humphrey Mrema, Chairman at Youth Survival Organization from Tanzania 

The United Nations fifth Least Development Countries Conference takes place in Doha, Qatar between March 5 – 9^th. Ministers from Turkey, Bangladesh, Zambia and Ghana are among the high-level representatives gathering to discuss the many issues facing the 46 LDCs, with continued aim to

deliver the sustainable goals by 2030.

Education Above All is among those hosting several events including panel discussions and roundtable talks between ministers, youth activists and education specialists. EAA will also co-sign several policies, showing its continued support to projects on the ground in places like Mali, Nepal and Nigeria.

One person who will be attending the event is Humphrey Mrema, Chairman at Youth Survival Organization. He is from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, a country where climate change is having a profound impact and will speak at an event hosted by EAA’s partner Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) on March 8^th.

“Tanzania as a growing economy is highly dependent on agriculture, tourism and fishing. Climate-change is already led to death, land degradation, loss of jobs and properties, famine, hunger and energy insecurity. More than 45% of Tanzanians lack access to clean water and sanitation. Other social services are also fail to cater for the needs of the growing population which has now reached 61 million people according to the 2022 National Population Census.”

 

Humphrey Mrema is Chairman at Youth Survival Organization and has been working on environmental projects for four years. He jointly drafted the Youth4Climate Manifesto (2021) during the Pre-COP26 in Italy and the Kampala Declaration (2022), adopted by Environment Ministers during the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Conference in Uganda. He was also involved in the #Payment Overdue campaign ahead and during COP27, aiming at exhorting decision-makers to establish a financial mechanism to address loss and damage.

 

“My representation at LDC5 will provide a space to amplify the voices of communities in need and demand for international solidarity to take urgent action because we are running out of time and falling short of the ambitious targets we set in 2015 to achieve sustainable development,” he says.

“LDC5 and the Doha Program of Action are instrumental in shaping policy reforms, financing and planning to transform millions of communities that are facing a food crisis, climate change, youth unemployment and lack of basic public utilities including electricity, water as well as social services like education and health which are hampered by budgetary constraints.”

“At LDC5 I hope to speak about topics such as youth as the engine of green jobs as well as forming partnerships to revitalize the younger generation’s hopes in delivering for the people and the planet.”