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Empowering young people through climate change competitions | Thetsane High School in Maseru hosts a climate change fair
Posted by Khanyi Khuzwayo on 12 December 2024, 08:50 SAST
A stated aim of FutureLife-Now! is that it develops healthy and empowered young people who can lead responses to 21st century challenges, including those related to climate change. A good example of this in practice is the “climate change fair” that FutureLife-Now! hosted at Thetsane High School.
Thetsane, in the Maseru District, has participated in the FutureLife-Now! Programme since Phase 1, benefitting from its many initiatives. Now, in Phase 2 it serves as a hub of support to the “new” schools that have joined the programme. In this support role, the school invited five other FutureLife-Now! high schools in the district— Abia, Lesia, Masowe, Puthiatsana and St Catherine—to come together for a fair aimed at promoting youth empowerment. By enhancing their knowledge and capacity to address the risks of climate change, and by promoting youth-led climate-focused activities, the youth were galvanised to mitigate the effects of climate change on their vulnerable school communities. In the course of the day, schools competed against each other in the following categories: debates, an essay competition, quizzes and poetry, all as part of expanding their knowledge of climate change.
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