Hunger Strikers Stories

My name is Salim Maruf, and I'm 36 years old. I'm an environmental activist working to promote climate justice in Africa, particularly in the Sahel region, which is severely impacted by the effects...

I am Newton Saisi from Republic of Kenya, currently a student of Land Survey Planning. I do food advocacy with food at COP campaign and also a farmer I am doing hunger strike because it is affecting...

I am Francois Kamate. I'm still single and I'm 27years. I am the coordinator and founder of the environmental youth movement known as Extinction Rebellion Rutshuru, and I have been leading the...

I am Jackson Kisangani. Congolese nationality, born in Kiwanja on February 11, 1994. I'm still single, but I won't stay that way forever. For my future wife and my future children, I will fight with...

My name is KAMBALE KYAVU Moïse, born in the midst of the war in 1994 in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, still evolving in this eastern part of the country characterized...

My name is Mugisha Herbert born & raised in Uganda since 1997. I am 26 years old.  I hold a degree in laws and while at the law school, I interested myself with only one kind of law...

My name is Mark Joffe, I am 71 years of age, was born in London in 1952 and emigrated to Israel in 1986. I have three children who were brought up in the war torn border zone between Israel and...

I am Opio Nicholas 38 years old, living in Uganda and Ugandan by Nationality, a social worker, founder and mentor to Awake Youth Relief Agency (AYRA) since 2012. I have worked as Program Manager...

My name is YANROI BEADOUMADJI, I am 23 years old, born in Goundi, Chand in 2000, single and the eldest of three children. I have a degree in International Economic Relations where I studied...