It is one of the most inhospitable areas in the wholeAfrica, only stones and dust. Yet, in the Chalbi Desert, in the far north of Kenya, some local tribes have established a small town called North Horr. And it is from here that the journey of BG4SDGs – Time to Changethe project that the photographer Stefano Guindani, in collaboration with Banca Generali, is carrying out to tell the state of the art of the UN Agenda 2030, with a focus above all on Sustainable Development Goal number 17: “Strengthening the means of implementation and renewing the global partnership for sustainable development “. Because after all – we know it, or we should know – only international cooperation can bring about that real sustainable revolution hoped for in the 2015 Paris agreements.
And here, in this land in North Horr inhabited mostly by tribes of the Gabra ethnic group, the climate has become so inhospitable that the animals die and the community no longer has to live.
In this complicated context, Amref gave birth to Heala project that aims to change
radically the relationship of interdependence between man and the environment. Leveraging their own
transnational presence, the Association is encouraging a process that involves countries, organizations and experts, guiding North Horr towards sustainable development solutions. One of the
the cornerstones of the project is linked to the adoption of a multi-user platform of targeted innovation
to prevent meteorological risks, so that shepherds can better organize themselves and preserve their livestock. Hence, a more general reorganization, which can also offer health care and try to stop child malnutrition, which is a real plague in the area.
And so, if man has been able to have such a negative impact on climate and pollution, he can still become an active actor in constructive change. And Stefano Guindani is committed to witnessing all this.
Source: Vanity Fair
