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List of African commitments
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church has around 43.5 million followers and 500,000 clergy. |
In September 2012, 25 faith groups from 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa will launch their Long-Term Commitments for a Living Planet at ARC's Nairobi Celebration at the All Africa Conference of Churches' Desmond Tutu Conference Center.
See below for a full list of faith groups in each country and click on each link to read a summary of their plan. Another four faith groups are in the process of developing their plans, so we expect this list to grow.
Many Heavens One Earth Our Continent
Alternatively, to download a web version of the Many Heavens One Earth Our Continent book we have produced for the official launch of the plans on September 20, 2012, in Nairobi, Kenya, click here. It contains all of these plans plus photographs of the work our partners are doing, and inspiring quotations from Christian, Muslim and Hindu sacred texts. But be warned - it is around 120 pages long and a 6.2MB document!
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| “We commit to mobilise Christians from CPR member Churches to value more the land, to protect and manage it in a proper manner because we human beings were created out of the land, the soil; we live on it, get our livelihood from it and will return to the land as we depart from our present day existence” - Theological Charter on the Environment, Protestant Council of Churches of Rwanda |
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Cameroon
Presbyterian Church of Cameroon
Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission
Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church
Ghana
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Kenya
Bhumi Africa: Treading lightly on Mother Earth
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa Centre for Social Justice and Ethics, Amecea
Full Gospel Churches of Kenya
Kenya Episcopal Conference, the Catholic Church in Kenya
The Methodist Church in Kenya
Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Kenya
Nigeria
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Uganda's Muslim community is planting millions of trees and has adopted Greening Friday during Ramadan as a special day to celebrate the environment |
Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Nigeria
Qadiriyyah Movement, Nigeria
Rwanda
Protestant Council of Churches of Rwanda
South Africa
Anglican Church of Southern Africa, South Africa
Sudan
Sammaniya Sufi Sect, Sudan
Tanzania
Bukoba Catholic Diocese, Tanzania
Northern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania
National Muslim Council of Tanzania (BAKWATA)
Uganda
Bunyoro Kitara Diocese, Church of Uganda
Greening Initiatives, Uganda Muslim Supreme Council and Uganda Muslim Women Association
Green Top – Tree Planting Project: Humanitarian Efforts and Relief Uganda (HEAR Uganda) and Uganda Muslim Youth Assembly (UMYA)
Zimbabwe
Greek Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa
The United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe
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Faiths for Green Africa
We are working with more than 25 Christian, Muslim and Hindu faith partners in Africa. |
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ARC Africa Faiths Newsletters
Newsletter that links Christian, Muslim and Hindu faith groups in sub-Saharan Africa developing long-term action plans on the environment. |
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African Faith Commitments
Christian, Muslim and Hindu faith groups in sub-Saharan Africa have developed long-term faith commitments to protect the living planet. These range from planting millions of trees, engaging in environmental education programmes and mobilising their communities to manage land and water sustainably. |
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