4. Global Health and Sanitation Advocates Bulongo and Muyatwa Sitali on Zambia, Supporting Local Farmers, and Why the Youth Are Key to Africa's Future
09/01/19 • 61 min
In this episode of Dear Diaspora, Ndu is joined by global health advocates Muyatwa Sitali and Bulongo Sitali to discuss growing up in Zambia, supporting small scale farmers, and why young people are key to Africa’s future.
Bulongo and Muyatwa Sitali are quite the duo! They also happen to be my aunt and uncle :)
Bulongo is currently an MPH student at Rutger’s School of Public Health, and Muyatwa is a WASH Specialist at UNICEF.
With over ten years of experience in development, aid and public policy, Muyatwa has worked to advocate for health, water and sanitation in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Bulongo has worked for Zambia’s National Association for the prevention of Starvation (NAPS), as well as the Civil Society Organization Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN). Her goals for the future include working on research projects that contribute towards the advancement of knowledge in efforts to prevent and reduce the spread of communicable and non-communicable disease globally.
During the conversation, we delve into how they met (such a sweet story by the way), the importance of Zambia’s agricultural industry, living and working in Liberia after its civil war, and much more.
“The growing number of youth taking action gives me hope—they are being creative and innovative in effort to break the cycle of generational poverty ”-Bulongo Sitali
Listen in to hear more of our amazing conversation!
Resources referenced in this episode:
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee: https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Prize-winners/Prizewinner-documentation/Ellen-Johnson-Sirleaf-Leymah-Gbowee-Tawakkol-Karman2
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s This Child Will Be Great: https://www.amazon.com/This-Child-Will-Great-Remarkable/dp/0061353485
Developments in Zambia’s Agricultural Sector:https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190822-the-zambian-agri-tech-app-making-farming-cool
In this episode of Dear Diaspora, Ndu is joined by global health advocates Muyatwa Sitali and Bulongo Sitali to discuss growing up in Zambia, supporting small scale farmers, and why young people are key to Africa’s future.
Bulongo and Muyatwa Sitali are quite the duo! They also happen to be my aunt and uncle :)
Bulongo is currently an MPH student at Rutger’s School of Public Health, and Muyatwa is a WASH Specialist at UNICEF.
With over ten years of experience in development, aid and public policy, Muyatwa has worked to advocate for health, water and sanitation in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Bulongo has worked for Zambia’s National Association for the prevention of Starvation (NAPS), as well as the Civil Society Organization Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN). Her goals for the future include working on research projects that contribute towards the advancement of knowledge in efforts to prevent and reduce the spread of communicable and non-communicable disease globally.
During the conversation, we delve into how they met (such a sweet story by the way), the importance of Zambia’s agricultural industry, living and working in Liberia after its civil war, and much more.
“The growing number of youth taking action gives me hope—they are being creative and innovative in effort to break the cycle of generational poverty ”-Bulongo Sitali
Listen in to hear more of our amazing conversation!
Resources referenced in this episode:
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee: https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Prize-winners/Prizewinner-documentation/Ellen-Johnson-Sirleaf-Leymah-Gbowee-Tawakkol-Karman2
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s This Child Will Be Great: https://www.amazon.com/This-Child-Will-Great-Remarkable/dp/0061353485
Developments in Zambia’s Agricultural Sector:https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20190822-the-zambian-agri-tech-app-making-farming-cool
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Resources mentioned in this podcast:
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Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid: https://amzn.to/2KweF4m
Beyoncé's Lion King: The Gift album: https://pitchfork.com/news/beyonce-details-new-album-the-lion-king-the-gift-ft-kendrick-jay-z-gambino-blue-ivy-more/
Burna Boy's new album: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/burna-boy-african-giant/
Ghana's 2019 Year of Return Campaign: https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2018-march-2019/2019-year-return-african-diaspora
Continental Free Trade Agreement: https://www.cfr.org/blog/african-continental-free-trade-area-new-horizon-trade-africa
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In this episode of Dear Diaspora, Ndu is joined by Away to Africa founder Tiffanie Anderson to discuss her journey from attorney to entrepreneur.
While studying abroad in South Africa in 2006, Tiffanie fell in love with the continent. After coming back to the US and working as an attorney for a few years, she launched Away to Africa, a destination management company dedicated to providing guided, cultural tours throughout select countries in Africa.
During the conversation, we delve into how she builds and manages a global team, which of Away’s tours are the most popular, and why her accent has actually been one of the biggest challenges while doing business in Africa.
“When you travel, you should humble yourself and leave the mindset of where you’re traveling from at that airport. Get on that plane with an open mind and an open heart.” – Tiffanie Anderson
To learn more about Away to Africa’s tours, please visit: https://www.awaytoafrica.com.
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Resources referenced in this episode:
Away to Africa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awaytoafrica/
Away to Africa email: [email protected]
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