About The Sound Earthers' Project
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Learn about The Sound Earthers Project, promoting environmental awareness through young African activists.
Our Story: A Poet’s Cry for the Earth
Our Story: A Poet’s Cry for the Earth
I’m Enock Jowel Nionzima, a Ugandan poet and climate advocate, and the heart behind The Sound Earthers Project. Born into a world defined by climate change, I grew up in Uganda’s hardest-hit regions, where floods and droughts left communities struggling.
As a child, I turned my pain into poetry, realizing my cries mirrored the earth’s—a plea for survival and justice. I believe I was born for this moment: to advocate for sustainability and rebuild a generation broken by calamity. Inspired by Nina Simone’s Young, Gifted & Black, I founded The Sound Earthers Project in 2024 to amplify young African activists—gifted soldiers armed with talent, science, and conviction. From Kenya’s forests to Tanzania’s coasts, I’ve met youth doing extraordinary work with so little. Their stories deserve a global stage. Guided by Proverbs 22:6—“It is better to build children than to repair men”—I’m committed to raising young African advocates to drive sustainable change, redefining advocacy by lifting up the unheard voices of change.
Jowel Enock Nionzima, Climate Activist & Poet From Uganda
Our Mission: Amplifying Grassroots Voices
At The Sound Earthers Project, we’re on a mission to amplify the voices of young African activists fighting for environmental justice. We believe every story matters—every poem, every protest, every tree planted in defiance of destruction. By sharing these stories, forging partnerships, and connecting activists to global opportunities, we’re building a movement that redefines advocacy. We’re not just speaking for the unheard; we’re ensuring they’re heard, loud and clear, on a global stage. Our fight is for the earth, for our communities, and for a future where young, gifted, and African voices lead the charge for sustainable change.
Our Mission: Amplifying Grassroots Voices
At The Sound Earthers Project, we’re on a mission to amplify the voices of young African activists fighting for environmental justice. We believe every story matters—every poem, every protest, every tree planted in defiance of destruction. By sharing these stories, forging partnerships, and connecting activists to global opportunities, we’re building a movement that redefines advocacy. We’re not just speaking for the unheard; we’re ensuring they’re heard, loud and clear, on a global stage. Our fight is for the earth, for our communities, and for a future where young, gifted, and African voices lead the charge for sustainable change.
Our Vision: A Movement of Young, Gifted Soldiers
We envision a world where the cries of the earth and its young defenders echo in every corner—from Kampala to Copenhagen, from the smallest village to the largest summit. We see a movement of young, gifted, and African activists—soldiers of talent and will—mending nature one story at a time. Whether it’s Amina saving the Mau Forest in Kenya or Nia restoring coral reefs in Tanzania, we’re here to ensure their voices spark global action. Join us in lifting up these change-makers, in harnessing art, science, and conviction to heal our planet, and in proving that to be young, gifted, and African is indeed where it’s at.
Our Vision: A Movement of Young, Gifted Soldiers
We envision a world where the cries of the earth and its young defenders echo in every corner—from Kampala to Copenhagen, from the smallest village to the largest summit. We see a movement of young, gifted, and African activists—soldiers of talent and will—mending nature one story at a time. Whether it’s Amina saving the Mau Forest in Kenya or Nia restoring coral reefs in Tanzania, we’re here to ensure their voices spark global action. Join us in lifting up these change-makers, in harnessing art, science, and conviction to heal our planet, and in proving that to be young, gifted, and African is indeed where it’s at.
Meet Our Team
Meet Our Team
We’re a passionate team of young Africans dedicated to amplifying the voices of grassroots activists. Meet the change-makers driving The Sound Earthers Project’s mission across the continent.
Jowel Nionzima
Team Lead
Enock, a Ugandan poet, founded The Sound Earthers Project to give young African activists a global stage. Guided by his poetry and a vision for sustainability, he leads our mission to redefine advocacy.
Musumba Elijah
Stories Coordinator
Elijah, a Kenyan storyteller, ensures every activist’s story shines on our platform. He's love for narratives drives him to connect with youth across Africa, amplifying their environmental victories.
Lule Arthur
Opportunities Lead
Arthur, a South African youth advocate, connects activists to global opportunities like fellowships and workshops. He’s passionate about empowering the next generation to lead sustainable change.
Namusisi Ephrance
Partnerships Manager
Ephrance, a Ghanaian organizer, builds partnerships with organizations to expand our impact. Her knack for collaboration helps us create a network of change-makers united for environmental justice.
Nuwampa Priscilla
Youth Outreach Lead
Priscilla, a Senegalese educator, inspires young Africans to join the climate fight. Through workshops and mentorship, she nurtures a new generation of advocates, echoing Proverbs 22:6’s call to build children.
Gray Kizito
Morale Booster & Earth Guardian
Enock’s loyal Ugandan dog, brings joy to the team with his boundless energy. As our Earth Guardian, he reminds us to stay grounded and fight for the planet with unwavering spirit.
Who Are the Sound Earthers?
Who Are the Sound Earthers?
Sound Earthers are bold, passionate, and fearless changemakers of today. Youths, who are Young, Gifted and African with a lovely precious dream and open heart to fight for the Earth, a place they call home.
In a whole world, where many are degrading and killing the Earth and its environments, there are a million boys and girls, who are young, gifted, and African, and are at the frontline of the environmental crisis driving sustainable change. Intimate with the Earth, the Sound Earthers boldly preach and advocate sound doctrine on environmental issues to communities. We are united by our shared conviction that the earth deserves not just preservation but restoration, protection, and care. The injustices the earth faces are the injustices we fight against.
We have been oppressed, challenged and downtrodden by climate change, but through this crisis we’ve not lost our conscious, our soul is intact, we’ve been called for a great commission, to tell and advocate for sustainable development for the whole world that’s waiting for redemption. And as we stand up for this cause, we won’t have to look back and be haunted by our youth.
The Sound Earthers— are the sound voice of change, the thinkers, the poets, the artists, the architects, the innovators and the warriors of the Earth that are always fighting, challenging, and always striving for a better world.
Our Inspiration for Justice
Our Inspiration for Justice
The cry of the Earth is our cry, the injustice done to the Earth is done to us. Living in the mostly affected areas on Earth, we’ve been molded by adversity, calamities, insecurities and inadequacies to be soldiers. Soldiers with no guns but knowledge, science, art, and the will to heal the Earth that’s depleted and degraded. Amidst this crisis, we choose to stand up for what’s right to do, we choose to mend the Earth with sound solutions and our quest has just begun.
Our strength is that there are many struggles, issues, solutions, voices and stories that need to be put in a bigger picture by the young, gifted and African activists. And as Nina Simone said: ‘‘Oh, but my joy of today is that we can all be proud to say "To be young, gifted and black Is where it's at." Then we are to tell our young, and fight for what’s our right.
Our Commitment
Our Commitment
We are united in our conviction that the earth must be saved. We are committed to raising our voices—whether through creative expression, environmental education, activism, or innovation—to ensure that the earth’s cries are heard far and wide. We recognize that real change will not come from passive observance but from bold action.
We are here to break the silence. We are here to amplify the stories of young activists across the African continent who, against all odds, are speaking out, rising up, and taking action for the earth. Through Sound Earthers, we amplify their voices, telling their stories, and sharing their journeys with the world.
Every Sound Earther has a story to tell, and every story is a call to action—a call for the world to stand with us and stand with the earth.
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