How village rain stories shape climate actionCEFR A2
24 Dec 2025
Adapted from Bird, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Prithivi Rajan, Unsplash
Emily Wanja Nderitu works to bring African rain stories into global climate conversations. She attended the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil and felt the place was a frontline in the climate struggle. She works with Doc Society, a group that supports independent storytellers.
Nderitu leads the Democracy Story Unit and the Climate Story Labs. These projects link storytellers, scientists and policymakers. She began in 2016 as the impact producer for the film Thank You for the Rain, which follows Kenyan farmer Kisilu Musya. Local screenings have led to a town hall and a change in a water policy, and a photo project in South Africa inspired a school garden programme.
Difficult words
- frontline — a place where a problem is most serious
- storyteller — a person who tells true or fictional storiesstorytellers
- policymaker — a person who helps make public rulespolicymakers
- impact producer — a person who makes films to create social change
- screening — a public showing of a film or videoscreenings
- policy — a plan or rule made by a government
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Discussion questions
- How can a photo project inspire a school garden in a community?
- Why might a place be called a frontline in the climate struggle?
- Have you ever seen a film that made people act differently? What happened?
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