AJWS Blog
The AJWS community has a lot to say about what's happening in the world. Read our insights about the struggle for justice and human rights around the globe — and meet the activists on the frontlines of the fight to build a better world.
“That’s not the world I want to live in”: Slow and steady, El Salvador’s climate monitors take action
Lucy Medina Serrano grew up with nine siblings in El Castaño, a tiny village along a river on El Salvador’s border with Guatemala. Her family has always relied on local groundwater from the well outside their home to grow tomatoes, peppers, yuca, aloe, basil, papaya, bananas and more. But for years, sugarcane processing plants upriver …
What it means to fight for Indigenous people’s rights in Kenya
This letter was written by Loolasho, a coordinator at AJWS grantee partner Kenya Indigneous Youth Network, to mark Indigenous People’s Day on October 14. We’re proud to share his words with you here. My name is Loolasho, and I was born and raised in a small community in the Laikipia drylands forest. I am a …
