Hello and welcome to this month’s newsletter! We hope you all had a blessed Eid Al-Adha, a time of reflection, gratitude, generosity, and togetherness with family and community. In this edition, we reflect on S4S’s recent event in Norway, which brought together a workshop, presentation, and panel discussion
Dear readers, Welcome to S4S’s second special edition, exploring the intersection of climate change, public health systems, and inequality across East Africa. In places like Somalia, climate change is not abstract; it is felt in clinics, food systems, and the daily realities of communities facing drought, displacement, and limited
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Maydi newsletter. I hope all who celebrate had a joyful Eid and are easing back into their routines after a blessed month of Ramadan. Over this period, S4S stayed closely connected with the wider community. We co-hosted a webinar with Somali Youth4Youth exploring
Hello everyone, and welcome to our fourth edition of the S4S Spotlight Series, where we highlight the voices and expertise of our organisation’s members. This edition has been compiled by Leyla Sacad, a nurse and a member of S4S’s Social Media and Marketing Team. In this spotlight, we
Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Maydi Newsletter! We hope you have all had a blessed start to Ramadan as we enter this special time of reflection, renewal, and striving to better ourselves while uplifting our communities. In this edition, we share the latest news from the region and
Hi everyone, and welcome to the New Year! As we step into 2026 we are excited to welcome you to a new year filled with momentum, collaboration and opportunity with Somalis for Sustainability. This year is shaping up to be one of our most dynamic yet jam-packed calendar of events,
In this Spotlight, Ibrahim Abdi, co-founder of Somalis for Sustainability, reflects on the tensions and possibilities at the intersection of aviation and climate responsibility. He examines how the Somali diaspora can support global mobility while advancing sustainable solutions, holding both truths with clarity and purpose. Spotlight Series: Ibrahim Abdi Flying
Salaam everyone! As 2025 comes to a close, we would like to thank you for reading, engaging with, and supporting the Maydi Newsletter throughout the year. Your continued interest and participation have been central to the conversations we have shared and the community we continue to build. As always, thank
Hello everyone, and welcome to our second S4S Spotlight Series, where we highlight the voices and expertise of our organisation’s members. This edition has been compiled by Maqsuud Nur, Sustainability Consultant and member of S4S’s Social Media and Marketing Team. Today, we turn our attention to a topic
Hi everyone, Welcome to this month’s edition of the Maydi Newsletter! We’re excited to share updates from the Somalis for Sustainability team’s recent time on the ground in Belem, Brazil, where they connected with local partners, participated in climate-focused gatherings, and explored new pathways for global collaboration.
Driving Climate Literacy in the Somali Diaspora: A Gift That Will Keep Giving Hi everyone, alongside our monthly newsletter we are pleased to introduce ‘S4S Spotlight Series’, a new monthly series by Somalis for Sustainability (S4S) that highlights the voices and expertise of our members. Each spotlight will feature an
Hi everyone, Welcome to this month’s edition of the Maydi Newsletter! In this issue, we’re excited to share highlights from our much-anticipated Climate Education Workshop, where participants explored the deep connections between climate and cultural identity. We’re also proud to spotlight one of our directors, Radhia, who
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Dear readers, Since our first issue in July 2024, the Maydi Newsletter has aimed to share knowledge, insights and stories that matter to our community. This month marks a new milestone: our first special edition, dedicated entirely to one theme, Somalia’s built environment. Housing and infrastructure in Somalia carry
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Hi everyone! Welcome to this month’s edition of the Maydi Newsletter. Our thirteenth edition. We would like to thank all of our readers from the first to the latest subscriber for coming along this journey. We hope you have benefited from reading our newsletter 📰 As summer draws to a
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Hi everyone! Welcome to this month’s edition of the Maydi Newsletter In this issue, we’re recapping the third edition of our webinar series and sharing highlights from our recent event in Toronto, Canada. We’ve also got a few tickets left for our upcoming event with TfL. Scroll
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Hi everyone! Welcome to this month’s edition of the Maydi Newsletter! In this issue, we dive into what we got up to at the mid-year UN climate negotiations and share highlights from our presentation to TfL’s internal sustainability network. Oh, and we’ve also included our usual Word
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Hi everyone! Welcome to this month’s edition of the Maydi Newsletter! In this edition, we cover our participation in a roundtable at UCL on water scarcity in the Somali Horn, our first careers event with Octopus Energy Equality Foundation (if you missed it, don’t miss the next one
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Hi everyone! Welcome to this month's edition of the Maydi Newsletter! We're back after a short break in March. In this issue, we share our first-ever contributed article from the SEG Forum on early flood warning systems, along with highlights from our event in Sweden and
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Hi everyone! Welcome to this month's edition of the Maydi Newsletter! In this issue, we’ll cover highlights from our recent in-person event in London (yes, you really did miss out if you couldn't make it!) and the Mission 300 initiative, which has been making waves
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Hi everyone! The moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived – this month’s edition of the Maydi Newsletter is here! 2025 is shaping up to be a challenging year for everyone working towards climate action, especially with the US withdrawing from the Paris Agreement for the second time
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Hello everyone! What a wild ride it’s been for us at S4S. After founding in December 2023, we properly kicked things off in early 2024 with a bang—starting with our inaugural event at the UK Parliament (because why not? 🚀). Since then, we’ve been on a whirlwind adventure,
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Hello everyone, Welcome to this month’s edition of the Maydi Newsletter– your trusted source for the latest on sustainability in the Somali Horn. In this issue, we share what our team got up to at COP29 in Baku, an agricultural programme in Somalia and what happened at COP16 in
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Hi everyone! Welcome to this month’s edition of the Maydi Newsletter—your trusted source for the latest on sustainability in the Somali Horn. In this issue, we’re excited to share updates from our recent event and delve into key topics, including strategies for accessing climate finance and the
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Hi everyone, Welcome to this month's edition of the Maydi Newsletter, your go-to source for the latest updates on sustainability in the Somali Horn. The moment you've been waiting for is finally here! In this issue, we share more about our work on the ground in