People of faith
caring for living earth
Faith leaders
and green champions in action
Who we are
SAFCEI (Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute) is a multi-faith organisation committed to supporting faith leaders and their communities in Southern Africa to increase awareness, understanding and action on eco-justice, sustainable living and climate change.
What We Do
Care for the Earth by Faith Communities
Promoting understanding of the connection between faith and living Earth, and inspiring people of faith to effect change and just development within their own communities.
Energy Justice
Working for South Africans to have accessible, affordable and sustainable energy, and for faith leaders and communities from other countries to learn from South Africa’s experience.
Food & Climate Justice
Promoting a rights of nature approach to food sovereignty and climate change, opposing factory farming, industrial agriculture and GMOs.
Faith Leader Environmental Advocacy Training
Facilitating faith leaders environmental advocacy training (FLEAT) in southern Africa, and providing learning resources to conduct local eco-projects, including eco-actions in congregations.
Light a candle for the world’s environmentalists on 10 December 2021 – World Human Rights Day!
Around the globe, defenders of the environment are being attacked, harassed, and murdered, many times in connection with business activities. This has to stop! Please help us raise awareness and put demands...
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Climate governance in four Southern African Countries: A food systems perspective
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As COP26 kicks off, NGOs highlight concerns over South African government’s nuclear power aspirations
At a critical time for decisions about the intensifying climate crises – with global climate action talks (COP26) happening in Glasgow Scotland – the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute...
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SAFCEI hosts Faith and Eco-Justice project workshops in the Eastern Cape
We spent a week in the Eastern Cape as part of our Faith and Eco-Justice project, which is a three-year programme designed to share information with diverse faith leaders in selected Provinces so that they can both educate their communities about climate change, and reach out to policy makers to advocate for change at national level. On the first morning we met with a group of 8 dedicated and...
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Vigil for Fikile Ntshangase
Vigil for Fikile Ntshangase Life After Coal, Community House, 23 October 2021 On Saturday 23 October, SAFCEI was part of a vigil for slain eco activist Fikile Ntshangase who was gunned down in her home in Ophondweni, Kwa-Zulu Natal, on 22 October 2020. While Mam’ Fikile’s killers have yet to be arrested, her legacy is strong. The small group of 20 well-wishers re-committed to continued eco...
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OWA Africa Summit
How partners from across the continent met and worked together towards a single goal. The Open Wing Alliance (OWA) hosts an African Summit each year for partners within the continent to meet and connect. At this summit, we come together and share the successes and challenges from the year and discuss upcoming campaigns. The cage-free movement is growing within Africa. Safcei has worked in this...
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