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
Energy Justice
Food & Climate Justice
Faith Leader Environmental Advocacy Training
Small grants for eco-justice work with faith communities
The small grants programme is now active for the rest of this year. The application process is open for faith leaders of community projects in Southern Africa whose environment-conscious projects are in need...
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Have your say on the proposed amendments to the Regulations in the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) Act
Have your say on the proposed amendments to the Regulations in the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) Act (submissions close on 18 August 2020). These proposed amendments set the legal framework for applying...
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Sign on: Faith Leaders call for No More Nuclear Energy
Please join us to raise your voice by signing on to the statement. [pdf-embedder url="https://safcei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Nuclear-energy-statement-July-21-2020.pdf" title="Nuclear energy statement -...
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FLEAT member feature: Kelly Ngeti
In this week's Faith Leader Environmental Advocacy Training (FLEAT) feature story, we look at the work of Kelly Mwakanah Ngeti from Mombasa, Kenya, who has been a member of the FLEAT 1 regional group since 2015. From the organization Center for Sustainable Development – Kenya (Cesud-ke) and representing the Catholic faith, Kelly Ngeti, was one of the first recipients of the FLEAT trainings in...
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FLEAT member feature: Lisa Johnstone
Our story this week comes from Lisa Johnstone. Lisa is a FLEAT South African member and represents the Northfield Methodist Church in Benoni. She shares with us some of the activities the Mission and Outreach department have been up to recently. “As you can imagine, the situation on the ground for the homeless and very poor is dire. Our mission and outreach staff have been working with the army...
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FLEAT member feature: Celestine Otieno
Ms Celestine Otieno was one of the participants in our Faith Leader’ Environmental Advocacy Training (FLEAT) in Kenya in 2018. Celestine was referred to the training by the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA) where she worked as an intern. Her story: “The Green Youth Mentorship (GYM) Program, under the Umbrella of Kenya Interfaith Network for...
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