What began in 2011 as a call to the youth of the DRC to speak out for the protection of their forests, has come to this grand moment – men, women and children from Kinshasa city and surroundings coming out to take part in the filming of the video for song the “Voix de la forêt”, whose lyrics come from a selection of poems written by young people during our Future of the Forests in Poetry competition.

In the warm September sunshine of a small forest in the Mont Ngafula commune, people came out, together as one, without distinction of race or age, because they want to protect the inimitable Congo forests. Continue reading →