Sanofi Foundation shared on LinkedIn:
“What can we learn from the people working to create change for the next generation?
That’s what we’re exploring in our new series, Three Questions with…, where we are spotlighting people whose ideas, experiences and work are helping advance innovation and progress for children and young people.
We’re starting with the brilliant Charlot Magayi – climate leader, entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Mukuru Clean Stoves. Through her work, Charlot is advancing locally led solutions to challenges affecting families and young people, and shares our belief in the potential of innovation to improve lives.
We caught up with Charlot recently when we shared the stage with MIT Solve at UNGA, and spoke to her about the everyday risks children face at home, the power of partnership and her hopes for Africa’s next generation.
What challenge facing children and young people receives too little attention?
‘I think we pay too little attention to the risks children face from something as ordinary as cooking. When my daughter was two, she suffered severe burns from a traditional cooking stove.
As I learned more, I came to understand that the harm goes beyond burns. The smoke from traditional cooking fuels also affects the health of women and children every day.
What can strong partnerships make possible?
For me, strong partnerships are about connecting things that are too often treated separately. We talk about protecting children’s health, but we also need to consider the conditions they return to at home.
No single organization can address every part of these challenges alone, but working together can help connect the advice families receive with the solutions available to them at home.
What gives you hope when you think about the future?
I want children growing up in communities like mine to have the opportunity to go further than their circumstances might suggest, to learn, to build and to lead.
I also want Africa to be recognized not only for the challenges our communities face, but for the solutions we create ourselves.’
– Charlot Magayi.”
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