Nelly Madegwa

Nelly Madegwa is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Kenya. Her work focuses on gender, climate,health, and social justice, often weaving human interest narratives with data-driven insights. She is the 2024 Persephone Miel Fellow with the Pulitzer Center and a fellow of the African Women Journalism Project (AWJP). She is also a fellow of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network (OCJN).

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A split collage showing a lush forest on the left and a barren, degraded one on the right with a woman carrying firewood and a monkey sitting in the background.
The forest of my childhood is dying. I finally understand why.