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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Africa´s Greta Thunberg

Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, a 23-year-old Ugandan Climate and Environmental Rights Activist. Hilda has been protesting in Kampala since 2017 when she realized climate change was the cause of droughts affecting her grandmother’s ability to grow food. In February 2019 she set up #FridaysForFuture Uganda. In the picture: Hilda picking plastic waste from Lake Victoria. Africa´s biggest lake is slowly dying due to the climate change and waste pollution caused by us human beings.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2021
Date Uploaded: 09.2021
Photo Location: Kampala, Uganda
Camera: Canon EOS R
Copyright: © Sofi Lundin