Happy New Year! January's episode is welcoming Beth Kidd from the Welsh Refugee Council and Dr. Numair Masud from Glitter Cymru to talk about Cymru's Nation of Sanctuary policy.

The Welsh Refugee Council has for 35 years, been supporting sanctuary seekers in Wales to build new futures in Cymru.

Glitter Cymru is an LGBTQ+ community group supporting LGBTQ+ global majority individuals including asylum seekers and refugees.

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Presenter: Peter Frederick Gilbey

Guests:

• Beth Kidd, Head of Governance and Impact at the Welsh Refugee Council
• Dr Numair Masud, Co-Chair and Treasurer of Glitter Cymru.

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The Welsh Refugee Council’s Nation of Sanctuary Awards are currently accepting nominations, which are open until the 14th of February covering ten categories including volunteer of the year, young person of the year, and more!

Get in touch with Glitter Cymru to get involved with their work at glittercymru@gmail.com.

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Hub Cymru Africa is Wales’ leading international development and global solidarity organisation. We support organisations across Wales in building sustainable links and projects in partnership with organisations in Africa and beyond.

Find out more about us and access support via our website: hubcymruafrica.wales.

Hub Cymru Africa is a partnership bringing together Fair Trade Wales, Welsh Centre for International Affairs, Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel and Global Health Partnerships.

We are members of the UK Alliance of International Development Network Organisations and a founding member of Citizens Initiatives for Global Solidarity in Europe. Read more about our partners and funders here: hubcymruafrica.wales/partners-funders.

In December's episode, I’m pleased to welcome Amber Demetrius. Amber is head of global learning at the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA). WCIA is a key partner in the Hub Cymru Africa partnership.

WCIA has delivered global citizenship with schools for decades and has 60 years’ experience of international exchange. They’ve developed strong networks across schools through multiple Erasmus partnership projects, their global learning work

Amber is responsible for promoting global citizenship with young people and schools and is responsible for WCIA’s educational programmes, supporting schools making links between Wales and the world.

In this episode, we’ll be having more of a conversation and exploring what global citizenship actually is. Later on, Ore is back for our regular current affairs segment of "Africa this Week".

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Presenter: Peter Frederick Gilbey

Contributor: Oreoluwa Ojelade

Guest: Amber Demetrius, Head of Global Learning at WCIA

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Get in touch with Amber to learn more about becoming a global citizen or about getting your youth group or school involved, here: amberdemetrius@wcia.org.uk

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Hub Cymru Africa is Wales’ leading international development and global solidarity organisation. We support organisations across Wales in building sustainable links and projects in partnership with organisations in Africa and beyond.

Find out more about us and access support via our website: hubcymruafrica.wales.

Hub Cymru Africa is a partnership bringing together Fair Trade Wales, Welsh Centre for International Affairs, Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel and Global Health Partnerships.

We are members of the UK Alliance of International Development Network Organisations and a founding member of Citizens Initiatives for Global Solidarity in Europe. Read more about our partners and funders here: hubcymruafrica.wales/partners-funders.

November’s episode of the Wales, Africa and the World Podcast features Israa Mohammed, Chair of Global Health Partnerships Cymru and an advanced epidemiological scientist from Sudan, now working at Public Health Wales where she investigates trends in diseases and makes sure Wales is prepared to respond to outbreaks.

This episode focuses on the ongoing civil war in Sudan, the resulting humanitarian catastrophe (the largest ever in human history) and its devastating impact on public health.

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Presenter: Peter Frederick Gilbey

Guest: Israa Mohammed, Chair of Global Health Partnerships Cymru (GHPC)

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GHPC supports health and wellbeing projects between Wales and low and middle-income countries, particularly in Sub-Sahara Africa. GHPC is Wales' collective health sector response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals calls-to-action.

Find out more by emailing cymru@globalhealthpartnerships.org.

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Hub Cymru Africa is Wales’ leading international development and global solidarity organisation. We support organisations across Wales in building sustainable links and projects in partnership with organisations in Africa and beyond.

Find out more about us and access support via our website: hubcymruafrica.wales.

Hub Cymru Africa is a partnership bringing together Fair Trade Wales, Welsh Centre for International Affairs, Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel and Global Health Partnerships.

We are members of the UK Alliance of International Development Network Organisations and a founding member of Citizens Initiatives for Global Solidarity in Europe. Read more about our partners and funders here: hubcymruafrica.wales/partners-funders.