Rachel Ikemeh: Earth Protector
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
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Rachel's Internship Changed Her Life
Rachel's internship with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation was just ten months, but it changed her life. She saw firsthand how all these different beings were connected. How we all have to respect and take care of each other in order to flourish. Lots of big commercial companies had other ideas about how to use the Niger Delta though. They cut down trees to plant farms and to sell the wood as lumber. And they dug holes and plugged them with pipes to steal oil from deep underground. These activities were destroying the land, and it was happening fast.
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