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- 2015 | Africa | Field research | Marwa Shumo | Researchers
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
They say “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. That is what this experience is all about. My colleagues here tell me that It didn’t take me so much time to settle in and that it doesn’t seem that I am missing out on anything I left behind. That is not true. Yes I do…
- 2015 | Africa | Field research | Marwa Shumo | Researchers
Blessed with a “Kinder Surprise” life
I have always had a thing for “Kinder Surprise”. It’s been many years since I last had one. This evening and while at a local supermarket, I met Mr. Kinder Surprise. For those who are not familiar with Kinder Surprise, it’s a chocolate egg that children love so much. Not only because it tastes so…
Swahili doodles workshop
I am somewhere between Bonn & Frankfurt, so many little villages and a beautiful river passing in between..Although,I have been really busy & didn’t have a lot of sleep the past few days,somehow the beautiful scenery outside the window of this ICE train forced me to reflect on the past week and urged me to…
- 2015 | Africa | Field research | Marwa Shumo | Researchers
Nature is imagination itself
So Marwa remains to be actively busy, September like the rest of 2015 months – so far – flew by so fast. Marwa remains to be exploring possibilities on how to feed the 9 billion people expected to live on this planet by 2050 and she does that by taking good care of her good little friends: the black…
- 2019 | Capacity building | Community outreach | Conference | Edible Insects | Edible Insects | Elevator Pitch | Europe | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Science Policy | Uncategorized | Urban | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn
Celebrating the World Food Day in Hohenheim
World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. Held annually on 16th October celebrating the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right. Yet, in a world of billions, over 820 million people worldwide suffer from…
- 2018 | Capacity building | Community outreach | Edible Insects | Europe | Food Security | Information | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Urban | ZEF/Bonn
18th Bonn Science Slam
2018 started in a fantastic way. You could see the atmosphere we had from the fireworks we enjoyed and that ignited our city’s skyline. Somewhere in December, I was hooked up with the agency in charge of organizing the 18th Bonn Science Slam through my supervisor who encouraged me to go for it. This comes…
