"We need a global effort to deal with global issues. We need to change the narrative from what we want as countries, to what we want as humanity, and then work our way towards achieving it.” Chale Guadamuz, a Nicaraguan human rights defender and the current director of the Hague Peace Projects joins Eniko Toth on the podcast today.  

In his past, Chale did over a decade of work in the corporate world, mostly in world-class companies in Latin America, the USA and Europe, but after taking part in the uprise of 2018 in Nicaragua, he was imprisoned, then forced into exile. Now he is the leader of a team of people that are committed to having a positive impact in the world. His work focuses on strengthening the capacities of peace-builders and changemakers.  

Chale Guadamuz is the executive director of The Hague Peace Projects: a peace organization that supports human rights across the globe. Their latest project is The Hague X Beirut: an art fundraiser to support human rights activists and artists in Beirut, Lebanon. You can find out more on their social media at @TheHaguePeaceProjects and on their website https://thehaguepeace.org  

This is the first episode of a two-episode series with Chale. Today we will dig deeper into Chale`s passion for the environment. He will share his connection with mother nature and his way of growing up in Nicaragua. Chale will also share his views on developing our relationship with nature in the western world, where we seem to be so distant from it.   

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