Dear John,
January can be incredibly cold and gloomy here in the UK, and as such it's notoriously the slowest time of the year. Not so at Population Matters this year, where it's been all go and the month has honestly flown by. Here's a taste of what we've been up to.
Our Media and Campaigns Officer, Madeleine, provides an update on progress since our Vanishing Icons report last year. There is also an opportunity to attend an event where Madeleine will discuss the report and how our human numbers are impacting the world's wildlife.
We have been organising another Population Conversation event, this time in Abuja, Nigeria. Our Partnerships, Advocacy and Voice Manager, Abimbola, gives some local context below and we will be reporting back from the event on our socials and website during February.
The Office for National Statistics has released its new UK population projections and they have increased significantly since the previous release two years ago. Find out more and read our response below.
Finally, we hope that you might be able to make a donation towards our brand-new partner, Agape Woman and Child Empowerment Foundation (AWOCHE), and its vital community work in Nairobi, Kenya. Shweta, our Empower to Plan co-ordinator, also provides more local context on the situation in the two areas of Nairobi where AWOCHE works.
- The PM team | 
