26/12/2025
We're proud of this project that made you loved by the entire Khantari Talks team.
โ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ผ,โ Elie said, โ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐: ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐.โ
Dear friends and supporters,
Elie Mastaki, a young Congolese change-maker, spoke with quiet strength about his ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐; fire-spitting volcanoes, the worldโs second-largest rainforest, mighty rivers, and vast lakes. ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ, fueled by global demand for resources powering our electricity, batteries, and daily lives.
Elie ended his talk on a ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ, his organization, which means โ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒโ in Lingala, ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐. Now back in the conflict zone, he continues this vital work.
To many of us, celebrating Christmas in relative safety and calm, Elie left one simple message, shared with a warm smile:
โ๐ฟ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐.โ
With his words and a small poem we created for Elie and all those who engage in the critical mission to bring about positive change, we wish ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐.
TO TALK ABOUT PEACE
โ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ
๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด
๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ
๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ,
๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ!
๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ,
๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ,
๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ!โ
To get a better understanding of Elieโs story, you can watch his kanthari TALK a https://youtu.be/4FH26iba9uc
๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐,
on behalf of the entire kanthari Team!
sabriye and paul
fans Kanthari Gilbert T Rupere Technopark, Trivandrum The Reading Room, Trivandrum Alick Mandy TEDx CET SOVI
