Category: Voices from the Frontline Phase II
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Biftu Beri – The Rising Morning Sun for Climate-Vulnerable Women from Kumbi Kebele
The women of Kumbi Kebele community in Ethiopia have learned to battle climate change impacts to their livelihoods through leveraging loan and saving associations and cooperatives. The Kumbi Kebele in Herana Bullluk Woreda, located in the Bale zone of the Oromia Regional National state of Ethiopia has been subject to climate change impacts which have…
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COVID-19 AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN A REFUGEE SETTLEMENT
Capacitating refugee groups in Uganda to fight malnutrition and food insecurity through climate-smart agriculture practices. This is the thirteenth of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. Kiryandongo refugee settlement in western Uganda is home to over 70,000 refugees. While the majority of this population is from neighbouring countries affected by…
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Trees of hope: How Kurna people planted trees to adapt to the climate crisis
The members of the Kurna Community addressed climate change impacts by using nature-based solutions such as afforestation by leveraging indigenous resources. Kurna community, located in Kano State in Northern Nigeria, is particularly vulnerable to climate impacts like extreme heat and is already experiencing detrimental effects. Over the past two decades, the Kurna community has been…
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Promoting Indigenous Knowledge to strengthen community led adaptation
Smallholder farmers in the Umzingwane district from the southern part of Zimbabwe are taking up locally-led initiatives and indigenous knowledge to adapt to unpredictable climate patterns. This is the eleventh of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. Zimbabwe is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Erratic and unpredictable rainfall patterns…
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From debt cycle to self-resilience: A Story from the small village of Datinakhali
In Datinakhali, Bangladesh, a cooperative savings fund is helping local women diversify their livelihoods to adapt to climate change. This is the tenth of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. Datinakhali, a village from the Buri Goalini Union of Shyamnagar Upazila from the Satkhira District in Bangladesh, is at the forefront…
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Banishanta, Bangladesh: Local weathercasters combat climate change
In the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh, people of Banishanta village have formed a local weather club to make informed decisions in the face of a changing climate. This is the ninth of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. The agriculture sector in the coastal regions of Bangladesh is severely impacted…
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Months of persistent action: Kamarkhali’s fight to save their village from riverbank erosion
In the north-central region of Bangladesh, Shebika Shangma along with six other people mobilizes the local community to build embankment to protect their village from riverbank erosion. This is the eighth of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. The Indian Meghalaya region is commonly called the rainiest place on earth.…
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Sundarbans, Bangladesh: Locally-led mangrove nursery brings ecological and economic benefits in a changing climate
In the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh, we meet Nomita Mondol, who established a locally led mangrove nursery to deal with the impacts of climate change. This is the seventh of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. The Sundarbans, located in the Southwest region of Bangladesh, is the single largest mangrove forest…
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Changing with the Tides of Change: A Women’s Group Journey towards Climate Resilience
In Kyamulibwa sub-county, Kalungu district, Uganda, we meet Beatrice Nakiweewa, who leads a women’s group to grow vegetables to use in their catering business impacted by climate change. This is the sixth of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. In 2021 Twezimbe Women’s Group in Kyamulibwa sub-county, Kalungu district, Uganda…
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Abdul Kadir leads local efforts to replant trees to regain livelihoods in Bangladesh
In Gabura Union, Bangladesh, we meet Abdul Kadir, a tree enthusiast who plants trees to create new livelihood opportunities and enhance natural ecosystems in his community. This is the fifth of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. Gabura Union is located in the Southwest coastal region of Bangladesh. It is…
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Lucy Lemashisha – the face of resilience for Kenya’s Maasai Community
In the Kajiado County, Kenya, we meet Lucy Lemashisha who coordinates women community empowerment activities to save her Maasai community from marginalization and improve food security. This is the fourth of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. Kenya lies along the equator and is the largest economy of the Eastern…
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Tanzania: Beekeeping for Sustainable Livelihoods and Climate Resilience
In the Singida region in Tanzania, we meet Sophie who leads the Mashujaa women’s group in diversifying their livelihoods. This is the third of the ‘Voices from the Frontline (Phase-II)’ stories by ICCCAD and GRP. One of the telltale signs of climate change in the Singida region in Tanzania is the erratic and inconsistent rainfall…