HALI HALISI YA MAISHA BAADA YA MAFURIKO JIJINI DAR ES SALAAM

  kama umebahatika kutembelea maeneo ambayo yamekumbwa na mafuriko katika jiji hili,hali ni mbaya sana kwa wakazi wa maeneo hayo.Nyumba nyingi ziko kwenye tope zito huku tope hilo likiwa limechanganyika na kinyesi cha binadamu.

  hali ya maisha kwa ujumla imekuwa ngumu sana kiasi kwamba wengine wamekata tamaa ya kuishi.Wapo wazazi ambao wana watoto wa shule,lakini tangu shule zinafunguliwa hawajaenda shule kutokana na kutokuwa na sare za shule na vifaa   vingine vya shule.

 hili ni tatizo jingine ambalo linaweza kuwakumba wakazi wa maeneo haya ya bondeni.Ugonjwa wa kipindu pindu uko karibu sana kulipuka kama hatua za makusudi hazitachukuliwa.Chakula,maji,kulala,na hata kucheza kwa watoto ni katika mazingira machafu sana ambayo hayamfai mwanadamu aliye hai kuishi.

 nyumba za wakazi hawa wa bondeni,ukijaribu kuzitazama kwa umakini utadhani ni mabanda ya kuku au mbuzi,hakika inahuzunisha sana.Jamii yote ya kitanzania inalojukumu la kuwasaidia waathirika hawa ili kuhakikisha kuwa maisha yao yanazidi kusonga mbele kama ilivyo kuwa hapo mwanzo.

 katika maeneo haya misaada ya haraka inayohitajika ni kama vile nguo hususani kwa watoto wa shule,dawa kwa ajili ya kuulia mazalia ya mbu,vyandarua,dawa za kutibu maji,vifaa vya kufanyia usafi kama vile jembe,vyekeo,dastibini,na mifagio mikubwa.

 mitaro ya kupitisha maji machafu katika nyumba za wakazi hawa imeziba,hali ambayo inaongeza uwezekana wa kuleta maradhi zaidi katika maeneo hayo.Pamoja na tatizo lillilojitokeza,kuna umuhimu wa kutolewa kwa elimu ya mazingira kwa wakazi hao ili kuwakinga na maradhi yanayoweza kuwakabili muda wowote.

 zoezi la kuwasaidia waathirika wa mafuriko kuweza kuhama kutoka katika maeneo hayo linaonekana kwenda pole pole sana,hali ambayo inachangiwa na uwezo mdogo wa serikali kuwahudumia waathirika wote kwa pamoja.Kutokana na hali hiyo wito kwa mashirika ya kiraia,taasisi za dini na watu binafsi,washiriki kikamilifu katika kuhakikisha kuwa wanatoa misaada kwa wahanga hawa wa mafuriko.

  Kuendelea kufumbia macho watu wanao endelea kukaa bondeni ni kuwachimbia  kaburi wakati wakiwa hai,hii ni kutokana na ukweli kuwa hata kabla ya mafuriko hali za wakazi hao ni mbaya sana kuanzia makazi na mazingira wanayoishi.Wito kwa wadau na watanzania wote wakazi wa bondeni ni ndugu zetu,tuwasaidie ili waweze kuondokana na hali waliyonayo kwa sasa.Waafrika tumezoea kusema 'kutoa ni moyo',usambe si utajiri.Saidia ili ibarikiwe.

PICHA  MBALI MBALI ZA ATHARI ZA MAFURIKO JIJINI DAR-ES-SALAAM

Maji machafu karibu ya makazi ya watu na nyumba zizilojengwa kwenye maeneo hatarishi,

endapo mvua kubwa zitatokea tena

Hali ikiendelea kubazi namna hii kuna hatari kubwa ya Magonjwa ya milipuko. Kazi kubwa inatakiwa kufanywa kuhamasisha jamii ili tuweze mazingira yawe safi na salama kwa binaadam.

Dar es Salaam Flooding Community Survey

ELIMU YA STASDI ZA MAISHA.

Mimba za utotoni  na utumiaji wa dawa za kulevya  nchini Tanzania limekuwa ni tatizo linalokuwa siku hadi siku.Takwimu zinaonesha kuwa watoto wenye umri kuanzia miaka 9-25,ndio wanaoathirika kwa kiwango kikubwa na tatizo hili.

Mwaka  2008 katika shule ya msingi Ilagala mkoani Kigoma binti wa miaka tisa alionekana kuwa na ujauzito ,hali ambayo ilihatarisha maisha yake na kiumbe kilichokuwa tumboni.Mwaka 2006 wanafunzi 64 wa kike walioanza shule ya sekondari katika shule ya sekondari Ilagala,ni wanafunzi  4 tu waliobahatika kuhitimu kidato cha nne.Hapo unaweza kuona namna tatizo hili lilivyo kubwa.

Asasi za kiraia na wadau wengine wa afya  wanalojukumu la kutoa elimu kwa vijana wa shule za msingi,sekondari na wale walioko mitaani kwa lengo la kuwajengea stadi za kujitambua,kujiamini,kujithamini,na kuwajengea uwezo wa kukabiliana na changamoto  zinazowakabili katika makuzi yao.

Katika makuzi ya vijana,wamejikuta wakikabiliwa na shinikizo rika,hali ambayo imewaingiza baadhi yao katika matatizo.Miongoni mwa matatizo ambayo yanawakabili vijana kutokana na shinikizo rika ni pamoja na mimba  za utotoni,utumiaji wa dawa za kulevya,ushoga,uchokoraa,na utumikishwaji katika biashara ya ngono.

Somo la stadi za maisha limeonesha uwezo mkubwa wa kuwasaidia vijana wengi kukabiliana na changamoto zinazowakabili.Vijana wengi ambao walishaanza kutumia dawa za kulenvya na kujiingiza katika vitendo vya ngono katika umri mdogo,walijiondoa  baada ya kupatiwa elimu ya stadi za maisha.

Kwa wale ambao walikuwa hawajanza vitendo hivyo,baada  ya kupatiwa elimu hiyo  wamekuwa ni waelimishaji wazuri kwa wenzao,hali ambayo imesaidia kukuza uelewa wao kuhusiana na afya ya miili yao.Stadi za maisha ni mbinu au njia anazo tumia mtu katika kukabiliana na mazingira yanayomzunguka hatimaye abaki salama kimwili,kiroho na kiakili.

Kwa kawaida stadi za maisha husaidia vijana kujiamini,kujithamini,kujiheshimu,kujitambua na kuwajenga  uwezo wa kupambanua jambo baya na zuri na kufanya maamuzi sahihi pindi wanapokabiliwa na changamoto  mbalimbali.

Katika stadi za maisha tunawafundisha vijana kutatua matatizo kwa kutumia T3.Hii ina maana kuwa

T1-----------tatizo

T2-----------tatuzi

T3----------tokeo

Katika kupata tokeo la tatizo,kuna uwezekano tokeo likawa chanya au hasi.Kwa kutumia T3 kijana anaweza kutatua matatizo kimantiki zaidi,tofauti na ambaye hana elimu ya stadi hiyo,ambapo wengi wakabiliwapo na matatizo magumu hufikia hatua ya kujiua kwa kuamini kuwa matatizo kama hayo hayana utatuzi,hususani baada ya kufukuzwa nyumbani au kukataliwa na wenzi wao.

Mada zifuatazo huwasaidia vijana kujitambua vizuri sana katika makuzi  yao.

• Ø  Madhara ya dawa za kulevya
• Ø  Madhara ya mimba za utotoni
• Ø  Uthubuti wa kusema hapana yenye kumaanisha
• Ø  Kuepuka makundi rika
• Ø  Namna ya kuchagua rafiki mwema
• Ø  Njia za kuepuka maeneo hatarishi.
• Ø  Mbinu za kuepuka ushawishi wa zawadi,lifti  na pesa
• Ø  Namna ya kujitunza wakati wa balehe na kuvunja ungo

Vijana hupata habari nyingi ambazo nyingine ni potofu kwao.Kutokana na hilo ni vema wakapewa habari sahihi zinazohusu miili ya na makuzi yao.Mfano vijana wengi wa kike na wa kiume wanapata taarifa kuwa wasipofanya ngono mapema watapata matatizo wakiwa wakubwa,habari ambazo kwa hakika si sahihi na zinapotosha.

Vilevile vijana hupenda kujaribu baadhi ya mambo ili kuona matokeo ama wanayo yasikia au kuona nini kitatokeo ya kufanya jambo fulani.Kutokana na hali hiyo wazazi,walezi,asasi za kiraia,azaki,na wadau wengine wanalojukumu la kutoa elimu kwao ili kuwaepusha na majaribio ambayo mwisho wake ni matatizo kwao.

Jeanmedia  imeliona hili na itashiriki kikamilifu kuhakikisha kuwa  inawaandaa vijana bora kwa ajili ya kuwa viongozi mahiri wa kesho.Kwa kutambua ukubwa na ugumu wa tatizo hili,jeanmedia inawaomba wadau wote kuunga mkono juhudi hizi kwa kuiwezesha kwa hali na mali ili iweze kuwafikia vijana wengi wa mjini na vijijini.

Nguvu kazi ya taifa lolote duniani ni vijana,hivyo wasipoandaliwa vizuri leo,kesho watakuwa bomu ambalo litakapolipuka litaangamiza taifa lote.Waafrika wanayo methali isemayo “mtoto umleavyo ndivyo akuavyo”,hivyo kama tunahitaji kuwa na kizazi bora chenye maadili,uzalendo na uwajibikaji tuanze kuwaandaa vijana sasa kisaikolojia,kimaadili,kifikra na kimtazamo.

ANTON MWITA KITERERI

         ilikuwa ni tarehe 20/12/201, usiku na kuamkia tarehe 21/12/2011 wananchi wa jiji la Dar es salaam walijikuta katika wakati mgumu mara baada ya kukumbwa na mafuriko,ambayo yaliwaacha baadhi ya wakazi wa jiji hili wakiwa hawana makazi ya kuishi huku wengine wapatao 41 wakipoteza maisha.

Kutokana na hali hiyo,serikali,taasisi,mashirika na watu binafsi walijitoa kwa hali na mali kuhakikisha kuwa wahanga wa mafuriko wanasaidiwa,kwa kupatiwa malazi,mavazi na chakula.Maeneo yaliyoathirika zaidi kutokana na mafuriko hayo ni pamoja na kimara,mbezi,tabata,msewe na jangwani.

  Nyumba,miundo mbinu ya barabara na madaraja,viliharibiwa kabisa hali iliyopelekea kukatika kwa mawasiliano kati ya eneo moja na lingine. Kutokana na kuharibiwa kwa miundo mbinu hiyo,baadhi ya maeneo ya  kazi  yalikosa ufanisi,kutokana na ama wafanya kazi kuchelewa kufika kazini au kutofika kabisa.

  Athari ya mafuriko itaendelea kuwa kubwa iwapo hatua za makusudi hazitachuliwa hasa kwa wananchi wanaoishi sehemu za bondeni kwa kuwa idara ya hali  ya hewa nchini imeelezea kuendelea kuwepo kwa mvua kubwa kati ya mwezi Februari na Machi.Baada ya mvua kusimama kwa muda baadhi ya changamoto mbalimbali zimeonekana kujitokeza.Moja ya changamoto hizo ni pamoja na uwezekano wa kuibuka kwa magonjwa ya mlipuko kama vile kuhara,kipindu pindu na magonjwa ya tumbo.

 Hali hii inatokana na uchafu uliokithiri katika maeneo hayo ya bondeni.Baadhi ya maeneo yameonekana kuwa na vinyesi ambavyo vilitapishwa wakati  mvua ilipokuwa inanyesha.

Serikali kwa kushirikiana na wadau wengine,wana jukumu la kuhakikisha kuwa elimu ya mazingira inatolewa ili kuepuka madhara ambayo yatatoke baadae,iwapo hatua za makusudi hazitachuliwa kudhitibiti hali hiyo.Daima kinga ni bora kuliko tiba,ni vema utaratibu wa kudhitibi matatizo uzingatiwe kabla ya kutokea kwa tatizo,hali ambayo itasaidia kupunguza gharama zisizokuwa za lazima.

Pamoja na serikali kuwataka wananchi wanaoishi sehemu za bondeni kuhama na kutafuta maeneo yaliyosalama kwa maisha na mali zao,bado  uchunguzi unaonesha kuwa itakuwa ni vigumu kwa baadhi yao kuhama kutokana na ukweli kwamba,wananchi wengi hali zao za kimaisha ni duni sana.Mfano mkazi mmoja wa jangwani B amenukuliwa akisema kuwa yuko tayari kufia bondeni na hawezi kuhama kwa kuwa hana uwezo  wa kufanya hivyo.

 wananchi  hao ambao wengi wao huendesha maisha yao kwa kuokota makopo na kuyauza,inaonesha itakuwa ni vigumu kuwaondoa maeneo hayo kwa kuwa hawana njia nyingine mbadala ya kuwafanya wajikimu kimaisha.

Katika kipindi hiki cha mpito,serikali,mashirika na watu binafsi wanalo jukumu la kuhakikisha kuwa upatikanaji wa huduma za afya unazingatiwa,kwa kutoa dawa za kutibu maji,vyandarua,sabuni pamoja na vyombo vya kupikia pale itakapobidi.

 Daima umoja ni nguvu na utengano ni udhaifu,hivyo wadau kwa pamoja tuungane ili kuhakikisha kuwa tatizo lililojitokeza linakabiliwa.

ANTON MWITA KITERERI.

ATHARI   ZA MAFURIKO JIJINI DAR ES SALAAM

Kutokana na mafuriko yaliyolikumba jiji la Dar es salaam,tarehe 20/12/2011 wananchi wengi mpaka sasa hawana makazi ya kudumu na huduma za afya zimezidi kuzorota kwa kiwango kikubwa.

Takwimu zinaonesha kuwa watu wapatao 41 wamefariki dunia kutokana na mafuriko hayo,wakati wengine mamia wamepoteza makazi na mali zao.Baada ya tukio hilo kutokea serikali na wadau wengine walishirikiana kuhakikisha kuwa misaada ya hali na mali inapatikana kwa ajili ya wahanga wa tukio hilo.

Hali ya maisha kwa wahanga imekuwa ngumu zaidi kutokana na kukabiliwa na mafuriko hayo,hususani kwa wale waliokuwa wanaishi maeneo ya bondeni.Pamoja na sababu za kisayansi zilizoainisha kuchangia kutokea kwa mafuriko hayo,bado kuna kila sababu ya kuamini kuwa uchafu uliokithiri katika maeneo mengi ya jiji na miundo mbinu mibovu imechangia kuongeza ukubwa wa tatizo.

Utupaji wa taka ovyo katika mifumo ya kupitishia maji,ulipelekea mikondo ya maji kubadili uelekeo wake kutokana na kukosa uelekeo ulio sahihi.Mkazi mmoja wa kimara kilungule aliyejulikana kama baba Jesca,alieleza kuwa uchafu uliokithiri katika mitaro ya maji ndio sababu iliyochangi kwa kiasi kikubwa maji kubadili uelekeo wake na kuingia katika nyumba,baada ya kukosa uelekeo wa moja kwa moja.

Wakati mwingine kutokana na mitaro kuziba ilibidi maji yakose uelekeo na hivyo kuharibu maeneo menginie,hasa ikichukuliwa kuwa sehemu nyingi za jiji la Dar es salaam zina udongo wa kichanga,hali ambayo ni rahisi kwa maji kujipenyeza mahala popote hasa pale yanapokutana na ukinzani.

Maeneo mengi ya jiji la Dar es salaam yamejaa taka taka,hali ambayo ni hatari kwa afya za wakazi wa maeneo husika na mkoa kwa ujumla.Ukibahatika kupita maeneo ya jangwani,kimara baruti,ubungo kibangu,ubungo msewe,bonde la msimbazi na maeneo mengine ya tabata,mburahati,mbezi na hata katikati ya jiji kwa kutaja baadhi hali ya mazingira ni mbaya sana.Hali hiyo inapelekea kuwepo kwa mlipuko wa magonjwa ya mara kwa mara,kama vile kipindu pindu ,kuhara na ugonjwa matumbo.

Hali ni mbaya zaidi kwenye maeneo yaliyokumbwa na mafuriko,kutokana na maeneo hayo kuendelea kuwa na uchafu uliochanganyikana na kinyesi cha binadamu.Iwapo hatua za haraka hazitachuliwa,madhara yake yatakuwa makubwa sana,hali ambayo itaiingiza serikali katika gharama nyingine.

Nyumba nyingi bado zimejaa tope zenye vinyesi hali ambayo ni hatari kwa afya za binadamu,hususani watoto wadogo ambao hawajui madhara yoyote wanapokuwa wanacheza katika tope hizo.Miundo mbinu ya maji nayo imechafuliwa sana na mafuriko hayo,hivyo hali hiyo inaleta wasiwas zaidi ya watu kunywa maji yenye maji yenye uchafu na yasiyo salama kwa afya zao.

Jitihada za makusudi inabidi zichukuliwe kuhakikisha kuwa mazingira na maeneo yaliyoathiriwa yanakuwa safi na salama kwa watu kuishi.Elimu ya mazingira ni muhim,hasa katika kuondoa tope kwenye nyumba,kufukia madimbwi ya maji machafu,kuchimba mashimo ya taka,kusafisha mitaa yote ili kuiweka katika hali ya usafi na salama zaidi.

Suala la kuyaweka mazingira katika hali ya usafi ni la wadau wote.Jeanmedia ikitambua umuhimu wa afya kwa binadamu imelenga kutoa elimu ya mazingira kwa wakazi wa jiji la Dar es salaam,kwa lengo la kulifanya jiji hili kuvutia kimadhari.

Kwa kuwa jeanmedia imeonesha njia kwenye suala hili,ni vema ikaungwa mkono na wadau wengine ili kufikia lengo la kuyahifadhi mazingira yetu.Wakazi walioathirika kwa mafuriko wanahitaji kupewa elimu ya mazingira kwa kuyaweka katika hali ya usafi,kuchemsha maji ya kunywa,dawa za kutibu maji na dawa na kuulia wadudu.

Wapo wakazi walio hamishiwa eneo la mabwepande,kama sehemu ya makazi yao mapya,kuna kila sababu ya wakazi hawa kupewa elimu ya kuhifadhi mazingira kutokana na huduma nyingi za kijamii kutopatikana.Huduma za maji,vyoo,dawa na vifaa vya kufanyia usafi nai moja kati ya vitu muhimu vinavyohitajika kwa wahanga hawa katika kipindi hiki wanachoanza maisha upya.

Jeanmedia inaamini kuwa ustawi bora wa maisha ya mwanadamu hutegemea ubora wa mazingira anayoishi,na kinga ni bora kuliko tiba,hivyo elimu inayotegemewa kutolewa na jeanmedia ni kinga kwa maradhi ya mlipuko.

Kusubiri tatizo litokee ndio tuanze kutumia gharama katika kuliondoa au kulidhibiti,tunazalisha matatizo zaidi,maana tatizo linapotokea tayari linakuwa limeisha acha madhara ya kifo au uharibifu wa mali na makazi ya watu.

Kutoa elimu ya mazingira itasaidia kupunguza gharama zisizokuwa na sababu kwa mwananchi.Mfano badala ya kusubiri mwananchi augue kipindu pindu ndio apatiwe matibabu ni vema akapewa elimu ya kujikinga na maradhi hayo,ili gharama ambazo zingetumika kwenye matibabu zitumike kwenye huduma nyingine za kimaendeleo.

Ikumbukwe kuwa hata mabadiliko ya tabia nchi yamechangiwa kwa kiwango kikubwa na shughuli za kibinadamu na harakati zake kuyatawala mazingira.Kutokana na ukweli huo,elimu pekee ndio njia mbadala ya kuhifadhi mazingira na kuyafanya kuwa endelevu kwa kizazi cha sasa na kijacho.

Taarifa zilizokuwa zinatolewa na idara ya hali ya hewa kama zingezingatiwa na kutiliwa kulikuwa na uwezekano mkubwa wa kupunguza ukubwa wa tatizo au kulidhibiti kabisa.Mali pamoja na maisha ya watu yangeokolewa iwapo serikali na wadau wengine wangechukua jukumu la kuwaondoa la kuwaondoa wakazi wa bondeni kama ilivyofanyika hivi sasa.

Vile vile jeanmedia inaamini kuwa huu ni wakati mwafaka wa kutoa elimu ya mazingira ili kupunguza baadhi ya matatizo yasiyo ya lazima kutokea.Suala la mazingira ni la mtambuko,linahitaji uhamasishaji kwa kila mdau kutambua umuhimu wa kuyatunza mazingira kwa kupanda miti kwa wingi,kuepuka kutupa taka katika vyanzo vya maji,kuepuka kuchoma misitu,ujenzi holela usiofuata taratibu bora za ujenzi kama ilivyo miji mingi nchini,kuepuka kuchoma takataka zenye kimekali katika maeneo yenye makazi ya watu.

Ikiwa wewe ni mtu binafsi,shirika,taasisi,kikundi cha watu iunge mkono jeanmedia katika kuhakikisha kuwa inafanikisha lengo lake la kutoa elimu hii kwa jamii.Waafrika tunao msemo methali isemayo,ngoja ngoja yaumiza tumbo,hivyo linalowezekana leo lisingoje kesho.

ANTON MWITA KITERERI

Skill sharing- Basic Interviewing Skills

Hallo there!

I would like to share with you some basic Interviewing Skills:

1. Know what your story is-in other words why you are doing the interview?

2. Know what role this person is playing in your programme.

3. Brief yourself-find out as much background on the story as possible.

4. Decide on your angle. What line are you going to take?

5. Keep your questions brief and simple.

6. Decide when you are going to use open/closed questions.

7. Try not to write down the questions-use key words to jog your memory.

8. Tell your interviewee what you are going to talk about. But do not spell out each question to him/her.

9. Don’t let them tell you their best stories in the chat. They’ll never repeat them in the same way and they will use “as I said earlier”.

10. Remember to give them the context of the interview. Which programme and why.

11. Remember body language is most important for you and for the interviewee.

12. Don’t let interviewees pull rank. This is your interview and you are finding answers for your audience.

13. Keep eye contact.

14. On the phone SMILE and soften the voice.

15. Enjoy it.

(pictures taken by temmy temmy our reporter from iringa)

we all know that Climate Change is now considered one of the most serious global threats to sustainable development, with diverse impact already vivid on the environment, human health, food security, human settlements, economic activities, natural resources and physical infra structure.

To empower broadcasters in addressing this issue, which is attributed either directly or indirectly to human activity that alters atmospheric composition, a special training was provided in Dar Es Salaam by the Thomson Foundation, to a group of eighteen Radio Broadcasters from various parts ofTanzania, from 21-25 November 2011. It was organized by the British High Commission. I represented both, Mtwara Community Radio, and the Journalists Environment and HIV/Aids Network, (JEAN-media) a non-profit service that is a driving force behind the community Radio.

Way forward after this would be raising awareness to community on Climate Change and it’s impacts to livelihoods especially through Radio Broadcasts, and specifically targeted to policy and decision makers, so as to enhance adaptation through financial resources from developed countries, to meet the incremental costs. (National Adaptation Plan of Action) This is in accordance to theTanzania status of negotiations and outstanding issues forDurban.(COP 17) by the Vice Presidents Office.

Activists like The Civil Society Forum established in 2009, pointed out in their presentation ‘Climate Change And Politics,’ some challenges hindering the way forward in following up of Adaptation Plans as being among others, lack of transparency and accountability of leaders especially in the African Region, of course Tanzania inclusive. This is a task which we jointly need to accomplish, before we are able to use funding opportunities available, such as foreign sources of funds like the general budget support from a group of donors like International Multilateral Fund (UNFCCC, GEF, AF) Green Climate Fund, (GCF) Special Climate Change Fund, (SCCF) and Loans and Grants from the International and Regional Financial Institutions.

Creating Community Awareness

What should be understood is that it’s the Green House Effect that makes life on earth possible, and that without Natural Green House Gases in the atmosphere, the Average Temperature of the earth would be 30 degrees Celsius lower. Actually, after the earth has used the heat it needs, surplus heat needs to be reflected back to the atmosphere, to prevent global warming. But due to human activities, we have been producing more and more heat, trapping gases into the atmosphere, raising the average global temperature, and thereby over the years, causing Climate Change!

Because of the magnitude of the the problem already created such as increased impacts including droughts, death of animals due to droughts, water shortage, floods, (the Bibi Tititi /Morogoro road,) sea level rise, (Maziwa Island) degraded sea walls, (Pangani) and degraded sea walls along Ocean Road, we all need to do everything possible to tackle this global problem, looking for alternative means, making Climate Change ‘Live,’ not theoretical, since no matter where we generate the heat on earth, the dangerous effect will be felt globally.

Human activities resulting to smoke and production of Carbon Dioxide; (Cooking by charcoal and fire wood as well as clearing waste by burning) contributes to blockage of heat from leaving the atmosphere, and hence warming the earth. There is need to stop the average temperature of the earth (which is 0.5 degrees centigrade world wide and 1.0 degrees centigrade in Sub Saharan Africa.) at 2degrees centigrade, since it’s already too late to stop it any earlier, due to the speed involved. Option? Adaptation!

Creating awareness On Community Adaptation.

Since of the many challenges surrounding Climate Change issue, is the low community awareness, and above all it is not easy to change people’s behavior over night, Community Radio must strive to raise awareness through Dramatic, lively, interesting and outstanding Radio Programmes to interest the people. Special techniques must be applied specifically Community participation involving farmers and women all the way, for joint successful solutions, such as switching to the use of bio-gas for cooking, etc. We must involve farmers because bear one understands the weather as well as they do, given the opportunity to contribute. Creative Radio Programmes must be about ‘showing’ not telling, recreating tension, as Radio is always about Drama!

Besides that, we must all come up with ideas from a special interesting angle in our areas, be it on issues of gender, women (who are most affected by Climate Change as their men leave home in search of work in towns) and children. After ideas are looked into, we may combine them into a special magazine programme comprised of information on a particular topic from where everybody resides. We could get this into news by Social media before or after broadcasting it at our stations.

For example, we pick a topic on the REDD Initiative. (Reduced Emissions for Deforestation andForestDegradation.) so as to reduce Carbon Dioxide produced by cutting of trees and other hazards related de forestation in our areas. Everyone will choose an angle and create his story. The best idea will be used by all of us, to produce interviews, or reports with community, environmental activists, metrological experts, United Nations Agencies, Vice Presidents office etc based on our findings. After that, we somehow put together a unique mixture of information in a unique Climate Change magazine programme!

so far the local media has not played a satisfactory role in addressing this issue either towards COP 17 or after. which makes this very sad

jean media is on the move following up on the environmental hazards through our reporters ho attended this training.