Climate refugees in a temporary camp
SOMETIMES it is very difficult to
believe that in a free country like Tanzania, can have Refugees. May be
it is sound very difficult. But let’s define Refugee according to the
Oxford dictionary, “A person who has been forced to leave their country
in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster”. Here we can
find those factors lead to Refugees, then you will agree with me
sometimes people can leave their homes even due to particular factors to
find another home or remain homeless. One among the factors can be a
natural cause in which most of phenomenons are due to climate Change and
here we get Climate Refugees.
Climate Refugees are those people
who leave their homes due to climate change impacts or in simple words
we can say are people who must leave their homes and communities because
of the effects of climate change and global warming. I could not talk
about others; I am confidently talking about my country Tanzania no
matter how some people might think that, it is not necessary to talk
about this. Regard once George Carlin said that “Those who dance are
considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.”
In Tanzania people have been much
affected by climate change due to Floods that happening in different
regions of Tanzania. Let’s talk about what happened December 2011, where
Tanzania was very much affected by heavy rainfall for the first time
since its independence 1961. It was reported about sixty seven thousand
(67,000) people became homeless in Kilimanjaro, Arusha and Mbeya regions
while in Dar es salaam about fifty thousand (50,000) people were
affected.
In March 2015 Tanzania also has
faced a same challenge of Climate change through the floods that
affected the coastal area of Lake Victoria and it was reported that
about three thousand and five hundred (3,500) people were affected. It
has been reported that most families became Homeless after floods that
has been occurred in Tanzania. Mostly in Mwanza, Dar es salaam, Mbeya,
Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions. Hence people became homeless and those
people subjected as Climate refugees.
Climate refugees in a temporary camp
Then there is no need to have
those refugees regarding this is a free country. Then a government
should work on those promises like to give a special place for those who
are living in Areas that can be easily affected by climate change
especially floods. It is true that our government have already prepare a
special place for them but it has to improve the social services to
those areas because it seems that is a big challenge for those places.
As the year of Paris conference,
UNFCCC COP 21 at France then all countries has to make sure that they
participate active to make sure that they fight the climate change
because it affects the whole planet. I believe that we can make it
because climate change is real. Let’s echo the Bill Gates when he was
saying “The climate change is terrible problem and it is absolute needs
to be solved. It deserve to be a huge priority” that is one among a big
quote that can be used to insist the United Nation.
This is just a summary of what
have been happen in Tanzania, and I know every where has been affected
by climate change but let me remind you, if we cannot save a living
Planet then we will never manage in dead planet like Mars”
Hakuna maoni:
Chapisha Maoni