Monday, 20 January 2025

Empowering villagers to tackle climate change.


Theme: SDG 13: CLIMATE CHANGE.

Title: Empowering villagers especially farmers to tackle climate change.

     In the small village of Namaloko, farmers face the problem of climate change. Droughts have become more frequent and floods ravage the crops that remain. The floods are also a cause of soil erosion which leads to landslides in the village. The community struggles to meet their basic food needs and their lands are also being destroyed due to landslides. 

    I started a project to help the villagers in some ways including; training the villagers to practice agroforestry, planting drought- resistant crops, land preparations before planting their crops and building of sac gabions to help reduce landslides.

Storyboard.

Title: Empowering villagers especially farmers to tackle climate change.

Scene 1: (Poor crop yields).

           Location: Farm.

           Angle: High angle.

            Shot: close-up.

Scene 2: (Landslide due to soil erosion).

Location: villagers house.

            Angle: High angle.

            Shot: close- up.

Scene 3: (Educating villagers on how to tackle climate change).

           Location: Open ground.

           Angle: High angle.

           Shot: Medium.

Scene 4: (villager planting a tree).

          Location: Farm.

          Angle: High angle.

          Shot: Medium.

Scene 5: (planting drought- resistant crops).

         Location: Farm

         Angle: High angle.

         Shot: Close- up.

Scene 6: ( Early preparation of lands).

        Location: Farm.

        Angle: High angle.

        Shot: Close- up.

Scene 7: (Building sac gabions).

       Location: villagers house.

      Angle: High angle.

      Shot: Close- up.

Scene 8:( Interviewing a farmer).

          Location: Open ground.

          Angle: Wide angle.

          Shot: Medium .

Scene 9: (Full grown trees).

          Location: Open ground.

         Angle: Low angle.

         Shot: Medium .

Scene 10: (Good crop harvest).

           Location: Farm.

           Angle: High angle.

           Shot: Close- up.

Scene 11:( Farmer celebrating good crop harvest).

         Location: Farm.


Poor crop yields.


Landslide due to soil erosion.


Educating villagers on how to tackle climate change.


Villager planting a tree.


Drought resistant crops.


Early land preparations.

Building sac gabions to help reduce landslides.


Interviewing a farmer.


Full grown trees.


Good crop harvest.



Farmer celebrating good harvest.

 Impact of the solution.

One farmer wafula shared how the program changed his life," Before I was never sure if my crops would survive but now with the plantation of drought- resistant crops, come rain come sunshine I can still obtain food for my family. The success of Wafula's farm is mirrored across the community. Yields have increased, landslide have reduced and the villagers have found new hope. The villagers have learned how to prepare their lands before planting to help increase their yields. Gabions have helped to reduce landslides which was a major effect that was destroying their lands. Agroforestry has helped in growing of trees which are a source of rain especially during drought seasons. The trees also help reduce soil erosion which is a major cause of landslides. The results are undeniable ,fields once barren are thriving again, families have food security and renewed hope. Tackling climate change through climate-smart agriculture helps pave way for sustainable production. Together we can create a future where climate change can be managed .

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Empowering villagers to tackle climate change.

Theme: SDG 13: CLIMATE CHANGE. Title: Empowering villagers especially farmers to tackle climate change.      In the small village of Namalok...