sangat sindh report on climate change adaptation 2

8/9/2019 Sangat Sindh Report on Climate Change Adaptation 2

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Climate Change Adaptation Campaign in District Nawabshah

Public Awareness Campaign On

Climate Change Adaptation in Nawabshah

Report by

Nisar A. Brohi


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Sangat Development Foundation (SDF) is community based non-

governmental Organization, launched with its mission to work for safedrinking water and sanitation education especially in remote and

backward areas of Nawabshah.

SDF has taken a number of community-based capacity building andawareness initiatives, including seminars on different issuesconfronting the downtrodden in remote and backward areas.

Sangat Development Foundation (SDF) is member ofDistrict Advisoryand Coordination Committee (DCC), WWF-Indus for All programme of

Nawabshah District and also member of Project ImplementationCoordination Committee of ASF Project by SRSPon Agro businessSupport Fund.

Sangat Development Foundation has recently been granted membership byInternational Human Rights Commission (IHRC) in recognition of its social

services to vulnerable communities of rural areas.

Key activities undertaken by SDF

Seminars and Workshops

Child Health and Nutrition Child Rights and Role of Civil Society, Supported By Plan

International and District Govt Nawabshah Consultative workshop with Religious Leaders on Conservation and

Islam, Supported by Indus For All Programme-WWF

Pakistan Education for all in 2015: The Challenges, Supported by UNESCO,

Islamabad Human Caused Biodiversity Loss and Climate Disruption Education for All and Role of Civil Society, Supported by Sindh

Rural Support Program (SRSP) Campaign on CCBs Formation and Mobilization Held Three Medical Camps in Remote Areas of Nawabshah,

Supported byTaluka Govt Daur, Nawabshah

Project Successfully Completed

Voter Education campaign in 51 UCs of NawabshahCollaboration with Participatory Development Initiatives(PDI)Supported by UNDP and Election Commission of Pakistan

Project under Implementation

TB awareness program in Taluka Daur District NawabshahSupport by The Asia foundation (TAF)


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Global warming is one of the major burgeoning threats to human

family, which has almost changed the entire climate of the world,posing very serious threats not only to the eco system and also other

living organism on the world planet. The global warming would be an

indefatigable challenge for the coming generation, if its currentgrowing trend is not arrested, it would have irreparable losses not only

on the wildlife losses but also a disaster for the human population.Sangat team has organised a number of consultative meetings in

various rural villages and schools in order to aware the localcommunity on climate change factors and possible ways to cope with

it, with a view to grapple with growing chronic diseases mostly bornout of warm weather and environmental degradation.

Sangat Development Foundation (SDF) team informed the local

community that around 262 million people were affected annually fromclimate disaster between 2000 to 2004. Due to unpredictedweather/climatic changes, there are many possibilities of unexpected

drought cycles and rain with storms frequent and prolonged in theworld.

Pakistan is also experiencing the effects of climate change; the wildlifeand many other indigenous species are at risk. However, there is badly


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need of time to have pro environmental friendly policy, to be executed

at the grass root level, in order to protect and promote climatesustainability.

Nawabshah has badly suffered due to an unexpected climatic changes

occurred since last couple of years in the district. These environmentaland climatic change developments have entire changed the climate of

the district, resulting into disruption of social landscape of the areas.The district temperature approximately remains above 50C from April

to August. It is also one of the coldest districts of Pakistan only inwinter season.

Due to unexpected rapid climatic changes in the district have alsodisturbed its socio-economic landscape since many years. Due to long

spell of warm and hot climate in the district, the local community

especially vulnerable social groups women and children havedeveloped chronic diseases.

The warm weather and climate changes in the district not merelyaffected the human population but also reduced agriculture

productivity at the large scale.


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However, there is direly need of public awareness campaign and

capacity building of the local communities on meeting the challengesof the climate change and its possible impacts on the human family

and also other wildlife in the district.

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