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3 mars 2009Todays’ Reflections (for my friends from Bangladesh)
par Daniela, en direct du Bangladesh
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Due to some requests I have had over the last couple of days, I will write todays’ comment in English.
Basically it is about our visit to the areas affected by cyclone SIDR in 2007. And not just the area, but mainly the people that still live there:
To see the fear in the eyes of those that survived, but lost everything; to see this fear coming back whenever they remember; to see it growing into panic when they imagine what might happen when it hits them next time.
In Sharankhala, where we visit a cyclone shelter, some elderly people remember their lives and how cyclones have shaped them. From when they were youngsters and first had to cope with a one of them up until now, where it seems to be a relatively frequent reality they have to adapt to. A 68 old man remembers his first cyclone when he was 21. At the same age today, his grandson has already survived six.
The stories we listen to are not science, nor are they Hollywood motion pictures. They are just experiences of simple people, told by themselves, fragments of their lives.
Touching and bizarrely enlightening.
Climate change affects our planet in so many different ways, and here in Bangladesh we can see its impacts clearly: it causes floodings, erosion, siltation, droughts etc. But in the end it all comes down to one basic, but simple thing: it is about people.
Publié par cgreisch le 3 mars 2009
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Thank you very much for sharing with us your experience and emotions.
Ecrit par Elena le 6 mars 2009
