Why #Fracking done by #Oil and Gas Companies should be ban?
World-wide activists including Germany and America have been calling for ban on fracking.
Fracking is a dangerous activity done by the Oil & Gas companies.
A stitch in time saves nine. If water resources are contaminated, peoples livelihood will be in danger, communities livestock, agriculture sector will all suffer.
For more Reasons please Read hereunder:
(1) It contaminates water, causes numerous health problems
Collage made on Drought images downloaded from Google
Drought is a common natural disaster which tends to occur in East Africa. According to World Vision's statistics almost 13 million people had suffered a worst drought in 2011. With the assistance of two Pictorial Collages made from the Images downloaded from Google and a Video by VEA an Australian firm an attempt is made to educate and sensitize the fairly elite (English speaking) communities of Agricultural officers, Livestock's officers, Forest officers and District officers so that once they understand on What causes Drought, Consequences of draught, Risk management steps to be taken they can in turn sensitize the rural based farming communities, communities of herdsmen and communities surrounding the forest reserves areas in their local language or Kiswahili and in turn mobilize many in the rural communities to be alert and take appropriate and timely actions.
WHAT CAUSES DROUGHT?
Video by VEA YouTube
Drought is an occurrence of significantly below normal rainfall which impacts on productive activities
CONSEQUENCES OF DROUGHT
Dry and cracked soil/land
Scarcity of food and water
Loss of crops and cattle and resultant income
Drought causes desertification
Most Vulnerable in the communities include Women, disabled, elderly and children.
Refugees tend to become an unbearsble burden and also suffer the most.
Hot Atmosphere prevails.
RISK MANAGEMENT STEPS TO TAKE IN TIME:
Reducing Drought risks through Serious Political will and intentions for strategically mitigating risks with adequate sound Policies in place.
Drought monitoring - Early warning Drought signals, meterological monitoring, exchanging information on potential drought
Drought coping strategies
Planning for Contigiencies to include:
Adequate food supplies with basic medicines through inhouse Government's foods storage, Donors support from Local Donors, NGOs, CBOs and International Donors such as FAO, OXFAM, RED CROSS, ACTIONAID, WORLD VISION etc.,
Digging many boreholes for adequate water supply
Vaccinating the cattle and people against potential outbreaks.
Having adequate budget for informal financial transfers as a social safety net to alleviate poverty, meet basic necessities and send children to school. (In Tanzania, TASAF provides cash handouts support)
Embark immediately to Introduce Insurance for potential crops and cattle losses and sensitize the local communities on it's benefits.
Irrigating and reviving the dry-spell (if any) and distribute seeds and tools
Introducing drought resistant crops and drought resistant animals such as Camels.
Communities should be advised and mobilized in particular that for every one tree cut, at least five to ten trees should be planted. Communities should have a proper mechanism and equipments for communicating with their respective agricultural, forest and districts officers such as radio calls and mobile phones with good connectivity. Moreover they should have periodic meetings with the government officials in charge of their areas for regular updates.
Collage made from images downloaded from Google Always keep in mind that:
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE
Reference: World Vision document on its blog - 5 Ws on Drought FAO document on its website www.FAO.org Hpg drought response.pdf
