Ethiopia Drought Patorialism -- WEB
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- Ethiopia Drought Patorialism -- WEB
- May 27, 2022
- The persistent drought drying out the Horn of Africa is a reflection of severe weather intensified by climate change. For Ethiopia’s pastoralists who have seen more than a million livestock perish, it is a signal their way of life cannot be sustained by the next generation. Linda Givetash reports from Gode, Ethiopia.
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- Transcript/Script English ETHIOPIA DROUGHT PASTORALISM HEADLINE: Climate Change Robbing Ethiopia’s Pastoralists of Traditional Livelihood TEASER: As they witness million livestock perish, pastoralists fear that life can’t be sustained by the next generation PUBLISHED AT: Friday, 05/26/2022 at 04:57 EDT BYLINE: Linda Givetash, Michele Spatari DATELINE: GODE, ETHIOPIA VIDEOGRAPHER: Michele Spatari VIDEO EDITOR: Rod James SCRIPT EDITORS: Salem Solomon, wpm VIDEO SOURCE: Original PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV X RADIO _x_ TRT: 2:38 VID APPROVED BY: pcd TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: There is a radio story accompanying this piece.)) ((INTRO)) [[The persistent drought drying out the Horn of Africa is a reflection of severe weather intensified by climate change. For Ethiopia’s pastoralists who have seen more than a million livestock perish, it is a signal their way of life cannot be sustained by the next generation. Linda Givetash reports from Gode, Ethiopia.]] ((NARRATOR)) It’s become an all-too familiar sight in Ethiopia. Despite a last-ditch effort to feed her cattle with grass from her thatch roof, Addis Ahmed Omar says they all perished. Her family is now among the 7.2 million Ethiopians who are not getting enough to eat, according to the United Nations. ((Addis Ahmed Omar, Somali Pastoralist, (female, Somali, 11 sec)) “When I was young drought came and we coped and survived with it, but this current drought is continuous and recurrent. It's more than we can manage.” ((NARRATOR)) These events aren’t just lasting longer, they’re becoming more frequent. Some of the former pastoralists at this displacement camp lost their livestock in 2017. They’ve become permanent residents of the area, having abandoned their nomadic lifestyle to instead rear small animals like goats and grow produce. ((Abdiwali Mohamed Salad, Village Chief, (male, Somali, 11 sec)) “It is better to look for other livelihoods rather than pastoralism. Education in other livelihoods like farming. Mixed farming is another option.” ((NARRATOR)) Climate change is projected to bring even more extreme conditions in the years to come with contrasting droughts and floods. That will also contribute to soil erosion and degradation, shrinking the available land for pasture. Within this year, experts say there is a 61% chance the region’s next rainy season will fail — devastating even more pastoralists. ((Abubakr Salih Babiker, World Meteorological Association, (male, English, 16 sec)) “It is very challenging for them to continue the same way of life depending on just natural resources. So the future is not bright, unfortunately to say, but that's where they need to adapt to the new climate condition.” ((NARRATOR)) In the northern Afar region, pastoralists say they shouldn’t have to abandon their tradition. Instead, they want more support from the government for protecting grazing land and to develop programs to provide emergency feed and medication for livestock. ((Valerie Browning, Afar Pastoralist Development Association, (female, English, 16 sec)) “Afar have this wealth of traditional knowledge, this wealth of what to do when it's too dry, there's no water. There's wealth of how to look after the herd. But politics doesn't allow them.” ((NARRATOR)) At a clinic 100 km from Afar’s capital of Semera, Biru Ali, a pastoralist mother, is not as optimistic. Surviving on just bread and rations of water trucked in by aid groups, she says her 2-year-old is now sick with diarrhea. ((Biru Ali, Afari Pastoralist (Afari, FEMALE, 13 sec)) “I don't want my daughter to do the same — education” ((NARRATOR)) While many say they would welcome an alternative future for their children, now faced with hunger, their focus is on simply surviving today. ((Linda Givetash for VOA News, Gode, Ethiopia.))
- Transcript/Script ETHIOPIA DROUGHT PASTORALISM HEADLINE: Climate Change Robbing Ethiopia’s Pastoralists of Traditional Livelihood TEASER: As they witness million livestock perish, pastoralists fear that life can’t be sustained by the next generation PUBLISHED AT: Friday, 05/26/2022 at 04:57 EDT BYLINE: Linda Givetash, Michele Spatari DATELINE: GODE, ETHIOPIA VIDEOGRAPHER: Michele Spatari VIDEO EDITOR: Rod James SCRIPT EDITORS: Salem Solomon, wpm VIDEO SOURCE: Original PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV X RADIO _x_ TRT: 2:38 VID APPROVED BY: pcd TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: There is a radio story accompanying this piece.)) ((INTRO)) [[The persistent drought drying out the Horn of Africa is a reflection of severe weather intensified by climate change. For Ethiopia’s pastoralists who have seen more than a million livestock perish, it is a signal their way of life cannot be sustained by the next generation. Linda Givetash reports from Gode, Ethiopia.]] ((NARRATOR)) It’s become an all-too familiar sight in Ethiopia. Despite a last-ditch effort to feed her cattle with grass from her thatch roof, Addis Ahmed Omar says they all perished. Her family is now among the 7.2 million Ethiopians who are not getting enough to eat, according to the United Nations. ((Addis Ahmed Omar, Somali Pastoralist, (female, Somali, 11 sec)) “When I was young drought came and we coped and survived with it, but this current drought is continuous and recurrent. It's more than we can manage.” ((NARRATOR)) These events aren’t just lasting longer, they’re becoming more frequent. Some of the former pastoralists at this displacement camp lost their livestock in 2017. They’ve become permanent residents of the area, having abandoned their nomadic lifestyle to instead rear small animals like goats and grow produce. ((Abdiwali Mohamed Salad, Village Chief, (male, Somali, 11 sec)) “It is better to look for other livelihoods rather than pastoralism. Education in other livelihoods like farming. Mixed farming is another option.” ((NARRATOR)) Climate change is projected to bring even more extreme conditions in the years to come with contrasting droughts and floods. That will also contribute to soil erosion and degradation, shrinking the available land for pasture. Within this year, experts say there is a 61% chance the region’s next rainy season will fail — devastating even more pastoralists. ((Abubakr Salih Babiker, World Meteorological Association, (male, English, 16 sec)) “It is very challenging for them to continue the same way of life depending on just natural resources. So the future is not bright, unfortunately to say, but that's where they need to adapt to the new climate condition.” ((NARRATOR)) In the northern Afar region, pastoralists say they shouldn’t have to abandon their tradition. Instead, they want more support from the government for protecting grazing land and to develop programs to provide emergency feed and medication for livestock. ((Valerie Browning, Afar Pastoralist Development Association, (female, English, 16 sec)) “Afar have this wealth of traditional knowledge, this wealth of what to do when it's too dry, there's no water. There's wealth of how to look after the herd. But politics doesn't allow them.” ((NARRATOR)) At a clinic 100 km from Afar’s capital of Semera, Biru Ali, a pastoralist mother, is not as optimistic. Surviving on just bread and rations of water trucked in by aid groups, she says her 2-year-old is now sick with diarrhea. ((Biru Ali, Afari Pastoralist (Afari, FEMALE, 13 sec)) “I don't want my daughter to do the same — education” ((NARRATOR)) While many say they would welcome an alternative future for their children, now faced with hunger, their focus is on simply surviving today. ((Linda Givetash for VOA News, Gode, Ethiopia.))
- NewsML Media Topics Health, Economy, Business and Finance
- Topic Tags Ethiopia Drought
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date May 27, 2022 16:28 EDT
- Description English The persistent drought drying out the Horn of Africa is a reflection of severe weather intensified by climate change. For Ethiopia’s pastoralists who have seen more than a million livestock perish, it is a signal their way of life cannot be sustained by the next generation. Linda Givetash reports from Gode, Ethiopia.
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