World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought In this photo, taken in 2005, young Malik, Soutout, and Sadeya were digging for water in a drying seasonal marsh. The children played and sang as we walked Read more…
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The Solution For Climate Change
THE SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Did you know that combining girls education and family planning has recently been identified as the number one solution for curbing climate change? Women’s financial security multiplies the impact. Educated Read more…
The Solution For Climate-Change
THE SOLUTION FOR CLIMATE-CHANGE Did you know that combining girls education and family planning has recently been identified as the number one solution for curbing climate-change? Women’s financial security multiplies the impact. Educated girls and Read more…
A Deadly Drink
A DEADLY DRINK Againakou’s son drinks marsh water. While it is brackish and filth-ridden, she is happy to have the water to give her child. Much of the year, having any water at all is Read more…
Life Without Water:
Life Without Water: Azawak families walk up to 50km/day to obtain water. Due to severe water scarcity, they live off of less than 5 liters of water/person/day– a quantity well under the WHO prescription of a minimum 15 to 20 liters of water/person/day. This daily chore takes them all day, every day, leaving little time for school and work. Nonetheless, people live harmoniously and joyfully, living their struggle from one day to Read more…
The Azawak
THE AZAWAK The Azawak is a vast plain, the size of Florida, expanding over Mali and Niger. Its 500,000 inhabitants—primarily Tuareg and Wodaabe Fulani ethnic minorities—suffer from drastic consequences of climate change: severe water and Read more…
On The Move
This Wodaabe family moves with its belongings every couple of days. It’s the rainy season and they are “chasing after” green pastures for their livestock. At this time of year, their life revolves solely Read more…
Magic and Medicine
MAGIC AND MEDICINE The Wodaabe are known for their lore, magic, and medicine. Here a mother teaches her daughter how to make an amulet. Due to climate change and lack of rainfall, forests are disappearing Read more…
The Old Meets The Young
THE OLD MEETS THE YOUNG Here, an elderly Wodaabe medicine man exchanges salutations with a young Wodaabe. Wodaabe men also migrate as climate refugees and IDPs, selling traditional medicine or engaging in petty commerce. Like Read more…