Stories From the Field: Where Conservation Meets Community | Naija Eco Vibes Podcast Episode 5

okay uh i think for the communities yes uh basically they're used to a traditional way of life, seasonal prediction of rains, maybe when it's flood in certain community, they'll know what kind of work they're going to do, if it's flooding, what kind of aspect they're going to have in that section.

And also, if you could talk about when the community is in, let's say for example drought,

Okay.

And they have maybe planted something in their fields.

So they will know when to cope with that flood and how to live along it.

interesting okay okay okay so i'm of course i'm trying to follow you carefully because like um your your flow from that east africa is like given from my own flow from here so if you mentioned drugs and yes this is something that i think here we also experience it sometimes i think in the up notes in the north sometimes they have some of these issues but how how does it happen what's how did what's what's You know, you just mentioned drought now.

Like, bring it home for me.

It's me that have not experienced this thing before.

What are the signs? What do you see? So how does it affect them? How does it change their life? What does it do to them?

Okay.

Maybe you're safe, for example.

Yes, so we can.

You're at the community level.

Yes.

And basically, it affects their livelihood.

Okay.

In terms of health, their income, even the mode of shelter, even people going to school.

Like, say, for example, going to education.

Because when you have floods, there's no food, there's no shelter.

Everything is gone.

Like we have nothing at all.

You get me? So it's quite difficult for them to cope.

Interesting.

Thank you so much.

So we also want to share maybe some light on the stark difference between what you experience in the city