A one day long interaction program on climate change
On fifth of Poush, a group of four people, Man Bahadur B.K, Aavash Shrestha, Dinesh Dangol and Basudev Paudel had gone to Kafre Chhap, Bisankhu-7, Lalitpur on a one day interaction program on climate change and human health.
They talked with a group of people in Kafre Chhap, asked them if they have seen any significant change due to climate change and what could be its cause. The people seemed pretty much aware of the topic. They expressed that climate change could be due to deforestation, water boring and industrialization. They told us they could clearly see the impacts of climate change in their day to day life. Fluctuating rainfall, fog, almost eradication of “pakha bali”; cultivation in hills, infestation of crops by small black insects “lai”, drying up of water resources, decrement of snow in Himalayas, sheer cold in morning and night and extreme hot at day time, and wasting of crops if not spread pesticides. They seemed pretty sure that all these were happening due to other environment inconsiderate people and they are compelled to be victim of some others' misdeed. According to them, they seem to face health problems too due to climate change. If a person gets a headache, it would spread all over the village, new diseases would attack them, common cold, pneumonia, fever, cholera, chicken-pox has started to seem pretty common. Even small-pox, which is believed to have been eradicated, has come up there.
They seemed quite aware of the problem and seemed to have their own understanding related to climate change. They believe to the fact that government won’t hear few people’s talk. “If you want to get attention or want to get heard, then you need to collect people, make a big group and go to the government and for the time being and should go for adaptation.”
In a discussion program with elderly and women, they proved quite enthusiastic with the subject of discussion. They told that women and men have to learn of all the things that climate change could affect them directly or indirectly in pregnancy. They were aware that decreasing population would help in environment conservation. Gokul Bisunkhe, Chirinjivi Silwaal, Gita Silwaal, Rita Khawas who are in the committee member actively participated and were helpful. All the villagers expressed the students of Kathmandu University gratitude for interacting with them and letting them share their views on climate change.
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