Bible

Week 3 Climate Change Witness Reflection

In this week’s climate change witness video, you will hear from my friend Doreen, who is the director of the organization Ustawi Afrika, which works in Kenya with indigenous women and children impacted by climate change. This organization focuses on regenerative and sustainable agriculture. She is also a Christian and is involved in her work because it relates to her faith beliefs. She will share some stories she has experienced that show climate change impacts in Kenya are not only currently happening but can create more issues across many areas of society there.

Again, you will write a 1-page reflection paper about your reactions to her stories. Include things such as: What stood out to you? What did you learn? What are your initial reactions to what was said?

This is her Video Explanation. Please take a look at her impact on climate change. He is Doreen Jokirongo. Check on Google.

We will share some stories about what's happening in Africa, particularly the Horn of Africa because that is where I come from.

0:14

0 minutes 14 seconds

My name is Doreen Jokirongo. I am from Kenya, and I work with a lot of women, especially women in the agricultural sector.

0:25

0 minutes 25 seconds

Our organization helps these women improve by providing them with the resources they require, including financial linkages and financial literacy.

0:39

0 minutes 39 seconds

We also work with them to ensure that whatever they produce in the Lulu areas gets into the market.

0:47

0 minutes 47 seconds

Not only that, but we are also on the frontline, making sure that women are frontline soldiers in the war against hunger by ensuring that they can sustain themselves through sustainable agriculture, climate adaptation, and the glucose that has to do with climate mitigations.

1:10

1 minute 10 seconds

And by bringing all these together, we bring our women to the front line to fight hunger and malnutrition in Africa.

1:19

1 minute 19 seconds

Hunger and malnutrition in Africa have been a confirmed case right now, as we are speaking, because we are talking about 386 children who are under acute malnutrition.

1:32

1 minute 32 seconds

These children are not just children that we can see 386,000 children in the Horn of Africa are in acute malnutrition, but these are little children.

1:45

1 minute 45 seconds

These are not stories.

1:48

1 minute 48 seconds

These are little kids who are going through so many issues right now because they cannot find light nutrition, food, or water.

2:00

2 minutes

When we talk about the Horn of Africa, we are talking about 1.4 million people who are also in an acute situation where they can't find anything to eat.

2:15

2 minutes 15 seconds

The numbers may go high to up to 4 million people who don't have food.

2:21

2 minutes 21 seconds

But when we talk about these numbers so many times, people tend to forget that these are little people.

2:28

2 minutes 28 seconds

These people might just be called black people in Africa, but they have a life; they are mothers, they are fathers, they are children, and they are just outside their suffering because of things they might not even be able to understand.

2:47

2 minutes 47 seconds

When we talk about climate change, can they understand what is happening to their climate?

2:53

2 minutes 53 seconds

Are these women in a position to understand why they have to walk 20 kilometers looking for water and they can't find water?

3:00

3 minutes

Are they in a position to understand why their children are dying?

3:03

3 minutes 3 seconds

They are not in that position, and therefore, people who are in the Horn of Africa.

3:11

3 minutes 11 seconds

A number of them are not in a position to understand that they are not the cause while they are dying because Africa emits only four, and yet Africa serves us the most.

3:25

3 minutes 25 seconds

The Horn of Africa emits less.

3:28

3 minutes 28 seconds

But yet our children, our mothers, our fathers, our grandmothers, our grandfathers are suffering, and they are dying, and they don't have anything to do.

3:40

3 minutes 40 seconds

I will leave it to this case, and I can only tell her the highlighted stories.

3:46

3 minutes 46 seconds

A few people.

3:47

3 minutes 47 seconds

I'll talk about the story of a young boy called Peter.

3:51

3 minutes 51 seconds

Peter is not just a young man but the hope of the family when he decides to join secondary school.

4:01

4 minutes 1 second

It's because Peter thought she could give her family and her mothers and have a promising future for her and her relatives.

4:11

4 minutes 11 seconds

Therefore, Peter decided to join a secondary school, which is uncommon in their community.

4:18

4 minutes 18 seconds

But he had a hunger for education.

4:21

4 minutes 21 seconds

She felt like he was the kind of man who could change the stories of their family.

4:28

4 minutes 28 seconds

But before she completed her secondary school, before he completed his, Peter had to move with his uncles, who were moving kettles and cows from a dry place to a place where they could find water.

4:45

4 minutes 45 seconds

Along the way, they were attacked by buddies, and Peter was killed.

4:50

4 minutes 50 seconds

Why did Peter decide to move with his uncles?

4:56

4 minutes 56 seconds

It's because livestock is their only hope as a family, and they measure their wealth only in terms of livestock.

Week 3 Climate Change Witness Reflection

In this week’s climate change witness video, you will hear from my friend Doreen, who is the director of the organization Ustawi Afrika, which works in Kenya with indigenous women and children impacted by climate change. This organization focuses on regenerative and sustainable agriculture. She is also a Christian and is involved in her work because it relates to her faith beliefs. She will share some stories she has experienced that show climate change impacts in Kenya are not only currently happening but can create more issues across many areas of society there.

Again, you will write a 1-page reflection paper about your reactions to her stories. Include things such as: What stood out to you? What did you learn? What are your initial reactions to what was said?

This is her Video Explanation. Please take a look at her impact on climate change. He is Doreen Jokirongo. Check on Google.

We will share some stories about what's happening in Africa, particularly the Horn of Africa because that is where I come from.

0:14

0 minutes 14 seconds

My name is Doreen Jokirongo. I am from Kenya, and I work with a lot of women, especially women in the agricultural sector.

0:25

0 minutes 25 seconds

Our organization helps these women improve by providing them with the resources they require, including financial linkages and financial literacy.

0:39

0 minutes 39 seconds

We also work with them to ensure that whatever they produce in the Lulu areas gets into the market.

0:47

0 minutes 47 seconds

Not only that, but we are also on the frontline, making sure that women are frontline soldiers in the war against hunger by ensuring that they can sustain themselves through sustainable agriculture, climate adaptation, and the glucose that has to do with climate mitigations.

1:10

1 minute 10 seconds

And by bringing all these together, we bring our women to the front line to fight hunger and malnutrition in Africa.

1:19

1 minute 19 seconds

Hunger and malnutrition in Africa have been a confirmed case right now, as we are speaking, because we are talking about 386 children who are under acute malnutrition.

1:32

1 minute 32 seconds

These children are not just children that we can see 386,000 children in the Horn of Africa are in acute malnutrition, but these are little children.

1:45

1 minute 45 seconds

These are not stories.

1:48

1 minute 48 seconds

These are little kids who are going through so many issues right now because they cannot find light nutrition, food, or water.

2:00

2 minutes

When we talk about the Horn of Africa, we are talking about 1.4 million people who are also in an acute situation where they can't find anything to eat.

2:15

2 minutes 15 seconds

The numbers may go high to up to 4 million people who don't have food.

2:21

2 minutes 21 seconds

But when we talk about these numbers so many times, people tend to forget that these are little people.

2:28

2 minutes 28 seconds

These people might just be called black people in Africa, but they have a life; they are mothers, they are fathers, they are children, and they are just outside their suffering because of things they might not even be able to understand.

2:47

2 minutes 47 seconds

When we talk about climate change, can they understand what is happening to their climate?

2:53

2 minutes 53 seconds

Are these women in a position to understand why they have to walk 20 kilometers looking for water and they can't find water?

3:00

3 minutes

Are they in a position to understand why their children are dying?

3:03

3 minutes 3 seconds

They are not in that position, and therefore, people who are in the Horn of Africa.

3:11

3 minutes 11 seconds

A number of them are not in a position to understand that they are not the cause while they are dying because Africa emits only four, and yet Africa serves us the most.

3:25

3 minutes 25 seconds

The Horn of Africa emits less.

3:28

3 minutes 28 seconds

But yet our children, our mothers, our fathers, our grandmothers, our grandfathers are suffering, and they are dying, and they don't have anything to do.

3:40

3 minutes 40 seconds

I will leave it to this case, and I can only tell her the highlighted stories.

3:46

3 minutes 46 seconds

A few people.

3:47

3 minutes 47 seconds

I'll talk about the story of a young boy called Peter.

3:51

3 minutes 51 seconds

Peter is not just a young man but the hope of the family when he decides to join secondary school.

4:01

4 minutes 1 second

It's because Peter thought she could give her family and her mothers and have a promising future for her and her relatives.

4:11

4 minutes 11 seconds

Therefore, Peter decided to join a secondary school, which is uncommon in their community.

4:18

4 minutes 18 seconds

But he had a hunger for education.

4:21

4 minutes 21 seconds

She felt like he was the kind of man who could change the stories of their family.

4:28

4 minutes 28 seconds

But before she completed her secondary school, before he completed his, Peter had to move with his uncles, who were moving kettles and cows from a dry place to a place where they could find water.

4:45

4 minutes 45 seconds

Along the way, they were attacked by buddies, and Peter was killed.

4:50

4 minutes 50 seconds

Why did Peter decide to move with his uncles?

4:56

4 minutes 56 seconds

It's because livestock is their only hope as a family, and they measure their wealth only in terms of livestock.