killer climate

                   

                                    killer climate

                           

rosy lives in a slum on the china Town Protection Embankment.

Her polythene-roofed shelter looks like a cage. She is nearly 12 but looks more

than her age. In front of

her shelter, she is trying to

make a fire to cook the

day's only meal. Her

weak brother tremble as

she adds some fallen

leaves and straw to the

fire. The whispering wind from the river kortuya makes the fire unsteady. The

dancing flames remind rosy of the turmoil in her life.

Not long ago rosy had everything-a family, cultivable land and cattle. The

erosion of the kortuya gradually consumed all her landed property. It finally

claimed her only shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to

devour Meher's house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush. She had a

hanny family once. Over the years, she lost her brother and her husband,

. The whispering wind irom the river kortuya makos dancing flames remind rosy of the turmoil in her life.

Not long ago rosy had everything-a family, cultivable land and cattle. The

erosion of the kortuya gradually consumed all her landed property. It finally

claimed her only shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to

devour Meher's house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush. She had a

happy family once. Over the years, she lost her husband and her family to

diseases that cruel hunger and poverty brought to the family. Now, she is the

only one left to live on with the loss and the pain. The greedy kortuya has

shattered her dreams and happiness

There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate like rosy .

srilanka is a land of rivers, some of whose banks overflow or erode during

monsoon. Erosion is a harsh reality for the people living along the river banks.

During each monsoon many more villages are threat

like the kortuya , the Padma and the Meghna. It is estimated

makes at least 100,000 people homeless every year in srilanka. In fact, river

erosion is one of the main dangers caused by climate change. If we can't t

prompt actions to adapt to climate change, there will be thousands of more

rosy in our towns and villages every year.