Médecins Sans Frontières - Amélia testimony (INTER)

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB180899

Date taken / Date Recorded 27/11/2023 8:35 AM

Country Mozambique

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Pierre-Yves Bernard

Copyright MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m30s

Maximum Size 720px × 1280px 126.05 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist [Amélia]
I'm very worried about the future. I don't know what will happen in the future, I don't even know what will happen with these climatic changes, suddenly every season the climate is different.

[TXT]
Amélia Arlinda Cimpuéque is a teacher
and she owns a small farm in Mucororo, Mozambique

Mozambique is among the top 10 countries most at risk of extreme weather events - cyclones, tropical storms, floods and droughts.

People in Nampula province who make their living from agriculture are far from being responsible for the climate emergency, yet they are already experiencing the consequences.

[Amélia]
Before climate change, we were warned by weather forecasts, andeveryone knew that from one month to the next it might rain, or could even predict the start of the rainy season. But lately, because of climate change, it’s no longer like this. Suddenly it starts raining and, within one season, there are consecutive cyclones that destroy everything.
TXT]
The changing rain patterns directly affects the agricultural production.
Harvests are reduced and of low quality.

[Amélia]
People must prepare their fields early to guarantee good production. They have to sow in advance, sow the seed before the rains because there could be heavy rain with a cyclone. And if the peanuts are not ready yet, rain can wash the entire production into the river.
Some people are already adopting a method of sowing peanuts on river banks to enjoy the freshness and humidity of the river while it doesn't rain too much. 
People are worrying “what will this year be like for pea bean yields”?
They are worried, really worried.

[TXT]
The climate emergency impacts health in many ways. The most vulnerable communities are hit the hardest. In Mozambique,
MSF teams respond to extreme weather events and work to help tackle malaria and neglected
tropical diseases, which are being exacerbated by the climate emergency.