Towards Recognition - Raising awareness of environmental migrants » Kenya http://www.towardsrecognition.org Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:32:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Video: Kenya and the Realities of Rural to Urban Migration http://www.towardsrecognition.org/2009/09/video-kenya-and-the-realities-of-rural-to-urban-migration/ http://www.towardsrecognition.org/2009/09/video-kenya-and-the-realities-of-rural-to-urban-migration/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:26:40 +0000 Dan DaSilva http://www.towardsrecognition.org/?p=2431 Erratic weather patterns and increasing droughts and floods due to climate change are causing people in rural Kenya to migrate to the urban centre of Nairobi. There is evidence that already crowded slums are being overwhelmed by constant arrivals of people who are seeking a better life due to loss of rural livelihoods in the southeastern and western regions of Kenya. Many will also move temporarily to nearby small towns or camps where international protection, aid, and long-term development is needed more than ever before.

Ciara Sutton is a multimedia broadcast journalist who worked on climate change migration issues in Kenya earlier this year as part of a project for her MA in International Journalism. The project is supported by interviews with international climate change professionals and representatives on the ground from the Red Cross. She authors her own blog “Climate Change and Human Migration in Kenya” where she documented her journey, examines the lives of migrants, and posts related stories.

Below is a recent video from her website which highlights the issue of climate-induced rural to urban migration in Kenya:

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Source: Climate Change and Human Migration in Kenya

Related Links:
» Devastating East Africa Droughts Caused by Volatile Climate – VOA News – (Sep, 2009)
» A new (under) class of travellers – The Economist (Jun, 2009)
» Climate Change and Migration in Nairobi – UNHABITAT & Columbia University (Jun, 2009)

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