Climate Change: Rivers drying up in Mali

Bacoroba Doubmia, 58, has fished in the River Niger, The River of Rivers since he was a child. Since then he has seen the river decrease in size and he claims it is now half the size it used to be. There are also less fish, which means that he can no longer earn enough money from his livelihood to support his family. He now struggles to afford one meal a day for his seven children. With the support of Christian Aids partner AED, the local council is helping fishermen like Bacoroba to become rice farmers, providing them with land that they can rent at a cheap rate, irrigation facilities and training in farming techniques

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• Mali
• Christian
• Aid
• christian aid
• drought
• river
• drying
• fishing
• fishermen
• poverty
• water
• shortage
• NGO
• development