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Destroyed by floods and droughts

19 May 2008

 

Francis Abango takes a rest with his family. He remains homeless after floods in October 2007 washed away his home and livelihoodImage courtesy of CARE


Francis Abango, a 67-year-old farmer in Binduri, Ghana, has seen the affects of a changing climate first hand. "The dry seasons are becoming dryer and longer and it’s harder to predict the rains."

Severe floods in October 2007 completely washed away his farm and livestock – everything that he had worked for to support his 15-member family. And to make matters worse a full-scale drought set in after the flood waters had disappeared.

He has used money from one of his sons - whom he sent to find work in cocoa farms in southern Ghana - to start dry season gardening. And with a little income from collecting and selling wood for fuel, he hopes to rebuild his farm and home.

But in the meantime Francis remains homeless with no livelihood and little security, knowing that "we must find new ways of surviving before we are destroyed by floods and droughts."

This story was provided by CARE

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