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[free report] Natural disasters and marginalization of people

by Fernanda pioli macedo | 07-05-2020 23:03 recommendations 0

Natural disasters and marginalization are more connected than we could ever consider, every year the number of people affected by those disasters such as hurricanes, earthquake, tsunami increase but in the other hand, the humanitarian aid and the people¡¯s capacity to respond effectively are decreasing, making the situation more worrying. In 2019, there were a total of 409 natural disasters events worldwide, according to analysis by Save the children, in the same year climate crisis devastated parts of east and southern Africa with floods, landslides, drought and cyclones leaving at least 33 million people at emergency levels of food insecurity or worse.1

Both rich countries such as the United States and Japan and developing countries as Haiti and Pakistan have faced tough times due to natural disasters, obviously the intensity and the long-term effects were way more devastating in the poorest countries, but also on the rich ones it was a challenges and they weren¡¯t prepared for that, even if they thought they were, and the response was far from efficient.  

Disaster impacts with greater ferocity and damage happens on poor and excluded communities, ¡°only poor people worry about how they will manage to feed, clothe and house their children and pay the bills for basic necessities like lighting and water¡± In my point of view we can connect this to  the challenge that we are facing in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic, that is affecting the whole world but the people that are struggling the most are those of low-income that do not have access the best hospitals and health-care and are also losing their jobs because most of them can¡¯t work from home, and as Dominelli2 points out it is not true that ¡°we are all in this together¡± because the social position of those affected has a huge bearing on post-disaster outcomes.


[1] 2019: Natural disasters claim more than 1200 lives across East and Southern Africa

https://reliefweb.int/report/world/2019-natural-disasters-claim-more-1200-lives-across-east-and-southern-africa   

[2] Dominelli, Lena. 2012; Green Social Work: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice pp. -

 

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8 Comments

  • Sang Su Mentor says :
    Hi Fernanda pioli macedo, this is a mentor Sang Su Lee.

    It is indeed true that the intensity of natural disaster is growing fierce every year. People should realize that they are nothing in front of the nature. Therefore, it is mandatory to keep the nature healthy to avoid such devastation. Thank you for your article that creates self-awakening.

    Green Cheers!
    Posted 19-05-2020 00:24

  • Bal krishna Pandey says :
    Hello Fernanda pioli macedo ,
    This is Bal krishna from Nepal.
    I hope you are doing well.

    thanks for this wonderful content about Natural disasters and marginalization of people.
    I hope to learn more from you.

    Keep inspiring fellow ambassadors
    green cheers
    stay safe
    Posted 13-05-2020 18:14

Kushal Naharki

  • Kushal Naharki says :
    Hello Fernanda,

    I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
    Thank you for your report about Natural disasters and marginalization of people

    Green Cheers from Nepal :)
    Keep writing great reports.
    We are eager to read more reports from you.

    Regards,
    Kushal Naharki

    Posted 12-05-2020 12:54

  • Taehyun Mentor says :
    Hello Fernanda pioli macedo, this is mentor Taehyun!

    Thank you for your introduction about natural disasters! I don't know if it's due to global warming these days, but I think climate and weather-related phenomena are becoming more extreme. In the case of Korea, the country I live in, four seasons are disappearing, and summer and winter are only getting longer, and if global warming gets worse, we don't know how the climate will change in the future, so we should come up with measures to prevent global warming.

    Thank you for the report!

    Green cheers!
    Posted 11-05-2020 17:58

  • Sudha Bhandari says :
    Greetings Fernanda,
    Thank you for sharing your report
    The post disaster outcomes and the struggle through which the poor people are going through is really very difficult
    Keep sharing and shining
    Regards
    Sudha
    Posted 09-05-2020 09:55

  • Asmita Gaire says :
    Greetings Fernanda
    I hope you are doing well.
    This is very relevant topic. And yes, the post disaster outcomes, we can't predict what will happen.
    Thank you so much for this report.
    Green cheers
    Regards
    Asmita Gaire
    Posted 08-05-2020 15:09

  • Meghana Fessy says :
    Thanks for sharing your report!
    Posted 08-05-2020 02:09

  • ALOK DHAKAL says :
    Thank you for your report, it was great to know about Natural disasters and marginalization
    Posted 08-05-2020 01:20

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