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2. Photo/Video Competition 2011 AGRICULTURE Ages 13-17 Friday, December 30, 11

3. 1st How Expensive Tomatoes Are In Eritrea, in the last years, an increase of the price by Awet Haile, Feruz Semere, of the products occurred. Its reason lies down on and Sarah Kiﬂemariam the late arrival of the rain season. Eritrea Friday, December 30, 11

4. 2nd Cooling the Earth Fruit trees we have planted will take carbon dioxide by Keneuoe Panyane out of the air and cool the earth. Mants'ase Children's Home, Lesotho Friday, December 30, 11

5. 3rd Growing Our Own Food Growing our own food means no carbon is put into the by Lireko Potsane atmosphere transporting the food to us. Mants'ase Children's Home, Lesotho Friday, December 30, 11

7. 1st Fertility Countdown This relatively remote piece of Egyptian fertile land used for by Mohamed Samad agriculture is threatened by air pollution, urbanization, and Egypt desertiﬁcation as a result of climate change Friday, December 30, 11

8. 2nd One Hen Campaign Project by James Makini Kenya A photo I took from the ﬁeld where we train farmers On Environmental conservation, IEP has come up on agribusiness, environmental conservation, with a very innovative way of training the youth and entrepreneurship and value chain analysis from a women to desist from using traditional cages that practical perspective, whereby each member is consume a lot of trees and instead use a modern given a hen and a cage as a loan (One Hen cage covered with a wire mesh hence saving trees. Campaign Project) and after 6 months they From the hens droppings we train youth and women surrender 2 chicks (once) to the programme for how to make composite manure which is organic onward lending to other groups and sustainability of and helps them conserve the soil that has been the programme. depleted by use of chemical fertilizers. Friday, December 30, 11

9. 3rd The Golden Island Gezieret el Dahab or ‘the golden island’ is an agricultural area by Andrew A. Shenouda located near downtown Cairo. Although it's isolated to some extent Egypt from Cairo noise, it was threatened one day to be swept and changed to a business district. Friday, December 30, 11

11. 1st Forest for Gardening This picture, taken in Kiboga district shows a woodland turned by Kisakye Mayanja into an agricultural ﬁeld. Agricultural land is diminishing as a Uganda result of population explosion in many areas of the world, but, in this region of Uganda, encroachment is caused by soils that have been over-cultivated. Friday, December 30, 11

12. 2nd Madagascar Agriculture Inland, father and son posing in front of rice ﬁelds. The price of by Stephanie Rabemiafara rice, the staple food in Madagascar, has doubled in the past two Madagascar years, forcing residents in the capital, Antananarivo, to halve their consumption. Friday, December 30, 11

13. 3rd Cattle Farmer from Paua Paoua, in the northwest of the Central African Republic is by Brice Blondel subjected to chronic insecurity. Not many people are able to save France cattle, which are often stolen by armed men. This man's house was partly destroyed, as were many others in his neighborhood, but he still owned that one cow. It is him who came to me and asked that I take his picture. Friday, December 30, 11

14. Photo/Video Competition 2011 ENERGY Ages 13-17 Friday, December 30, 11

15. 1st Hot Water in a Cloudy Day Even on a cloudy day solar panels give us hot by Makoanyane Mosala, water with no carbon emissions. Mants'ase Children's Home, Lesotho Friday, December 30, 11

17. 1st Solar Panels, Most of these houses are low cost housing and some are government provided homes yet almost all of them have solar the Sunny Energy panels ﬁtted on their roofs. Initiatives like this are great not only by Dina Osman in providing electricity for the people but doing it in a South Africa sustainable manner. Friday, December 30, 11

18. 2nd Improved Cooking Stoves This stove is easily made from local materials. It surely by Alphonse Karenzi saves up to 85% of ﬁrewood compared to traditional stoves Rwanda and reduces smoke emission signiﬁcantly. Friday, December 30, 11

19. 3rd Tire Burning for Cooking by Violet Moyo Malawi A lack of access to clean household energy in developing countries forces more than a third of humanity, 2.4 billion people, to cook and heat their homes by burning wood, dung and crop waste. Friday, December 30, 11

21. 1st Energy in Rwanda Pilot testing charcoal briquette-making out of papyrus and by Teddy Kinyanjui peat for the minimizing of energy in Rwanda. Kenya Friday, December 30, 11

22. 2nd Clay Stoves Use Less Firewood and Conserve Energy! by Asimenyekyala Nthakomwa Malawi Clay stoves are one efﬁcient energy- saving technology that should be promoted if we are to promote sustainable use of forest resources. Friday, December 30, 11

23. 3rd I Prefer My Horse A nomad in the desert preferred to abandon his car to return by Azzedine Jamal to the horse: ”Gasoline? It’s too expensive,” he said. Morocco Friday, December 30, 11

24. Photo/Video Competition 2011 FORESTS Ages 13-17 Friday, December 30, 11

25. 1st The Solitude At the end of the 19th century, 30% of the Eritrean territory was by Kamilia Saﬁ, Selihom Werede covered by forests; a hundred years later this percentage has Class IV A, Eritrea been reduced to 0.45%. Friday, December 30, 11

26. 2nd Chad Students planting trees. by Joel Nekian Chad Friday, December 30, 11

27. 3rd Saving Trees Using solar energy means fewer trees are cut down to by Topollo Potsane provide ﬁrewood – carbon is being stored not released. Mants'ase Children's Home, Lesotho Friday, December 30, 11

29. 1st Regrowth: The New and the Old The picture shows the old original trees and the newly planted by Serah Kimundu trees that have been planted to revamp the forest. The brown Kenya ‘soil’ is actually sawdust that was accumulated from all the cutting of the trees. This has affected the climate as the weather and seasons have now become unpredictable thus affecting the farming in the area. Friday, December 30, 11

30. 2nd A Tree Planted Is A Boost by Dan Njiena Cameroon However, admittedly some young Africans have begun to wake up and last vaccances school, they each planted a tree not far from the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde Omnipsorts in Cameroon sotien NGO Mi-plus and the Ministry Sports. Friday, December 30, 11

31. 3rd Greening Schools Campaign The only best way to ensure that we escape from such by Rose Yvonne calamities would be to educate and encourage students of all Kenya ages to be involved in the campaign against deforestation, as trees, whether we would like to admit it or not, are the surest answer to a safer world. Friday, December 30, 11

33. 1st Palm Trees Grave by Adil Moumane Morocco A ﬁeld in Draa Palme Grove (Zagora-Morocco) was destructed by fusaruim disease, drought, and sand encroachment. It has become a mass grave for palm trees, so we sound the alarm to protect this environmental heritage from extinction. Friday, December 30, 11

34. 2nd Alsunut Forest It is the last forest in Khartoum, located on the White Nile not far by Ala Kheir from the city centre, it is home for many birds and monkeys it is a Sudan nice place that people spend their evenings at watching the sun go down. The forest now is disappearing, as people started cutting trees on one end, and the plastic wastes are contaminating most of it. Friday, December 30, 11

35. 3rd Forest by David Mbuthia Mwangi Illegal logging reduces the chances of nature surviving. Kenya Friday, December 30, 11

36. Photo/Video Competition 2011 GENDER Ages 18-24 Friday, December 30, 11

37. 1st My Lovely Country On our way to market. Despite the climate change in my area, by Maash Shaikh Hussein we don’t complain about the climate dilemma. We just hope Kenya for the best and world leaders will deliver on their promises for a greener world. Friday, December 30, 11

38. 2nd A Dirty Dam A lady fetches water from a dirty drying dam. by Elijah Mumo, Kenya Friday, December 30, 11

39. 3rd Local Adaptation to Women digging in search of water. Climate Change by Grace Indungu, Kenya Friday, December 30, 11

40. Photo/Video Competition 2011 GENDER Ages 25-35 Friday, December 30, 11

41. 1st Women at Work in the Forest by Ndimby Andriantsoavina Madagascar All works related to food preparation is dedicated to women. So women have to fetch the wood in the forest to prepare the lunch. Friday, December 30, 11

42. 2nd Rural Women, Renewable Energy and ICTs by Herbert Lwanga Uganda The lady seen operating this solution is rural based and apart from providing an alternative energy source, she generates continuous revenue, hence, realizing her entrepreneurial dream. With this revenue she is empowered to pay school fees for her children and, supplementing the food security budget for her household. Friday, December 30, 11

43. 3rd And Still Hope I took this photo of a young girl named Ikraam on September 12th, by Anab Garab 2011, in the Gedo region of Somalia.I went with Markabley Relief Somalia/USA and Development Trust, a group distributing food as emergency relief to parts of the region. Friday, December 30, 11

44. Photo/Video Competition 2011 HEALTH Ages 13-17 Friday, December 30, 11

45. 1st Dump site #1 This is the biggest dumpsite in Kenya. Since the dumpsite was by Oscar Atoli established, the air pollution is increasing every day because Kenya of waste disposal, but the women and street kids never mind. Friday, December 30, 11

46. 2nd Clean Environment Needed Rubbish collection should be a priority for for Healthy Living every individual. by Bubacarr Baldeh, Gambia Friday, December 30, 11

47. 3rd Feel the Oxygen Green leaves remove carbon from the air and by Phomolo Rangoajane give off life-sustaining oxygen. Mants'ase Children's Home, Lesotho Friday, December 30, 11

49. 1st Change Tunisians or the ﬁrst 2011 revolutionaries went out into the streets on by Amine Ghrabi the 24th september 2011 calling leaders to act in order to reduce the Tunisia amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. A bicycle parade was organized and over a hundred of citizens took part to the event. Friday, December 30, 11

50. 2nd Abandoned Homes Egypt has no architectural plan, a factory can be built in the middle of the city since there is a space for it, and with the increase of the and Active Factories population in Alexandria in the last thirty years, ﬂats and houses by Nourine Shenawy are built near the factories regardless of health hazards. Egypt Friday, December 30, 11

51. 3rd Poor Garbage Collection: A Health Hazard by Mutetelenu Kalama Zambia With the rising of industries, Zambia is experiencing poor garbage collection including big cities were it can be easy to collect waste. In turn a lot of children have been affected because they are always found playing on top of this waste, hence a lot of deaths have been reported because of poor garbage collection, and so climate change hast not been left out. Friday, December 30, 11

53. 1st Homemade Soccer Ball - A young man in Nairobi plays with a home-made soccer Dumpster on Fire ball next to a burning dumpsite emitting smoke, which by Julius Mwelu, Kenya affects the environment. Friday, December 30, 11

54. 2nd Junk Market Many people eat the products sold in this market garbage in the by Wilson Fernandez da Silva neighborhood of São. Paul in Luanda. A few meters from the city Angola administration this scenario is seen by thousands of people over the same old policies that hinder Africa deteriorate in terms of better health. Friday, December 30, 11

55. 3rd The African Forum for Using cycling as a mitigation measure to climate change in Uganda and especially Kampala. We are a group of Non governmental Mobility and Development organizations to conserve the environment. by Christine Naigaga Kawuma Uganda Friday, December 30, 11

56. Photo/Video Competition 2011 WATER Ages 13-17 Friday, December 30, 11

57. 1st The Happy Well Fear grows in the children’s hearts because they feel doubtful about by Dario Gandini, Pitias Ghirmai, whether there will be usual rainfall in the years to come or not, since Solomon Filipos, Yoyarib Robiel the well hasn’t had so much water in recent years for the lack of rain. Liceo Marconi, Eritrea The elderly who have witnessed a changing world often say that rainfall was once abundant. Friday, December 30, 11

58. 2nd No Comment Not necessarily that all things grow with time. by Helmi Rebai Some get smaller everyday. Tunisia Friday, December 30, 11

59. 3rd Scarcity of Water on River The effect on climate change on Benin’s Ouemé river. by Peniella Codjo Benin Friday, December 30, 11

61. 1st The Easy Months Dry seasons are lasting longer and longer into the year, traditional planting times are being abandoned, and chemical pesticides and of the Year fertilizers are being used ubiquitously. Most women see their by Mason Richard husbands and sons ride off into the distance in the backs of trucks, Niger heading south to more moist regions to ﬁnd work for seven, eight, or nine months. Friday, December 30, 11

62. 2nd Water Over Roadway The damming of the Volta River keeps the sediment that by Chad Skeers once fed the coasts of Southeaster Ghana trapped in Lake USA Volta. Without it, beaches and communities all along the coast continue to erode. Friday, December 30, 11

63. 3rd Drought by Sebri Wafa Tunisia Some people in Tunisia don't even have water for their animals. Friday, December 30, 11

65. 1st The Well Two young girls on the island of Lamu, off Kenya's coast, pull water by Maria de la Guardia up from one of the many wells throughout the island. With almost Bangladesh constant hot and humid conditions, water is scarce here, and wells are slowly becoming contaminated by the salty Ocean as water levels rise. Friday, December 30, 11

66. 2nd There Was a Lake Nous sommes habitués à voir de l'eau à cet endroit, by Malalatiana Katia Rakotobe lorsqu'il a commencé à faire de plus en plus chaud, Madagascar l'eau a commencé à disparaitre. Friday, December 30, 11

67. 3rd Drought Being a Major Climate change has contributed to the spread of drought in the African countries, in particular the horn of Africa and Northern Effect of Climate Change part of Kenya, where i live. Thousands of animals including by Yussuf Abdi goat, cattle, camel and wildlife succumbed to death. Thousands Kenya of children died millions remain malnourished while elderly people were not spared either. Friday, December 30, 11

68. Photo/Video Competition 2011 VIDEO WINNERS Friday, December 30, 11

69. 1st Me and My Bike by Dickson Oyuki Kenya 69 Friday, December 30, 11

70. 2nd Africa Has Sun So Use It by Omar Atia Egypt 70 Friday, December 30, 11

71. 3rd Water Bulb by Simon Onyango Kenya 71 Friday, December 30, 11

72. Photo/Video Competition 2011 POPULAR PRIZE Friday, December 30, 11

73. The Long Road by Eduardo Arraes Brazil Water is an issue in Sierra Leone. What may come easy for some may come very hard for others. Climate change affects the whole world, but for developing countries the consequences are worse. Marginalized population, although contributing so little for the climate change, are the ones who suffer the most. In many cases, women are responsible to get water for the family while their husbands try to make a living in the city. So they need to walk kilometers under a harsh sun to ﬁnd some for their families at the same time caring for their children. Climate change also produces gender issues. 73 Friday, December 30, 11

74. Photo/Video Competition 2011 VIDEO Ages 13-17 Friday, December 30, 11

75. 1st Me and My Bike by Dickson Oyuki Kenya 75 Friday, December 30, 11

76. 2nd Africa Has Sun So Use It by Omar Atia Egypt 76 Friday, December 30, 11

77. 3rd Why Are You Killing Me? by Peter Njuguna Kenya 77 Friday, December 30, 11

79. 1st Water Bulb by Simon Onyango Kenya 79 Friday, December 30, 11

80. 2nd Climate Change is a Reality by Shaban Senyange Uganda 80 Friday, December 30, 11

81. 3rd Conserve Our Water by Mixie Wandera Kenya 81 Friday, December 30, 11

83. 1st Women Power in Overcoming the Impact of Drought by Reshma Khan 83 Kenya Friday, December 30, 11

84. 2nd Water Is Life, and Water Is Drying Up by Karim Kara 84 Kenya Friday, December 30, 11

85. 3rd Cheap Light for Africa by Paul Ndiho Uganda 85 Friday, December 30, 11

86. Photo/Video Competition 2011 C4C SPECIAL PRIZE Friday, December 30, 11

87. Climate Theatre The women-dominated Bennde Mutale Theatre Group performs in by Max Thabiso Edkins their village to explain the causes and consequences of climate South Africa change. Through theatre, complex stories can be explained with ease, such as the idea that airplanes produce carbon dioxide. It is often the most unknowing communities that are most vulnerable to climate change. Climate Theatre can bridge this communication gap and provide a platform for the women in communities to express themselves. Friday, December 30, 11

88. The World Has Malaria by Max Thabiso Edkins South Africa Friday, December 30, 11

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