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Go to new stories from Kenya, Zanzibar and Vietnam at www.careclimatechange.org/cop17/cc-stories
ECUADOR: Shared knowledge reaps bountiful harvest for Ecuadorian family - English / Spanish
Maria Elvira Azipuela Zimbaña is part of an family in Papallacta, Ecuador who struggled to feed themselves as their traditional agriculture practices failed due to unpredictable and more intense wind, frost and cold in the valley. The situation improved for Maria and 40 farmers in Ecuador when CARE technicians trained them in how to use natural resources and new agroforestry techniques that help them adapt to the changing climate.
 ETHIOPIA: More powerful together: Bridging hunger gaps in Ethiopia
Etenesh Daniel overcomes seasonal 'hunger gaps' as a newly trained Community Animal Health Worker, and through collective action by a Village Savings and Lending Association group called 'Robot.'
 GHANA ALP: Community Story - Women take lead in tackling climate change
GHANA ALP: Community Story - Empowered women lead on community-based adaptation to climate change
GHANA ALP: Community Story - Savings and enterprise for adaptation to climate change
KENYA ALP: Community Story - Community institutions weakening in the wake of climate change
KENYA ALP: Community Story - In the Margins of Society: A snapshot of the climate change impact on the Munyo Yaya community
NIGER ALP: Community Story (FR) - Semences améliorées: Espoir d’une production précoce en zone semi aride
 BANGLADESH: Duck Rearing in the face of Climatic Vulnerability: Chameli Begum's Story of Livelihood Adaptation
Learn how duck rearing is being used as one of the adaptive livelihood options for the people living in flood prone areas, especially for women.
 PAKISTAN FLOOD 2010: Belgis' story: Eight months and maybe some more days.
(Note: CARE knows that no single event, however extreme, can be attributed to global warming. However, floods like the one in Pakistan, are exactly the kind of events that scientists project to become more frequent as the earth's temperature continues to rise. The last year's confluence of events suggests just how brutal future climate change might be.)
MOZAMBIQUE - Primeiras e Segundas: Making Two Worlds One
CARE and WWF launched the Primeiras & Segundas Livelihoods Project in northern Mozambique in 2008. Now in its third year, the project is working to conserve and improve the fragile ecosystem of the Primeiras and Segundas archipelago, while strengthening the livelihoods of the communities that depend on the area's marine and terrestrial resources. The Primeiras & Segundas Project is made possible by a generous grant from the Sall Family Foundation, with additional support from The Nature Conservancy, DIPECHO, and CARE Denmark.
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In the Margins of Society: A snapshot of the climate change impact on the Munyo Yaya community
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