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we all hear about climate change and the news. Sometimes it feels like it's all we hear about. You may have even experienced the effects of climate change. But what if this was your reality? Every day? This is Mary. She lives in a city near Lake Victoria, in a small house with her family, Mary shares a toilet with many other families, so there is a lot of human waste near her house, which can get washed out by flood waters. People used to be able to plan their activities around the two rainy seasons that come every year. Now things are much more uncertain, and no one really knows when exactly the rains will come or how long they will last. During dry periods, Mary finds it hard to find food for the few animals that she has. The crops she tried growing outside her home suffer from pests and lack of water. The dry season also affects her family. There is a lot of dust in the city, and last year her Children developed eye infections and her husband had a bad cough. That meant he couldn't work for a week, and the problems don't end there It's hard to find climate information about upcoming seasons, so people find it difficult to prepare for extreme weather. Sudden rains and strong winds can blow down houses, flash flooding occurs and people are forced to flee their houses, leaving them vulnerable to looters trying to hold back the waters without resources or technical help. His heart. How are black house and submerged roads? I mean, people can't get to work. And there is a lot of crime. Overflowing drains full of rubbish, overflowing toilets carrying human waste through the streets and water streams, broken bridges, closed schools, food shortages, communication networks going down, Children swimming in contaminated water and contaminated drinking water difficult to Clearwater from houses. And even when the floods die down, people suffer from water borne diseases and cholera. Mary's family has survived the most recent flood and managed to make some repairs on the house, but they are worried they won't survive the next one. The roads near them are damaged, slippery and muddy in a school bus recently fell into a ditch, so Mary is keeping the kids out of school until it's safe for them to travel. The impacts are very wide ranging and this video shows only a few of them. Things are challenging now and are only going to get worse unless something happens. People are trying to do what they can to get on with their lives. They are desperately needing help. There are so many ways that you can make change. Happen for example, working with your community leaders to raise these issues in workshops or with your political representatives or, if you work in the local government, speak to colleagues and encourage them to build better roads to reduce erosion. Clearing rubbish out to the dreams before the rains. Education on waste management and sanitation support people to move out of wetland areas. Proper enforcement of urban planning laws. Protect and enhance natural vegetation to slow the floor into drainage systems. Seek insurance policies against floods. Improved early warning systems. What will you do? Uh huh.