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Anyaka Ugochi's Blog – June 2011 Archive (2)

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Culture meets Fashion and my Passion.



It was of great pleasure to me when I met Lydia and Malvin to discuss Taruwa and I was asked to be a contributor. I of course said yes and begun a battle with my mind on what my corner should be about. I am an eco-journalist. In the past year, I have communicated various development issues but with special focus on climate change and the environment. I knew I wanted to write something along this line but this is TARUWA, how would I manage to tell monthly environmental stories on a…
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Added by Anyaka Ugochi on June 22, 2011 at 17:02 — No Comments

Eroding homes and Farm Land

 In the few past decades, no fewer than 35 families in Amucha Community, Njaba in Imo State, Nigeria, have had to move to new homes. Not because they wanted a change, but because huge gullies of up to 120 metres deep and 40 meters wide – formed by heavy rainfall and erosion – have swallowed up homes and farmlands.

Desmond Nworji is a lecturer who was born and raised in Amcha. He says his village environment has been turned upside down. “It (erosion) has actually caused a lot…

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Added by Anyaka Ugochi on June 22, 2011 at 17:00 — No Comments

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