Send a message to the frontline of climate change

Hi

I'd like to offer my support to the people affected by climate change.

Jessica Weir | August 10, 2009 1:18 PM

hey guys you are all doing a wonderful thing and if i could i would be helping you to help the less fourtunate. i look up to you people as role models you are all such awesome people. i really hope it gets better and i'm thinking of you when i go to spend my money and decide if i really need it and if i don't that money will go to you people !
good luck for now xx

emma | August 9, 2009 6:26 AM

I'm deeply sorry about the people who are in danger because of climate change. I'm an actvist of greenpeace and oneworldclimachange, and I'm in all the campaigns about climate change. I'm very sad when people have no protection from these catastrophic natural disasters. We must care for other people in dangerous situations - it is our duty to help.

svetlana andasarova | August 7, 2009 12:26 PM

I am donating the contents of my Charities Aid Foundation. We all need to address the issues behind global poverty. We do care for each other.

COLIN J WHITE | August 1, 2009 1:36 PM

I am moved by your stories and am thinking of you. Please know that i will do all I can to make a difference. Here and now.

Emma | July 28, 2009 6:56 PM

The changes that are happening to you are happening globally. It is very sad that we in the industrialised countries are responsible. I am sorry for that, and hope that our leaders can work to help you prepare for a better future. My questions are:
What preparations are your government making to protect you? Do the schools now teach about the changes that we will all experience with global warming? Is there a lot of 'denial' about climate change, amongst the general population and also within government?

Thank you, and to Oxfam for their wonderful work.

I hope that the future will be better for you all.

Good luck. Liz Palmer, Brighton UK.

Liz Palmer | July 28, 2009 6:55 PM

do mango trees stabilise river banks?does tree planting in general improve stability plus providing food?
where is all the water coming from? could it be chanelled upstream in anyway?

carol smith | July 28, 2009 6:49 PM

I want you all to know that however far away you are from me and others, you are cared about, you are real to us, not just a story or a drama in our news... I am sending thoughts of love and well-being to you all, financial donations, as well as petitioning for climate change and making all the changes I can in my own life. I wish for you, all that you wish yourselves...now and always, love abounds...Stephanie

Stephanie Anne Chamberlain | July 28, 2009 6:48 PM

All the best for your trip, Ben - do pass on my prayers and my concern to the people of of Char Atra.

Mike Farley | July 28, 2009 6:45 PM

As a wooden boatbuilder I feel very keenly the plight you are in and the huge efforts you have to make to cope with all this water.
My heart goes out to you all.

I will be doing everything I can to put pressure on the leaders of the Copenhagen Summit to ACT and not fudge as they have in the past.

With my blessings and sincere best wishes, Julian

Julian Burn | July 28, 2009 6:44 PM

Please know that you are not forgotten.

Lynne Frost | July 28, 2009 6:43 PM

Given that most people don't seem to realise what they are causing - I draw my examples from road traffic: people driving too fast, fast acceleration (only two examples); using the car instead of walking (esp. for (very) short distances) - when are people (and not just the greens) going to be told that they can't go on as they are?

Peter Heaney | July 28, 2009 6:43 PM

Is it not possible to build houses on stilts, I know this costs money, and what about water purification systems? Questions for the government I would think.

David Bargh | July 28, 2009 6:42 PM

Are there any technologies that could help improve quality of life?

Joshua Seal | July 28, 2009 6:42 PM

I know that with climate change, sea levels have slowly begun to rise. What is being done to prevent or lessen the damage caused to crops by increased levels of salinity? or is there an organised effort at a managed retreat?

Nick Harper | July 28, 2009 6:41 PM

I would like you all to know how often you are in my thoughts and how I really hope that the flooding doesn't strike too hard this year so that you are able to get on with your lives, worry free. I want to offer my support and prayers to you and to say that I will keep on doing whatever I can to make world leaders change the way we treat our world and to slow down climate change.

Charlotte Lawrence | July 28, 2009 6:38 PM

How do they keep their drinking water from becoming contaminated during the floods or is it already contaminated

Trefor Roberts | July 28, 2009 6:37 PM

Hi
I worked with women's groups in Bangladesh briefly in the 1990s, in a College about an hour's drive from Dhaka -and I remember the monsoons! More importantly I remember the village children who used to run up and, giggling, pinch me because I am tall and fair haired. Many of them will now be adults with children of their own. I just want to send a smile, say hello - and to give my support.

sheena matthews | July 28, 2009 6:37 PM

Firstly I would like to pass on my deepest sympathy's for Sufia for her loss and want her to know that my thoughts and prayers are with her.

Secondly I would like to ask those who have been most affected by the flood: if there is one thing they could change to help combat against the growing risk of flooding, what would it be and how can people help on a day-to-day basis?

Many thanks and keep up the fantastic work. I will try to do more myself.

Jonathan

Jonathan Hooley | July 28, 2009 6:36 PM

Your stories reminded me of a saying by Mother Teresa:
'We can do no great things, only small things with great love'
The things you do are filled with so much love.
I hope that right decisions will be made and the decision makers will be filled as much compassion as you clearly show.

Becca | July 28, 2009 6:36 PM

One is looking into mapping the Severe Cyclonic Storms and Sea Surface Temperature in order to work out why the storms hit the same area time and time again.

It is time that one looked into a preventative measure and by mapping this maybe will find a solution to this and hopefully this will go some way to helping with this.

Rosa

Rosa Manson | July 28, 2009 6:35 PM

Sending you hope and love in during this difficult time...xxx

Samantha | July 28, 2009 6:32 PM

If they had to leave the island because of climate change, is there anywhere for the people of Char Atra to go?

My heart goes out to Sufia for her loss and all the other folk on the island. Please let them know the world is watching.

Gezabel | July 28, 2009 3:15 PM

Thanks so much for your comments - keep them coming. It's great to know that people in the UK care about what's happening.

Ben Beaumont | July 28, 2009 11:55 AM

This and other clips have shown what a resilient people they are in spite of regular flooding. Clearly day to day living is hard but do they have time to play, do they have fun sometimes.

Phil Beaumont | July 28, 2009 10:08 AM

i hope oxfam can help these people,i watched the videos,and am shocked and disgusted that the world seems not to care

christine buxton | July 27, 2009 9:00 PM

Can you ask how long it takes to raise a house and how high does it have to be...

thank you

Chris

Chris | July 27, 2009 11:04 AM