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Our panelist are well versed with climate changes its relations to girls education from their different communities @JobertNgwenya @SelinaNkoile @sinikiwemarodza @soovi_gogreen #girlsallowed #girlseducation #africa

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Floods always cause a lot of damage to school infrastructure and education is affected drastically. Drought and lesser rains affect Zimbabwe and this, in turn, has adverse impacts on girls being used to source food for the family
@JobertNgwenya
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Access to Water is becoming an issue in both urban and rural settings and girls spend more and more time at the watering holes fetching water which reduces their time to actually study and learn.
@JobertNgwenya
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Hunger and lack of water are actually becoming a challenge for many students it's not easy to study on empty stomachs and more sore sanitation matters for girls.
@SelinaNkoile
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When the cyclone Idai and flooding happened in the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe a lot of young girls had to find jobs as maids or hard labour so they can fend for their families and they hence forgo their education.
@sinikiwemarodza
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Road and infrastructure are the first to go when they are floods like in the KZN. The adverse impact of those schools' opening and students lose a lot of education time.
@Soovi_gogreen
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Family is the centre of where this education on Climate change starts and how we can get the basic information to start at home so that the next generation is more conscious of these impacts.
@Soovi_gogreen
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We need to capacitate schools to be able to reduce these climatic shocks. Everyone has a part to play as well, invest in your former school its starts there even with a small family.
@SelinaNkoile
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Climate Literacy is now a necessity for everyone including girls' and boys' education. Teaching nutrition and food security issues starting in the family unit is key. Everyone can participate in making sure we fight climate change
@SelinaNkoile
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Talent Based Education is key now so that we can make sure people learn based on what they are keen on we shall find more solutions to climate change. Young people have great minds to create solutions around the problems faced
@JobertNgwenya
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According to a study by Brookings Institute (2017) for every additional year of schooling a girl completes, her country’s resilience to climate disasters is expected to improve by 3.2 points.
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