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Dear Reader,
In the past month of June, Hong Kong saw 9 consecutive days of extremely hot weather, one of the longest records in June. In Saudi Arabia, more than a thousand people died of heatstroke during the pilgrimage. In July, the temperature in Japan reached 40°C, more than 10,000 people suffered heatstroke, and many people died. In fact, from July last year to July this year, at least 10 countries around the world recorded extremely high temperatures of 50°C or above. Climate change is coming with unpredictable consequences. The extreme weather it brings is seriously affecting the entire ecology. Ferocious storms, land loss, reduction in food production, and the risks of virus are all threatening human livelihoods and survival in many places. These places are becoming more and more fragile, and if they fail to recover, there would be further destruction. It is a horrible vicious cycle.
I visited Somaliland in East Africa recently. The area originally had two rainy seasons a year, but in 2022, the worst drought in 40 years forced more than a million people to leave their homes and wander with their families in search of water and food. It’s hard to imagine that a place that could have been used for grazing is now covered with sand and thorns. Can such land be recovered?
World Vision introduced Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), a nature based solution for reforestation, empowering farmers and herders to combat climate change while improving food security. I talked to one of the women farmers who participated in the project. She thanked World Vision for helping her learn how to restore land productivity, so that she could increase her harvest and feed her family.
In June, World Vision Australia’s Principal Climate Action Advisor, Tony Rinaudo, came to Hong Kong and Macau, to share and interact with corporate organisations, schools, churches, donors as well as the public about FMNR. With the nature based solution, underground forests are brought back and native vegetation are revived. This technique has successfully regenerated millions of hectares of land by solving the root cause of the problem of land degradation and hunger. In the face of climate change, we often feel helpless and weak, but it turns out that as long as we are willing to return to the basics, solutions are right in front of us.
In the coming school year, I hope all children enjoy learning whilst learning to be joyful!
Yours truly,
Amy Fung
Chief Executive Officer
“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.”
Leviticus 23:22
Dear Reader,
In the past month of June, Hong Kong saw 9 consecutive days of extremely hot weather, one of the longest records in June. In Saudi Arabia, more than a thousand people died of heatstroke during the pilgrimage. In July, the temperature in Japan reached 40°C, more than 10,000 people suffered heatstroke, and many people died. In fact, from July last year to July this year, at least 10 countries around the world recorded extremely high temperatures of 50°C or above. Climate change is coming with unpredictable consequences. The extreme weather it brings is seriously affecting the entire ecology. Ferocious storms, land loss, reduction in food production, and the risks of virus are all threatening human livelihoods and survival in many places. These places are becoming more and more fragile, and if they fail to recover, there would be further destruction. It is a horrible vicious cycle.
I visited Somaliland in East Africa recently. The area originally had two rainy seasons a year, but in 2022, the worst drought in 40 years forced more than a million people to leave their homes and wander with their families in search of water and food. It’s hard to imagine that a place that could have been used for grazing is now covered with sand and thorns. Can such land be recovered?
World Vision introduced Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), a nature based solution for reforestation, empowering farmers and herders to combat climate change while improving food security. I talked to one of the women farmers who participated in the project. She thanked World Vision for helping her learn how to restore land productivity, so that she could increase her harvest and feed her family.
In June, World Vision Australia’s Principal Climate Action Advisor, Tony Rinaudo, came to Hong Kong and Macau, to share and interact with corporate organisations, schools, churches, donors as well as the public about FMNR. With the nature based solution, underground forests are brought back and native vegetation are revived. This technique has successfully regenerated millions of hectares of land by solving the root cause of the problem of land degradation and hunger. In the face of climate change, we often feel helpless and weak, but it turns out that as long as we are willing to return to the basics, solutions are right in front of us.
In the coming school year, I hope all children enjoy learning whilst learning to be joyful!
Yours truly,
Amy Fung
Chief Executive Officer
“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.”
Leviticus 23:22
