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The climate victim who became a climate champion

The climate victim who became a climate champion

BIRD STORY AGENCY STAFF AS a 10-year-old, Ibrahim Muhammad Shamsuddin and his group of new friends looked on as their community began to lose everything they owned to floods. He watched as the situation around his family's newly-built home turned catastrophic. An unusual weather pattern in Zaria, Kaduna state had resulted in weeks of rain. Then, the raging waters swallowed their home on the shores of River Galma, along with all their household items. “I cannot forget that day we waded through the waters to a refuge centre,” he narrated. Even today, his voice shakes slightly as he tells the…
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