In Tanzania, SMS’s and community notice boards are really simple, low-tech ways to make complex scientific information accessible to people vulnerable to climate change effects like flooding.
At a Karakata school, children read the expected rainfall, temperatures and weather conditions on a community chalkboard. These SMS’s and community notice boards are simple, low-tech ways to make complex scientific information accessible to communities.
Recent research conducted with residents of an informal settlement demonstrates how a low-cost solution to pressing sanitation issues can transform lives – and importantly could transform other communities as well