US EditionPakistani musicians use folk songs and rap to raise climate change awareness
SINDH, PAKISTAN, AUG 6 – Musicians in Sindh combine folk and rap to raise climate change awareness after floods killed over 1,000 people in 2022, motivating community action on resilience, officials said.
- Sindh, a province in Pakistan, experienced devastating floods in 2022 that caused over 1,000 rain-related deaths and submerged large areas including Tando Allahyar district.
- These floods followed climate-worsened deluges three years ago that affected tens of millions nationwide, washing away homes, farmland, and infrastructure.
- Activist Sham from Sindh, whose village flooded in 2022, is raising awareness about climate change through music and urges the government to educate rural communities, especially women and girls facing displacement and health issues.
- Sham expressed that even if their rap only connects with a small audience, it would still represent a meaningful success, and she highlighted that people are taking action by planting trees and reinforcing their homes to address climate change.
- The ongoing advocacy highlights the urgent need for climate education in rural Sindh, where literacy rates fall to 38%, to address the delayed monsoon seasons and disproportionate impacts on vulnerable groups.
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Pakistani musicians use folk songs and rap to raise climate change
UMERKOT, Pakistan: Villagers hush when Pakistani folk musician Sham Bhai starts singing about climate change, her clear voice rising above the simple squat dwellings. “We are the people of the south. The winds seem to be blowing from the north. The winds seem cold and warm. My heart is burned from seeing the collapsed houses in the rain. Oh, beloved, come home soon.” Sham is
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Pakistani musicians use folk songs and rap to raise climate change awareness
Pakistani folk musician Sham Bhai is using song to teach villagers about climate change. She is from Sindh, the province worst-hit three years ago by climate-worsened deluges that affected tens of millions of people nationwide and washed away homes, farmland, and infrastructure.
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