Climate Change: A Case Study

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Name of the child : Mohammed Jannatul.  

Age: 12 years old.

Sex: Male

Address & family:  Jannatul lives in a single room in the slum of khilkhet with his family of three. His father died and he lives with his mother and a brother. He has one sister who works as a domestic help in a family who provide her food and clothes but does not give any salary.

Occupation: Janantul is a rickshaw puller. He pulls rickshaw inside Baridhara DOHS area.

 

Impact on Working hour & Income:  Jannatul generally works for 12 hours i.e. from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm. at night. He has to give the owner of the rickshaw Tk 80 everyday. He earns about Tk 350 normally if the weather is fine. However, change of weather affects his income as less people are at the street if there is more heat. Then his income faces a slump and his working hour increases. On the other hand, initially continues rain or depression is good for him as he gets a higher fare and tips from the passengers. But again he falls sick for being drenched in rain and thus cannot work for next one or two days. So again the income goes down.

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Health Hazard  & Expenditure:  Jannatul feels that in Dhaka city heat is increasing day by day. He suffers from sweating as he pulls rickshaw which is very hard physical task for a twelve-year-old. He bears the direct heat of the sun. He feels week and his entire body aches.  “I don’t feel like stand up and pull the rickshaw if I sit once under a shed,” said Jannatul. “The sweat enters my eyes and it burns like anything,” he added. He said his expense goes up as he cannot but buy cold water to drink and soothe himself. It ...

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