Two Canadian directors have made a documentary about tragic state of affairs of Raa atoll Kandholhudhoo residents in the aftermath of the Tsunami disaster of December 2004.
“Refugees of the Blue Planet”, which was produced in 2006, is about the sad state of the Kandholhudhoo residents after they had been transferred to Raa atoll Ungoofaaru after they tsunami destroyed their home island. The documentary shows the state of affairs of the unfortunate Kandholhudhoo residents through the eyes of two individuals, Surayya and Ismail.
According to Haveeru reporters in Kandholhudhoo, the heat wave being currently being experienced on the island has made for unbearable living conditions in the island’s temporary shelters. Unlike the temporary shelters built in other atolls following the tsunami disaster, the shelters in Kandholhudhoo are built out of tin sheets, very low and without any method to regulate the air, making the shelters agonizingly hot when the sun climbs high.
The film has been screened to a wide range of audiences at a lot of film festivals and showcases not just Maldives, but environmental refugees from other countries such as Brazil also. According to latest reports by UN the sea level has been estimated to rise 2 feet every century during the next 200 years. Although the Maldives hardly contributes to global warming the people of the Maldives will be among the first casualties of such a phenomenon.
Source Haveeru
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