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The Fifth Floor podcast explores Â鶹Éç Media Action's work to help communities in Zambia cope with droughts. Boyd Chibale is part of Media Action's Zambia team working with local radio stations to help people understand climate change and find ways to adapt. More than 80% of the population of Zambia is affected by the drought – that's around 9 million people. Exacerbating the problem is that Zambia relies on hydroelectric power, generated largely in the Southern Province at the Kariba Dam, so the country is experiencing long power cuts. Farmers are unable to produce, stores are unable to stock fresh products from the farms, and so families are unable to access these foods. That's when Â鶹Éç Media Action, working with local partners, stepped in, providing information to families and farmers about how to cope in drought, and where to access food relief. They also ran training sessions for local media in how to support their audiences to cope during this emergency. As part of one session, they equipped Oliver, a farmer, with a mobile phone and voice recorder to document how he’s adapting his farming methods to be more resilient, and ensure his family has food.