If there are momentous dates to be remembered in Philippine history, it will be September 26, 2009. It was a Saturday when many lives were lost and hundreds of thousands of people including children were displaced and billions of infrastructures were damaged.
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Typhoon “Ondoy” brought the worst rainfall
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When things are big, the small can be forgotten. In the Philippines, few communities have disaster risk reduction and management plan. And if they do, responding to the needs of children during emergencies is not included. When the local government units are reluctant to respond to the needs of children during disasters, the children themselves spoke up resulting to local government or barangay leaders providing a
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Luna, 25, is a mother of two boys and has been married for 10 years. She was only 15 years old when she married her 18-year-old boyfriend. She was only on her second year of high school education when they tied the knot. She and her family are forced to live with her in-laws. Luna and her husband do not go along well and she would rather earn by doing backbreaking jobs like doing laundries for other families than to ask for financial support from her husband..
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