CDRC’s culminating activity for the UNICEF-funded project: “Rebuilding Lives After Ondoy and Pepeng: A Contribution to Children’s Road to Recovery.” The 2010 Summer Art Camp was held at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani grounds, and was attended by children from 10 Ondoy-affected communities in Metro Manila.
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Dealing with Disasters: A Child’s Way
At CDRC we are working towards promoting the importance of child protection during and after disasters. We’ve partnered with UNICEF in order to deliver a project working in 10 communities affected by Ondoy and Pepeng. The project is titled, “Rebuilding Lives after Ondoy and Pepeng: A Contribution Towards Children’s Road to Recovery”. The project incorporates...
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New Children’s Project funded by UNICEF
If someone were to total the damages incurred from back-to-back storms Ondoy (Ketsana) and Pepeng (Parma), it would be an impossible task. This is because a lot of the damages are not easily measured, and therefore often goes unnoticed. One forgotten part that is not often addressed during and after disasters; are the effects traumatic experiences have on children.
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Exercise your right to make a difference: Examining the human-aspect of ‘natural’ disasters in the Philippines
A revolution in how we view our environment is needed. This concept extends far past any country’s borders. Issues can no longer be viewed as individual events with easily measurable impacts. We live in a closed-system environment and within it everything is interconnected. This system includes more than just our natural systems of water, air and land. It contains economies, global politics, women’s rights, education and well, everything. The energy behind the revolution is powered by humans, like you and me. Some feel this revolution is already happening. Are you part of it?