On January 28, 2023, residents of the adjacent barangays of West Habog-Habog and San Juan in Molo district, Iloilo City, woke up very early in the morning to furious flames razing their houses to the ground. A community of urban poor families, the residents’ houses were mostly made of light materials and built so close...
“I saw our house being swept away by the floods. Not even a piece of wood was left,” recounted Helen, a 54 year-old widow, and a mother of four. The house where she lived and the house of her eldest child’s family were washed away by the rushing floods the morning after Christmas day. What...
Grateful that his family was able to evacuate before their house totally collapsed and got swept away into the ocean by the rushing flood waters, John Paul, a grade 11 student from Barangay Taboc Norte, Oroquieta City recalled how what’s supposed to be a joyful Christmas day turned out to be a tragic one when...
Mirus Ponon, a participant in the SRHR Forum says he hopes to have contributed to the issues that the activity is aiming to address. Mirus is the Founder of the ASEAN Youth Advocates Network, a youth-led non-profit organization that breaks down opportunity barriers for the youth and other disadvantaged sectors using development initiatives at the...
