Laguna Lake's beauty and serenity
A traffic sign in Pakil, Laguna; tells motorists what to expect during rainy days.
Together with the Gabriela Women’s Party, the TASK FORCE CHILDREN OF THE STORM jointly conducted a psycho-social activity to more than 100 children in Pakil, Laguna last January 30, 2010. The activity was held in Barangay Kasinsinan, a lakeside area, thus perennially flooded during rainy season. Relief packs to more than 300 families who were victims of last year’s typhoons Ondoy and Santi were also distributed.
The SERVE THE PEOPLE CORPS (composed of different people’s organization) based in Southern Tagalog also invited a speaker from the Citizen’s Disaster Response Center (CDRC) to give a lecture on Disaster Management. The lecture focused on the effects of climate change, vulnerabilities of depressed communities and the need to strengthen people’s unity through organizing to address the adverse effects of incoming calamities like typhoons.
Residents warmly welcomed the members of the Task Force and the Gabriela Women's Party staff.
PSYCHO-SOCIAL ACTIVITY
Children eagerly await the start of children's activity.
Warm-up and rapport building activity.
Community mapping. Children shared their experiences during the calamity through community mapping.
The children also drew their individual experiences during and after the calamity.
Children aged 4-6 years old joined the play group.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT ORIENTATION
Disaster Management Orientation was given by Mr. Carlos Padolina, deputy director of CDRC.
A leader from the Serve the People Brigade-Southern Tagalog, reiterated to the residents the need to unify as a community to address the worsening environmental situation.
RELIEF DISTIRBUTION
