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Climate Change and the Resiliency of Filipinos

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 Reference:https://www.shutterstock.com/search/group-filipino-people Climate Change and the Resiliency of Filipinos It is undeniable that climate change is one of the biggest threats the contemporary world is facing today and it even more so in the Philippines. The average temperature is rising, the number of typhoons in a year has increased, the rain fall is erratic and tides are going higher than before. As a result, there has been a lot of destruction. Environmental shifts such as these have, in many cases, affected agriculture, infrastructure and sources of income along with water bodies in the rural and coastal areas of the Philippines. Owning to its archipelagic geography, natural calamities are frequent in the Philippines and with the phenomenon of climate change billions get added into the already existing damage. This leads to disorganized settlements and therefore no proper measures against forest cover leading poor drainage disasters, aeolian storms occurring where trees...

Protect the children's

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 https://safeguarding-children.org/child-protection-officer/ Breaking the Prevalence, Ending the Violence: A Call for a Safe Philippines for Our Children  The 2024 National Children's Month theme “Break the Prevalence, End the Violence: Protecting Children, Creating a Safe Philippines,” is an important reminder of the need to tackle the problems bedeviling the children in the society. Violence against children is pervasive in many forms and ranges from physical abuse, emotional, sexual abuse, neglect as well as exploitation. Such acts do not only breach their rights but also most importantly prevent them from developing into healthy productive individuals raised in a conducive environment. Making a child-friendly safe Philippines entails a lot of things. Different stakeholders such as families, schools and the pacific and safe communities should come together and most importantly create an environment where children feel safe and cared for. This means that the relevant governm...