SAVE NATURE: How to Avoid Storm Surge?

Wake-up Call to all to move and participate to prevent climate change.

SAGIP KALIKASAN means, save the nature.

This is a documentary that shows the power of children in Camotes Island in the Province of Cebu.

The local government unit in Camotes are helping together in saving the Earth in their own ways to prevent the climate change.

Not just trees, but they also preserve the mangrove sanctuaries that serve as storm breakers during bad weather.

Even they are just small community in Cebu province, they serve as a very good example as a community helping each other to save the nature.

The children were so proud that they get involve in saving mother earth.

For me, the national government in the Philippines should implement this to other local government units in the country. This is beneficial to everyone since the Philippines saw already the devastating effect on climate change in the present times.

Just like what happened in Tacloban and other parts of Leyte and Samar area after Super Typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda crushed millions of houses with its tremendous force.

Storm surge washed-out houses even buildings in Tacloban City the main commercia Leyte Province. 

Thousands of people dead because of the super typhoon, unprepared of the storm surge.

"PAngandoy Nga Kausaban"

BY: Naomi Sorianosos

(A Visayan Poem)

Nakita karon sa kadaghanan ang kausaban

Ang kalimpyo sa hangin, sa damgo nalang masimhutan

Tungod sa kadaghan sa mga pabrika ug mga sakyanan

Ang resulta, itom na aso ang nanaghan

Tungod niini, daghan ang nagkasakit sa baga ug ginhawaan

Nagahatag og kusog sa katawhan ang mga kakahuyan

Naghatag kini og pagkaon alang sa tanan

Apan, huyuhoy sa mga langgam, gikan sa kalasangan

Kaniadto nalang gayud makit-an

Tungod kini sa gibuhat sa mga katawhan

Gipamutol ang mga kahoy, wala ilisi ug gipasagdan

Maong karon, mas niinit na ang kalibutan

Pagka-anindot sa kalibutan nga gihatag sa atong ginoong amahan

Kompleto kini ug walay kulang  

Apan, ang mga katawhan naghinugawan

Ang mga sapa ug ang mga kadagatan gihimo og basurahan

Maong gamay nalang mga isda makuha sa kadagatan

Tungod sa walay disiplina ang kadaghanan

Mas niinit na ang kalibutan!

Ang resulta, mga kalamidad na dili katohuan

Nagkadugay nagkadaghan ang naapektohan

Baha diri, baha didto

Landslide diri, flashflood didto

Storm surge diri, storm surge didto

Daghan na ang nangamatay, ang uban dili katuo

Sama ni super typhoon yolanda nga kusog kaayo!

Apan dili pa ulahi ang tanan, aduna kitay mahimo.

To be continued…

Philippine Government's Relief Efforts of Super Typhoon Haiyan Victims Continue despite criticisms in Social Media.

Criticisms escalated in the social media to the relief efforts of the Philippine government to the millions of people affected by Typhoon Haiyan with local name Yolanda. This was after a volunteer posted on Facebook its complaints on how the government do the repacking of the relief goods.

As shown on the image below, a volunteer disagreed the system on repacking the packed food items donated by Indonesia. The repacking is headed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development VII and assisted by the Philippine Air Force inside the Mactan Airbase in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.

Most of the food items that came from Indonesia were canned goods, noodles, biscuits, some were liquid items inside the bottle and cooking oil.

Upset in the way of separating relief goods, the volunteer said the repacking will make the relief operation in the affected areas of the typhoon slower. She was also disappointed in using plastic bags printed with DSWD relief operation even most of the donations came from other country.

Information Officer from the Philippine Air Force 2^nd Air Division Rene Piabol Jr defended on the repacking issue of relief assistance saying they need to repack the relief goods.

“A family pack of relief items from Indonesia is not enough for a three day meal for a big family,that is why we are adding rice and other canned goods and place it in bigger plastic bags” Piabol said, saying repacking is necessary.

Piabol added, that expiration dates of the relief foods from other countries are checked before giving to the recipients.

Relief items in liquid form like soy sauce, tomato sauce and cooking oil inside bottles and plastic bags must be separated from other food items to avoid spill over to other dry goods. Broken bottles are also dangerous to volunteers that carry the reliefs.

People are allowed to witness the actual repacking inside the Mactan Benito Ebuen Airbase to see operations going.

The DSWD continue to their job despite criticisms, thus calling more volunteers for the repacking of relief goods because donations and other humanitarian aid from other countries around the world continue to arrive in Cebu.

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