Children On the Frontline: Philippines Part 3 of 3

As one of the countries in the renowned "ring of fire", the Philippines is hit by regular typhoons, earthquakes and other natural disasters - resulting in severe damages to lives, livelihoods and infrastructure. The backdrop to this documentary is the devastating mudslide of February 17 2006 in Southern Leyte Province which resulted in the loss of over 1000 people in St Bernard town alone. Almost 6000 families were evacuated or relocated and more than 20 school buildings had to be abandoned as they were located in areas susceptible to repeat landslides. The landslide followed ten days of heavy rain and a minor earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale. Due to the vulnerable geographic nature of the Philippines, many schools are built in the hazard prone locations along the spring-line belt in landslide risk areas. The documentary tells the story of 16 year of Honey, and her school in Santa Paz, Southern Leyte -Thanks to a child-led lobbying and letter-writing campaign, the school has now been relocated to a safer area. Alvin and Archie, also share their personal experience of the Guinsaugon landslide and explain how they are now active in promoting a culture of prevention through theatre and school-based early warning and preparedness measures.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Community participation
• Disasters
• Environment education
• Flash floods
• Human settlements
• Landslides
• Natural disasters
• Typhoons

[lomaladi]

thanks for the upload, this really helps with exam...and a congrats to the alvin and honey for doing what they knowis best for their community