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‘Remember Ondoy’

Media #HerStoryOurStory, In the News September 26, 2019May 21, 2020climate, climate change, disaster, environment, Ondoy, women

Written by: Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

Marikina residents remember Typhoon Ondoy, which unleashed a month’s volume of rain in just six hours 10 years ago, during a lecture forum in Malanday, Marikina on Thursday. According to the Center for Women’s Resources, some survivors of the devastating typhoon still need post-disaster counselling because of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and is calling on the government for long-term and adequate disaster response.

Horrors of ‘Ondoy’ still haunting survivors

Media #HerStoryOurStory, In the News September 26, 2019May 21, 2020climate, climate change, disaster, environment, Ondoy, women

Written by: Chito Chavez, Manila Bulletin

Survivors of the disastrous tropical storm “Ondoy” in 2009, where 4.9 Filipinos were affected, still feel the pain and horror 10 years after the tragedy and are in dire need of post-disaster counseling, a women’s group said Thursday.