Super Typhoon Mangkhut locally named Ompong battered the province of Cagayan in the Philippines on September 14th 2018, destroying homes, severely affecting agricultural lands and livelihoods and damaging evacuation centres where residents fled for safety. Residents of the Sitio Laoc, Barangay Pateng, are still recovering from the effects of the typhoon.
Every time it rains my children get scared that it will happen again, said Rema Orden, a survivor of the typhoon and mother of two. I will never forget how wet and cold my children were and how there was nothing that I could do.
Sitio Laoc is predominantly a farming community of indigenous peoples who migrated to Cagayan in search of a better life. Many rely on their harvest for suste…
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