Human Stories
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Losing hope and fearful for their families, skilled Syrians join refugee exodus
6 Oct 2015“I don’t know what would happen if I went back to Damascus,” a doctor from Damascus said. For now, he is dependent on the kindness of others. But he vows to find a job, any job, once he is given Greek asylum.
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Mindanao’s returnees get help with kelp in the Philippines
17 Apr 2015In Leha-Leha, people are getting back on their feet – children are going back to school, the women are at home tying bundles of seaweed for planting, while the men are out at sea collecting seaweed.
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Two years after, Bopha survivors still wait for a place to call home
20 Mar 2015It has been two years since Typhoon Pablo, but all Plutarco has been able to build since his family moved is a makeshift house from scraps and tattered plastic sheets.
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Uncertainty lingers for the displaced a year after peace deal
15 Jan 2015At 33, Sattolnina Abba has lost count of how many times she’s been forced to flee fighting between government troops and armed groups in the Mindanao region.
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Typhoon Haiyan recovery: Rebuilding identities in Central Philippines
9 Sep 2014In the village of Mas-in, nestled among sugarcane and pineapple plantations, one woman can only think of building what she has been longing for since birth – her identity.
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For this displaced family, a tent is a fresh start
8 Feb 2014TANAUAN, Philippines – After Typhoon Haiyan cut a path of destruction across Central Philippines, Gil Lopez was among the hordes of survivors waiting in line for the first flight out of the devastated region. Three months later, he is happy to be back. A long bus ride brought Gil, 49, […]
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Typhoon Haiyan: Indigenous people to break cycle of displacement
4 Feb 2014ISABEL, Philippines – At 85, Jahina Lugasan does not know where home is. Her life has been marked by a series of displacement driven by conflict and natural disasters. And unless something is done, her grandchildren could inherit this unfortunate legacy. Jahina and her husband are from the indigenous Badjao […]
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Typhoon Haiyan: Seeking Salvacion with a little help from family and friends
21 Jan 2014SALVACION, Philippines – For most Filipinos, families are the fabric of life. On the day Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Visayas region of Eastern Philippines, Elma Marcha felt her world unravel as she was forced to choose between saving her parents and her daughter. In the early morning of November […]
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Typhoon Haiyan: Helping survivors to jump ship and land on their feet
24 Dec 2013TACLOBAN, Philippines – For 31 days, a rusting dredging ship tossed by Typhoon Haiyan 100 meters inland into a coastal shanty town was home for seven-month-pregnant Rosita Pica and her family. Along with 38 other families, they shared cramped spaces inside the vessel that was also home to many dead […]
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Typhoon Haiyan: “New-born” officer back on the job
20 Dec 2013TACLOBAN, Philippines – An officer who says a seven-year-old boy saved him from Typhoon Haiyan is back directing services for military humanitarian airlift flights for survivors. Lt. Col. Fermin Carangan says he missed the first two weeks of intense activity after the storm made landfall on November 8, demolished his […]