Resilient Filipinos

                                                        

    The world recognizes the resilience of the Filipino spirit. Even after experiencing the worst disaster, we find reason to smile and laugh, we help others even if we are victims too, and we immediately go about our business. Resilience has been a remarkable strength of our citizens, but at the end of the day, the greater challenge after a typhoon or earthquake is always how to rebuild our communities.

     The Philippines is one of the countries in the world that is afflicted with almost all kinds of natural calamities all year round. Those calamities include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, thunderstorms, typhoons, monsoon rains, and hurricanes, to name a few.It is given that the country’s location is unfavorable. All its citizens need to do is to take an initiative to change their bad habits that further makes the results of disasters worse. Well, no amount of words can express how Filipinos look at calamities and disasters at a different perspective. They have accepted that calamities come and go. What matters most is how they make something good out of them. Resilience is a character that Filipinos are very proud of: being hopeful, happy, and positive while experiencing unfavorable and hard situations such as calamities. What makes the situation lighter is despite the tragedies, loss, and negative outcomes of these calamities, Filipinos remain strong, resilient, and jolly. It is innate in their character that they still see something good and funny in every bad situation.

    I am glad our government has embraced the concept of building back better. In building back better, we must rebuild communities with the confidence that we are not rebuilding the risks again. We need to ensure that the reconstruction of homes and infrastructure will be on safer ground following geohazard maps and sound construction standards. We need to restart and create livelihoods and restore normalcy to people’s lives with a stronger sense of hope and confidence for the future.




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https://www.google.com.ph/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjTx6Oss_rcAhWbZt4KHbg7B9sQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjcerrudocreations.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F11%2Fdisaster.html&psig=AOvVaw1RYf32kKIjoyuAZgPVsdf6&ust=1534812231245188
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061578/