The decision to erect a monument on the Yolanda crisis event however drew mixed reactions from people who think that the money could honour more the memory of those who died during the typhoon if it will be invested in disaster risk reduction programs that can save the lives of the survivors of the tragedy”. It is a mistake and the local officials will just waste needed money that could fund livelihood projects for the people who lost not only family members but their homes and livelihood”, said Mano Eufrocinio, an elderly man who said he was lucky to dodge death at his advanced age when super-typhoon Yolanda came. Life is harder this time and I now wonder if I was indeed fortunate to have survived with this kind of economic suffering”, he quipped.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:28:06 +0000