"Every year, communities are displaced, lives are lost, and it’s a cycle we’ve been stuck in for far too long. I’ve always believed prevention is better than cure. While we hope for and continue to push for our government to do better with regard to our flood control systems, we are also taking action into our own hands by planting trees and bamboo."
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Donnalyn Bartolome highlights PH’s flood control issue in award speech in Europe, Inquirer.Net (13 September 2025).
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