CHILDREN and youth called for regional leaders to prioritize their safety and inclusion in disaster risk reduction and climate action during the 2024 Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction at the Philippine International Convention Center on October 15.
Save the Children Philippines advocate, Candice, 14, represented young people across the region to demand that each country's policies and frameworks for implementing disaster risk reduction measures leave no child behind.On the same day, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said building stronger societies would require addressing the needs of vulnerable sectors, including the 'very young.
This especially affected children from three million families living below the poverty line, threatening their education, well-being and fundamental rights.Through its programs, Save the Children Philippines continued to urge the government to recognize that children were not just victims of disasters but were active agents in DRR and anticipatory action.
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