As the community nutritionist, Amelita works hard to reduce the number of malnourished children in Pangapasan Island. However, the community’s water and vegetable intake is highly dependent on the surrounding environment. While drought can easily deplete their rainwater supply (there is no freshwater supply on the island), tidal floods pose a grave threat to

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Ricardo looks out for the safety of his people at Pangapasan Island, where he has been elected as the leader or “captain”. He ensures their prompt evacuation to the mainland, especially whenever weather disturbances such as tropical depression Queenie coincide with tidal flooding. Unable to grow mangroves, their island is so vulnerable to waves that

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