KULAMBO (MOSQUITO NET) | PHILIPPINES
LORENA IVY OGANIA
PHILIPPINES
A mosquito net and comforter served as the only protection for Ivy and the baby in her belly during Super Typhoon Haiyan's onslaught. Eleven years later, she worries that her children might experience what she had been through.
Ivy was eight months pregnant when Super Typhoon Haiyan hit her hometown in Salcedo, Eastern Samar. With no roofs above their head, they found themselves trapped inside the bedroom. She only had limited resources to protect herself and her baby.
Being within her arm's reach, she reached for the mosquito net and the comforter. Using those materials, she built a makeshift tent to protect her and the baby from strong winds and torrential rain.
OBJECT OF MEMORY
On a normal day, the mosquito net usually serves as protection from insect bites, but on November 8, 2013, it saved saved Ivy and her baby's lives from the strongest typhoon in human history, as it protected them from the rain and the flying debris.
The baby that was inside her belly is now 11 years old. Though it has been more than a decade since she experienced it, her trauma still remains. She fears not for herself, but for her children. "How will they be if every year we experience strong typhoons? I joined this fight (against the climate crisis) to stop these injustices and let those who should be held accountable be accountable."
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