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Beyond Family: Separation and reunification for young people negotiating transnational relationships
This paper explores perspectives on family reunification and emergent forms of separation among young migrants. These young people lived apart from and later reunited with their migrant parents who moved from the Philippines to Canada for work. The author draws from 15 months of ethnographic, arts-based, and participatory research with ten participants living in Greater Vancouver. While reunification literature and child rights discourse often focus on the process of a mother and child coming back together, this can obscure the relationships that young people form with others in the meantime…
This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
President Aquino of the Philippines has recently signed into law the “Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act,” an Act which ensures the protection of children “in times of calamity, disaster, and other emergency situations.” The law lays out a strategic plan of action for government to respond to the needs of children during emergencies. The Act includes provisions on establishing shelters for displaced children, promoting children’s rights, and addressing the needs of unaccompanied or separated children, including immediate care, tracing of relatives, and family reunification.
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) is among the most powerful storms ever recorded. It made landfall in the morning of the 8th November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province, causing extensive damage to life, housing, livelihoods and infrastructure across nine of the Philippines’ poorest provinces. The islands of Leyte and Samar were hardest hit: 90 percent of the infrastructure of Leyte’s largest urban center, Tacoloban City, was destroyed. Philippines authorities estimate that 14 million people have been affected, 4 million displaced, 1.1 million have had their houses damaged or destroyed.
A Strategic…
On 14th December, Save the Children, Plan, World Vision, working with UNICEF, organized consultations with 124 children and young people in Capiz, Cebu, Iloilo, Leyte and East and West Samar to listen to their views about the humanitarian situation six weeks after the Typhoon in the Philippines, find out what their priorities are and ask for suggestions to improve the response. Among the priorities identified by children and young people were rebuilding homes, returning to school, and restoring electricity. Many highlighted that they were fearful of another typhoon but also…
Typhoon Haiyan is the most powerful storm ever recorded. It made landfall in the morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province, causing extensive damage to life, housing, livelihoods and infrastructure across nine of the Philippines’ poorest provinces. The islands of Leyte and Samar were hardest hit: 90 percent of the infrastructure of Leyte’s largest urban center, Tacoloban City, was destroyed. Philippines authorities estimate that 13 million people have been affected, 3.4 million displaced, and at least 5,209 people are confirmed dead.
To better understand the impact of Typhoon…
How to best look after children in this situation (in English):
In a disaster like this, it is normal for children to be distressed. Caregivers may notice that their children are having nightmares or trouble sleeping, or that they have become withdrawn, fearful, or aggressive. They may complain that they have pains like stomach aches, headaches, nausea and fatigue even though it seems like nothing is causing it.These are all common, temporary reactions to the terrible event they have lived through. This document includes some ways in which caregivers can help their…
How to best look after children in this situation (in Cebuano):
In a disaster like this, it is normal for children to be distressed. Caregivers may notice that their children are having nightmares or trouble sleeping, or that they have become withdrawn, fearful, or aggressive. They may complain that they have pains like stomach aches, headaches, nausea and fatigue even though it seems like nothing is causing it.
These are all common, temporary reactions to the terrible event they have lived through. This document includes some ways in which caregivers can…
How to best look after children in this situation (in Filipino):
In a disaster like this, it is normal for children to be distressed. Careivers may notice that their children are having nightmares or trouble sleeping, or that they have become withdrawn, fearful, or aggressive. They may complain that they have pains like stomach aches, headaches, nausea and fatigue even though it seems like nothing is causing it.
These are all common, temporary reactions to the terrible event they have lived through. This document includes some ways in which caregivers can help…
How to best look after children in this situation (in Waray):
In a disaster like this, it is normal for children to be distressed. Caregivers may notice that their children are having nightmares or trouble sleeping, or that they have become withdrawn, fearful, or aggressive. They may complain that they have pains like stomach aches, headaches, nausea and fatigue even though it seems like nothing is causing it.
These are all common, temporary reactions to the terrible event they have lived through. This document includes some ways in which caregivers can help their…