Towards a More Resilient Philippines
RESILIENCE vs. COVID-19
It’s not a secret that us, Filipino people have traditionally taken pride in our ability to survive natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and typhoon after typhoon. Being able to bounce back quickly from adversity while still providing assistance and warmth to others is a feat that everyone should strive towards. The story changes, though, when the quality you worked so hard to cultivate in yourself, and especially in your country, is exploited to hide its demise.
And today, in the midst of COVID-19, we’re all in precarious situations. Medical frontline workers must deal with the virus on a daily basis with minimal understanding and protection. Due to unemployment, many people are unable to meet their fundamental requirements, such as food and shelter. The educational system cannot continue without having somebody being compromised.
Little by little,
this situation is changing, specifically the situation of COVID-19 pandemic. We
have watched the numbers getting higher and higher and felt helpless. But
social has been a very huge platform for reminding people that we can pull our
country up from this its nature never-ending resilience.
Resilience in and of itself is not a bad thing; the need for it is what we must address. And we won’t be able to do so unless we uphold another value that our country values: unity. We can only prosper as a country if we decide to collaborate, man and woman, citizen and citizen, people and government, to achieve our objectives. When we all work together to build a good system, solve the country’s problems and ensure that every Filipino has the opportunity to live a secure life, then we are in the way of the right type of resilience.
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