ABW Sept 2023-1
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With climate change nipping at our heels, changes<br />
in weather patterns are already coming into<br />
fruition. The volume of rainfall we’ve been<br />
seeing is very different from what it was just<br />
a decade ago. Two hours worth of rain can easily inundate<br />
neighborhood drainage systems as well as flood control<br />
measures. It is vital that we are ready for it, building an ark<br />
might be out of the question, but something smaller and<br />
easier to store using readily available materials is very much<br />
doable.<br />
To address frequent flooding in Barangay Sta. Ana in San<br />
Mateo, Rizal, the local government unit (LGU) tapped an<br />
amateur boat builders organization called the Philippine<br />
Home Boatbuilders Yacht Club (PHBYC) to provide<br />
assistance in building four flood boats called the Bahangka.<br />
These boats will be used by the LGU to facilitate its relief<br />
efforts in evacuating residents and delivering relief goods in<br />
times of flooding.<br />
Words by ROY ESPIRITU<br />
Photographs as Credited<br />
A bahangka built in Sta. Ana,<br />
San Mateo, Rizal built by<br />
volunteers being tested in a<br />
nearby river.<br />
Be Be Ready For FF<br />
BahangkaF<br />
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