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Daniel Ryan Sanchez: Educating Through Storms in the Philippines

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Daniel Ryan Sanchez: Educating Through Storms in the Philippines

Meet Daniel Ryan Sanchez, a youth and student leader and volunteer from Santa Rosa, Philippines. As an SDG-4 advocate he leads the grassroots group Hope Builders Dream Tracers and runs a weekly “Lakbay Tahanan” house-to-house reading and feeding program for children. In this video Daniel explains how storms and flooding (like Typhoon Paeng) disrupted their work and the children’s education, and why relief is only a small part of long-term flood risk management. He calls for for systemic, education-centred reforms and sustained community action.

Daniela Lempertz: Healing Young Minds After the Ahr Valley Flood

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Daniela Lempertz: Healing Young Minds After the Ahr Valley Flood

Dr. Daniela Lempertz is a child and adolescent psychotherapist who provided first-response and follow-up care for people affected by posttraumatic stress symptoms in the aftermath of the Ahr Valley flood in Western Germany 2021. She talks about her therapeutic work with children, helpful resources and international cooperation for rapid psychological support after extreme weather events, and finally shares advice she gave to an 8-year old boy anxious about converging global crises.

Maria Arapoty dos Santos: Urban Encroachment on Indigenous Lands in Brazil

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Maria Arapoty dos Santos: Urban Encroachment on Indigenous Lands in Brazil

Arapoty is the Chief of one of the villages in Pico do Jaragua, a territory threatened by the dense urbanization in São Paulo. She explains the main issues and how her Guarani worldview supports the community conservation efforts.

Farah Waseem: Treating Victims of Climate Disasters in Pakistan

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Farah Waseem: Treating Victims of Climate Disasters in Pakistan

Farah Waseem is a medical intern and a climate activist based in Lahore, Pakistan. She started her journey in climate activism at a tender age of 11 with the World Wildlife Fund – Pakistan. In her lived experience, she talks about her first-hand experience as a medical intern treating patients who are affected by climate disasters and discusses the need for integration of planetary health in medical / health professionals’ curricula.

Catharina Giudice: Emergency Medicine & Planetary Health in the U.S.

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Catharina Giudice: Emergency Medicine & Planetary Health in the U.S.

Dr. Catharina Giudice discusses the impacts of climate disasters on the health of communities and her patients, and the importance of preparation of health systems and communities to protect themselves and the health of our planet.

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