now right next door people still live the way kamina used to there's a sewage canal close by when it grows clogged with garbage it overflows something that happened several times a year the residents in communist building are working off part of the cost of their new apartments every week they make sure the waste canal is free of to try to us that could block it she remembers well how frightening the floods could be $1.00 of our worries then is. what if the floor of our houses because of the flood will so see there is no peace of mind that or during those days. around a 3rd of manila's 12000000 inhabitants live in informal settlements they're the ones most at risk when the water rises due to tropical storms and heavy rain can also cause flooding with help from the world bank the city is modernizing pumping stations to help reduce the threat posed by storms. you can see here a big flood control pond so basically all of the flood waters coming from the upstream catchments you know from all of the communities they all converge here in the spot where they are stored and then we have here

filomena sinkhole nicknamed kamina lives here in a 21 square meter flood proof flat her old home was just 4 square meters and size the move has changed her life now that we're living here i felt that i am now a home owner. so that still be free and. the human dignity us back because we live in that these. now right next door people still live the way kamini used to there's a sewage canal close by when it grows client with garbage it overflows something that happened several times a year the residents in communist building are working off part of the cost of their new apartments every week they make sure the waste canal is free of to try to us that could block it she remembers well how frightening the floods could be $1.00 of our worries then is. what if the floor of our houses because of the flood wall so see there is no peace of mind that or during those days. around a 3rd of minerva's 12000000 inhabitants live in informal settlements they're the ones most at risk when the water rises due to tropical storms and heavy rain can also cause flooding with help from the world bank the cit