Lolita Paquing | Maysulao village, Calumpit municipality
Before now, we only got flooded once a year. Now, we’ve been flooded for six months. The water is just starting to rise. Before, when it flooded it was one week up, one week down. Now been almost half a year. It’s really been so hard for us. It seems like it’s always been rainy season in our area.
Photograph: Gideon Mendel

