Join Marinel to demand support for climate change survivors. | View in browser.

"Every time I speak in front of people, I doubt myself. But what keeps me going is knowing that I am doing this for my family, community, my nieces and nephews, and my future children. I am just one representing a bigger community.” – Marinel Ubaldo, typhoon survivor and climate justice activist

Dear John,

Marinel Ubaldo was just 16 when her life was turned upside down. In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the deadliest typhoons on record, hit the Philippines and destroyed her entire village. More than 6,000 people were killed and millions lost their homes.

Six years later, Marinel and thousands of others still haven’t been properly rehomed. They lack the basics we take for granted: a safe residential area with proper access to food, water, electricity, toilets, or ways to earn a livelihood. Some of the residents were relocated next to a toxic landfill, where 11 people died of fever and diseases.

Now 22, Marinel's spent years campaigning for her community to be safely rehomed and for her government – and governments across the world – to start facing up to the true impacts of climate change.

Join Marinel’s call for the Philippine government to support climate change survivors >>

Millions of people are suffering from the catastrophic effects of climate change, and those who have contributed least are paying the most. As Marinel says: “Some countries that have historically contributed most to climate change are still not fully feeling its effects. It’s important that they hear our stories, so they realize that it is affecting real people today.”

Watch and share Marinel’s story, and send a message to support her and other climate change survivors >>

Thank you speaking out alongside Marinel and other climate change survivors to ensure they can live in dignity.

Yours sincerely,

Alex Neve
Secretary General
Amnesty International Canada

P.S. Marinel is one of ten cases of young people on the frontlines of change who we're focusing on during next month's Write for Rights, the world's biggest event for human rights. You can further support Marinel by joining Write for Rights 2019!