by Irma A. Guhit
SORSOGON CITY, JULY 11 (PIA).... The Sorsogon Pilot Elementary School (SPES) has been piloted by the United Nations Habitat Philippines (UNHP) as a School Mitigating, Adapting Risk and Threat (SMART) school , the purpose of which is, as an identified evacuation center it should be safe and can withstand the effects of typhoons, floods, erosion and other elements due to natural calamities.
"Investing in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (CCMA) is investing in the future" mayor Leovic R. Dioneda, of the City of Sorsogon said in his opening message here last week during the training of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (MDRRMC) whereby a speaker from the UNHP explained the need to identify and establish a SMART school, in observance also of the opening of the month-long celebration of Disaster Preparedness Month this July.
Dioneda explained that Sorsogon has been a pilot recipient of the the UNHP assistance for technical training and facilitation of fund sourcing specially in programs regarding CCMA implementation.
"We have identified SPES as our SMART school here, one of the most used evacuation centers that through the years as a place for people to go during natural calamities", he said.
It basic that based on the UNHP the evacuation center has to undergo retro-fitting and be water- fit so that It can withstand the effects of typhoons and other natural calamities to ensure that evacuees are housed in very safe centers and provided also the needed basic amenities".according to Dioneda.
The two-day seminar workshop has identified the participation of people from the engineering departments of the city government and other government entities together with some non-governmental organizations that provide coordination, facilitation and camp management.
The engineering department of the city has conducted the ocular inspection, evaluation and validation of SPES.They will submit the design for renovation following the guidelines or criteria set by UNHP for safe and sustainable evacuation centers.
"We have to make the school as a very safe evacuation center that can withstand the wind strength , volume or amount of water and also consider its location since it is near Sorsogon Bay ", Engr. Onofre Jordan from the city government planning division said.
"There are still other criteria to be considered based on the UNHP guidelines for safer cities which we have to take into consideration, that is also the establishment of permanent evacuation centers aside from schools so that disruption of classes will also avoided", he said.
The putting up of a SMART schools evacuation centers is now one of the main concerns of the CCMA's mechanism.under the UNHP thrusts.
Interventions are being provided now to Sorsogon province because it is one of the identified areas most vulnerable to Climate Change.
Its topography and location according to Jordan as to the CCMAC report has to be closely watched and monitored specially those areas along the coast.
Sorsogon province is surrounded by two bodies of water, the China Sea and Pacific Ocean and with the constant sea level rise some coastal areas will experience erosion or inundation according to the findings of the UNHP.
The constant earthquakes experienced in Japan, Netherlands, Indonesia will also impact in areas considered to be in the Pacific Ring of Fire so that the global trend today done by UNHP is to identify areas vulnerable to such impacts and do some mitigation and adaptation measures specially the establishment of SMART schools..
The two-day seminar workshop also trained the sectors in-charge of camp management and coordination so as they can also train those communities who will be directly affected with such circumstances. (PIA-SORSOGON)
SORSOGON CITY, JULY 11 (PIA).... The Sorsogon Pilot Elementary School (SPES) has been piloted by the United Nations Habitat Philippines (UNHP) as a School Mitigating, Adapting Risk and Threat (SMART) school , the purpose of which is, as an identified evacuation center it should be safe and can withstand the effects of typhoons, floods, erosion and other elements due to natural calamities.
"Investing in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (CCMA) is investing in the future" mayor Leovic R. Dioneda, of the City of Sorsogon said in his opening message here last week during the training of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (MDRRMC) whereby a speaker from the UNHP explained the need to identify and establish a SMART school, in observance also of the opening of the month-long celebration of Disaster Preparedness Month this July.
Dioneda explained that Sorsogon has been a pilot recipient of the the UNHP assistance for technical training and facilitation of fund sourcing specially in programs regarding CCMA implementation.
"We have identified SPES as our SMART school here, one of the most used evacuation centers that through the years as a place for people to go during natural calamities", he said.
It basic that based on the UNHP the evacuation center has to undergo retro-fitting and be water- fit so that It can withstand the effects of typhoons and other natural calamities to ensure that evacuees are housed in very safe centers and provided also the needed basic amenities".according to Dioneda.
The two-day seminar workshop has identified the participation of people from the engineering departments of the city government and other government entities together with some non-governmental organizations that provide coordination, facilitation and camp management.
The engineering department of the city has conducted the ocular inspection, evaluation and validation of SPES.They will submit the design for renovation following the guidelines or criteria set by UNHP for safe and sustainable evacuation centers.
"We have to make the school as a very safe evacuation center that can withstand the wind strength , volume or amount of water and also consider its location since it is near Sorsogon Bay ", Engr. Onofre Jordan from the city government planning division said.
"There are still other criteria to be considered based on the UNHP guidelines for safer cities which we have to take into consideration, that is also the establishment of permanent evacuation centers aside from schools so that disruption of classes will also avoided", he said.
The putting up of a SMART schools evacuation centers is now one of the main concerns of the CCMA's mechanism.under the UNHP thrusts.
Interventions are being provided now to Sorsogon province because it is one of the identified areas most vulnerable to Climate Change.
Its topography and location according to Jordan as to the CCMAC report has to be closely watched and monitored specially those areas along the coast.
Sorsogon province is surrounded by two bodies of water, the China Sea and Pacific Ocean and with the constant sea level rise some coastal areas will experience erosion or inundation according to the findings of the UNHP.
The constant earthquakes experienced in Japan, Netherlands, Indonesia will also impact in areas considered to be in the Pacific Ring of Fire so that the global trend today done by UNHP is to identify areas vulnerable to such impacts and do some mitigation and adaptation measures specially the establishment of SMART schools..
The two-day seminar workshop also trained the sectors in-charge of camp management and coordination so as they can also train those communities who will be directly affected with such circumstances. (PIA-SORSOGON)
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