DepEd to celebrate NDRM
By: Ma. Bonita C. Escalante
Master Teacher I
Obrero Elementary School
Central Butuan District II
The Department of Education (DepEd), through the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service (DRRMS), enjoins all regional offices, schools division offices, and schools to observe the 2019 National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) in July with the theme “Kahandaan sa Sakuna’t Peligro Para sa Tunay na Pagbabago”.
The celebration will shift its focus from Disaster Awareness Building to Disaster Resilience pursuant to Executive Order No. 29, 2017 entitled Renaming the National Disaster Consciousness Month to National Disaster Resilience Month.
Schools are expected to undertake relevant activities that emphasize disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) education covering the four thematic areas: Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response, and Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery.
Activities to be conducted may include but not necessarily be limited to: symposium on DRRM; DRRM essay writing and slogan making contest; exhibits and display of streamers indicating this year’s NDRM theme; orientation on hazards that may occur in the locality, including the corresponding preparedness measures; multi-hazard drills and simulation exercises; and other DRRM related activities that will increase awareness and consciousness of learners and DepEd personnel. ###
