Development of Padre Garcia District Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Scheme

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

It was based on Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan, which aims at strengthening the capacity of Padre Garcia District School with its partner stakeholders to build disaster resilient communities and institutionalizes arrangements and measures to reduce risks, including climate risks, and enhancing disaster preparedness and response capabilities at all levels. The researcher was motivated to conduct this study to strengthen the capacity of Padre Garcia District School with its partner stakeholders to build disaster, resilient communities and institutions arrangements and measures to reduce risks, including climate risks, and enhancing disaster preparedness and response capabilities at all levels.

METHODS

This is descriptive qualitative research, which aims to identify the common practices that should be done in case of typhoon, earthquake, and fire. The respondents of the study are all Elementary public-school Disaster Risk Reduction Management Coordinators in Padre Garcia. They manifest the interest in the research and willing to take part of in the study, which is a big help in solving the difficulties in practicing DRRM like willingness and political commitment of various agencies including government and another major donor, and inconsistency in DRRM interventions. The researcher used data gathering procedure namely: deep and focus group discussion, survey method through questionnaires and interview.

RESULTS

Based on the result the difficulties encountered by the School DRRM Coordinator out of 17 teachers 3 or 17% of the respondents stated that they are not well informed about the different drills to be conducted in the school. 15 or 88% of the teachers said that they have fewer seminars/training about risk reduction. 17 or 100% of the respondents stated their pupils have a lack of self-esteem in doing the different drills. Lack of support from the Barangay and Municipal DRRM are the difficulties encountered by 10 or 59% of the respondents and 9 or 53%of the respondents stated that there is lack of coordination between various DRM coordinators.

DISCUSSIONS

The school must always conduct drills, symposium, lectures, orientation or campaign about the importance of Disaster Preparedness to boost the confidence of the pupils and make them aware of the necessary actions to be done in case of occurrence of different catastrophe. Good coordination among all the DRRM coordinators to strengthens disaster response in all schools in Padre Garcia.