DepEd, Smart strengthen disaster preparedness of Ormoc youth

Representatives from Smart pose for a photo with students and teachers at Genaro B. Lureñana High School during the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management camp organized by the Department of Education in Ormoc City. RESIDENTS of Ormoc City in the province of Leyte are no strangers to calamities. The province has been battered by typhoons, landslides and earthquakes, the most recent of which was the magnitude 6.5 quake that shook Jaro town in July 6.

Efforts have been made to instill preparedness among the residents, especially the youth. To further strengthen the youth’s response to calamities, PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. recently conducted a disaster preparedness caravan for students of Ormoc.

Smart joined the Department of Education ( DepEd)– Ormoc City Division’s First Disaster Risk Reduction and Management ( DRRM) Camp, with the theme “4Ks: Kamalayan sa Kahandaan, Katumbas ay Kaligtasan.”

Students and school personnel from Ormoc City high schools gathered at Genaro B. Lureñana High School to learn about preparedness from Emergency Management Center’s Louie Domingo, who demonstrated the proper way to do the “duck, cover, hold” technique and shared the contents of water, mobile phone, garbage other essentials.