PBSP, through its Luzon Regional
Center, turned over rescue tools and
equipment to the cities of Navotas and Malabon. Said cities are
beneficiaries of the “Strengthening
Disaster Prevention and Response for Safe and Resilient Urban Poor
Communities”, funded by the Australian AID Philippine-Australia Community
Assistance Program (PACAP). Turned-over items include an HP Laptop for each city, cellphones,
life vests, spine boards, flash lights, among others.
Aside from the provision of
rescue tools and equipment, the project components include capability-buiding
interventions such as seminar-workshops on DRRM and Climate Change Adaptation,
HVCA, Contingency Planning and the establishment of an SMS-based early warning
system command center. For this project, the direct beneficiaries also include
7 PBSP-assisted homeowners associations (HOAs) in Malabon and Navotas.
Gracing the event were
representatives of the Local Government Units, including the City Mayor of
Navotas, Hon. John Rey Tiangco, the Malabon DRRM Officer Mr. Roderick Tongol
and the City Administrator of Malabon Atty. Grace Valentine Merino.
Representatives of Brgy. Catmon and Bangkulasi were also present during the
event being the recipients at the barangay level. Likewise, HOA project beneficiaries
from the said cities came to receive their go-bag kits and gadgets.
