Tackling natural disasters

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Kubulau District School in Bua after it was hit by Tropical Cyclone Winston. PCRIF says prior to such situations, it’s prudent that Pacific Island Countries take insurance cover because they will then not make respective member governments be the insurer of the last resort. Picture FT FILE

SCHOOLS in the Western Division that were struck by Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston will soon be better equipped with knowledge of tackling natural disasters.

This followed the introduction of the disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience building training by the Ministry of Education to 134 primary and secondary schools in the Ra, Ba and Tavua education districts.

Education Ministry deputy secretary Timoci Bure said the training aimed to better develop knowledge to strengthen a culture of safety and resilience among school communities.

“Schools often get closed during an emergency like this leading to loss of learning time and increased dropout rates among children,” Mr Bure said.

“I believe that the schools based DRR program for the first time have brought together all partners to support the rollout of the initiatives.

“In 2016, Fiji was hit by Tropical Cyclone Winston which affected about 85,000 schoolchildren.”

Mr Bure said the ministry was indebted to UNICEF in providing the education first response that enabled children in affected schools in the Western Division and the whole of Fiji to return to school and continue their education at least two weeks after the monster cyclone hit the country.

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