Ormoc Media Practitioners Attend DRR/DRM Training-Workshop

-Teacher Gabrielle-

Ormoc media practioners headed by the Organization of Responsible Media of Ormoc City attend Training-Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Reduction Management at the Sabin Resort Hotel from Feb. 1-2, 2011 sponsored by the GIZ or Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit to increase the participants' level of awareness in these two programs that the sponsors aim fulfill.

Speaker Allen Molen of GIZ stressed out the relevance of media awareness on disaster reduction management since the media plays a big role in the people of Ormoc's awareness too of what may happen. He also shared with the group details from the World Meteorological Organization, United Nations' Authoritative Voice on weather, climate water that all models predict a continuation of the current La Nina for at least the next 2-4 months, through the first quarter of 2011 and possibly into the second quarter (April or early May). His good way of starting off with all the other participants.

Another guest speaker, Ms. Adelaida "G" Alvarez, a media practitioner, President of the Center for Disaster Preparedness, Inc., lead the group to a workshop on Current Reality Dialogue which revived the participation of the group for the said activity.

Ormoc City Mayor Eric "Beboy" Codilla also expressed his sincere gratitude not just to the speakers but to the media as well for according to him, the media has the key to social awareness of calamities that may occur and the event is very much essential in achieving such. He also said that the media's way of delivery brings out either the downfall or the survival of the country.

More updates about the said workshop on our next posts.