Disaster Preparedness
and Response (DPR) took centre stage this week as 150 delegates from national
government, provincial, city, and municipal local government units (LGUs),
academic institutions, and non-government organizations (NGOs) assembled for a
national forum organized by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and
the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of U.S. Foreign
Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA). This year’s national forum – the second of
its kind – focused on the achievements and challenges of
DPR practitioners and setting directions for the next year.
In this photo are (L-R) Assistant Secretary Raymond Liboro,
DOST; Dr. Mohammad Khan, USAID Philippines; Assistant Secretary Vilma Cabrera,
DSWD; Representative and Country Director Praveen Agrawal, WFP Philippines;
Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes, DAR; Undersecretary Austere Panadero, DILG;
Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Romeo Fajardo, OCD/NDRRMC during the DPR
National Forum 2014.
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Photo credit: WFP Philippines/Anthony Chase Lim
