By Hayashi Kumiko | Director, International Cooperation Division
Thank you to everyone who has always supported us.
Thanks to all of you, we have been able to successfully carry out our activities for another year.
The Province of Ra's activities are aimed at creating a community that is resilient to disasters while recovering from the damage caused by cyclones.
In addition to concrete actions such as protecting coastal areas through mangrove planting, awareness-raising activities are also being promoted.
This year, for example, a DRR course was established at the Youth Training Center, OISCA's human resource development center, where 15 trainees learned Disaster Risk Reduction. The training was not limited to the Province of Ra, but also included young people from other regions.
Compared to agriculture and carpentry courses, which allow students to acquire skills that lead to income, the number of youth who wish to take the DRR course is still low. While Fiji is vulnerable to natural disasters, the reality is that awareness of disaster prevention is still not high. The Province of Ra will continue to work to make the community more resilient to disasters. We will continue our activities so that our efforts in the Province of Ra can serve as a model for such communities.
We are also working with schools to educate children. As part of environmental education classes, children learn that creating forests helps build strong communities and protect their own lives. They learn this not only through desk learning, but also through actual activities in the field, planting seedlings and nurturing the forest. The children's activities are only a small part of the picture, but the efforts of the school, which is at the center of the community, will eventually spread to a much larger area. The children set a good example, and the adults learn from their example, and this is also being promoted not only in the Province of Ra but also in other communities.
We will continue to take steps to make many communities more resilient to disasters, using the Province of Ra's efforts as a model.
By Jocelyn Matunhay | Project Coordinator
By Juie Munakata | Chief of Training section, OISCA Chubu T.C.
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