Red Cross trains youth in disaster risk reduction

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAEVs-JyDpCf1JAAdsn4C4c4YYl44iLezNMCOyOytd34rUAD6Qqbqn5O5X4EuYv42OikdGn6bqdIrcXfPZqHFaR5QQdtGxqWThyu2vXOeDQ83o73AQgSCTokiixN_0tKzSUlkwMN7EPU/s1600/Red+Cross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1018" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAEVs-JyDpCf1JAAdsn4C4c4YYl44iLezNMCOyOytd34rUAD6Qqbqn5O5X4EuYv42OikdGn6bqdIrcXfPZqHFaR5QQdtGxqWThyu2vXOeDQ83o73AQgSCTokiixN_0tKzSUlkwMN7EPU/s640/Red+Cross.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red Cross TRaining on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) wants the youth to be more involved in disaster risk reduction during calamities.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">In partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the PRC recently hosted a regional training on Participatory Approach for Safe Shelter Awareness (PASSA) for the country’s youths.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Chris Staines, head of the IFRC country office, said the training activity was aimed at honing the organization’s ability to engage the youth in programs that seek to augment capacity to reduce shelter-related risk.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">“What’s exciting about this PASSA program is that it is about the young people. It is about energy, passion, and focus,” Staines said. “It is not just about the future, but it is also about now. Because youth is not just future, youth is now.”</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">At least 31 humanitarian workers from the Philippines, Bangladesh, Fiji, Indonesia, Nepal, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Geneva (Switzerland) took the PASSA training at PRC headquarters in Mandaluyong City on Nov. 6 to 10.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">During the weeklong event, delegates were trained to sharpen awareness on shelter safety issues, identify and analyze hazards, vulnerabilities, and strategies related to shelter, and implement programs based on their locality’s capacity.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Participants were immersed in a community in Barangay Tatalon in Quezon City to conduct interviews with residents who have experienced shelter-related concerns.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">PASSA is IFRC’s response to the need to turn communities into safe shelters that can host better living conditions.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">IFRC, in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity, conceptualized the PASSA Youth to immerse young people, aged 13 to 17, in humanitarian causes by raising awareness on housing-related risks.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The PRC is one with IFRC in involving the youth in a participatory approach toward community safety.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Source: <a href="http://beta.philstar.com/business/science-and-environment/2017/11/15/1759202/red-cross-trains-youth-disaster-risk-reduction#cw8I1f24SqlWVkCA.99">http://beta.philstar.com/business/science-and-environment/2017/11/15/1759202/red-cross-trains-youth-disaster-risk-reduction#cw8I1f24SqlWVkCA.99</a></span><br /> <div> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=7740731512343197842&postID= 1812866291923851507&target=facebook" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb9D-FSm0nKiyuTlyRpu0R4Zhxr1_BNi6bSUbUybb1vB5hfZLL7U3n3zXPJ6gzMa_TRViO3Csb0a_R4lJD_vsp_1LOH4DTT3_NXIvhBfa8Tw5cHwXr3dbq4jXcjU8rdft9EG_HuDNgBK8/s1600/sharefb185.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=7740731512343197842&postID= 1812866291923851507&target=twitter" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgRh49Ak1XO90FTppe5zEebPxluKZmn2rMqXCtALYGHEhX3Zu3CXOnMOSKGQxC7lj65fNzRY533oW_XkqWcZDZ29C6byBHUoD5ydkuypDYgADfakKZ-_I3cmZa5MtMWhF0SCIJ8B406Q/s1600/sharetw185.png" /></a></div>

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