Reduction (ISDR) celebrations
11 October 2007
As part of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Day
celebration, the Mpumalanga Department of Local Government and Housing will
host its Disaster Management Campaign in Delmas. The purpose of the campaign is
to increase awareness and the importance of disaster risk reduction. This will
also enable communities to become resilient to natural and related
technological and environmental disasters, reduce human, economic and social
losses. This year's theme is "Disaster Management begins at School" which
highlights the need to keep children safe and involve them directly on disaster
prevention and preparedness.
More than 20 schools in and around Delmas will participate in this
celebrations.
The campaign will seek to address the following:
* increasing public awareness
* obtaining commitment from public authorities
* stimulating interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral partnership and expanding
risk reduction network at all levels
* improving further the scientific knowledge of the cause of disasters.
The event will have educational programmes, disaster prevention aspects,
road safety measures and demonstrations on fire and rescue methods. Different
stakeholders involved in disaster management will educate the students on
different aspects of disaster management. The stakeholders will include the
National Disaster Management Centre, Department of Health, the South African
Police Service (SAPS), the South African Defence Force (SANDF) and Working on
Fire.
You are invited to attend the function scheduled as follows:
Date: 13 October 2007
Time: 09h00
Venue: Delmas Agriculture Centre
Enquiries:
Simphiwe Kunene
Cell: 082 413 3931
Freddy Ngobe
Cell: 082 821 4148
Issued by: Department of Local Government and Housing, Mpumalanga Provincial
Government
11 October 2007
