With 1,000 beneficiaries of his administration’s centerpiece Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and representatives from Central Luzon’s disaster risk reduction and management councils, Aquino launched the Listong Pamayanan and Listong Pamilyang Pilipino” which seeks to bring disaster preparedness at the grassroots level.”
“Listong Pamayanan involves convergence and dialogues of local stakeholders promoting community preparedness. The involvement of the youth in disaster preparedness is highlighted in this component of Operation Listo through the Wemboree: Changing the Mindset from Me to We,” the DILG said in a press statement.
The statement said “this year, this will be reinforced by capacity development interventions on community simulation drills for tsunami and community-based disaster risk reduction and management.”
It said that “Listong Pamilyang Pilipino, on the other hand, will focus on building capacities of families on disaster preparedness through family development sessions with Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries.”
The DILG said the program was themed “Kahandaan at Kabayanihan” and would be pursued in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Department of National Defense, and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
It noted that the program is “part of Operation Listo which is an advocacy program launched in 2014 with Listong Pamahalaang Lokal that standardized disaster protocols for mayors on early preparedness, response and monitoring through disaster preparedness manuals.”
