Bontoc SK members trained to respond during emergencies

BONTOC, Mountain Province – Some 30 Sangguniang Kabataaan members and social workers residing here in Barangay Caluttit are now trained with disaster risk reduction and management skills and prepared to respond to emergencies following training conducted by barangay officials and Bontoc municipal government on August  25- 27.

Municipal Disaster officer Johanna F. Padaen relayed that Caluttit SK chairperson Enver W. Caluza made a request to Bontoc government to conduct the training through cost-sharing scheme.

Bontoc mayor Franklin C. Odsey immediately approved the request. Caluttit Barangay provided P20, 000 while the municipal government shelled out P25,000 as  counterpart. Other materials were borrowed from Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital and Red Cross - Mountain Province Chapter.

In his message, Odsey commended Caluttit officials for coordinating with the municipal government to train SK members and other groups in their respective barangay to be their partners in disaster prevention, preparedness, and response.

With this, he challenged the participants to focus on the lectures of the facilitators, adding that learning is always a continuous process.  -- Alpine L. Killa