THE Church Agency Network Disaster Operations (CANDO) has commenced a weeklong Evacuation Centre Management Training (ECMT) for Kolina 1 and Kolina 2 Communities in Central Guadalcanal.
The ECMT training has begun on 1st of November and will end on 9th of November at the Kolina 1 Anglican Church.
Six CANDO volunteers Trainers of Trainers (TOT) from the Anglican Church of Melanesian (ACOM) facilitated the training with the support of ADRA Disaster Risk Resilient (DRR) Project Coordinator Duran Taupongi and Project officer, Leslie Molea.
The aim of disaster Training was to capacitate communities of Kolina 1 and Kolina 2 to select 14 volunteers’ representatives from their communities to build a strong safe and responsive community.
The benefits of this workshop are:
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Communities and leaders will be able to make informed decisions regarding disaster preparedness and responses.
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Establish an Evacuation center committees for their respective communities.
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Develop evacuation center procedures and plans for each community.
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Develop Disaster Response plans for each community.
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Develop community profile for each community.