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Disaster experts back establishment of permanent evacuation centers in vulnerable areas

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Disaster risk reduction experts and advocates underscored the need to create a National Evacuation Center Investment Program (NECIP) under the 2021 national budget that will prioritize the establishment of permanent evacuation centers in areas that are highly vulnerable to natural hazards.

Residents shelter in a classroom used as an evacuation centre in Camalig town, Albay province on November 11, 2020.

UPRI and Agap Banta said not all local government units have permanent evacuation centers that follow safety and design specifications set by the Department of Public Works and Highways . “We reiterate our call to congressional leaders to fund a National Evacuation Center Investment Program starting with the 2021 budget, which will target highly vulnerable LGUs affected by the typhoons,” UPRI and Agap Banta said.

 

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