Japanese volunteers conclude training on disaster management skills in PH 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Roy MabasaThree young Japanese volunteers have just concluded their activities in the Philippines to help the raise disaster management skills in some of the country’s most vulnerable areas such as Aklan, Negros Oriental and Albay. The Japanese volunteers were dispatched under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Volunteer Program to hold training and share Japanese technology and know-how on disaster management and help build the Philippines’ disaster resiliency efforts. Aside from the training, the Japanese volunteers likewise conducted disaster education in schools and communities in Albay. To date, JICA has dispatched a total of 1,662 Japanese volunteers in the Philippines to support disaster management, agriculture, planning, healthcare, human resources, social welfare, manufacturing, and tourism among others.

Source: Manila Bulletin May 19, 2019 07:52 UTC