The Hardap Regional Council under the disaster risk management unit started a visual education roadshow within the region to raise awareness and educate schoolchildren and communities on how to deal with dangerous incidents.
The programme started on 2 July at Maltahöhe, and continued on 3 July at Gibeon, but it was redirected to incorporate the regional land consultative discussions which started on 9 July.
One of the facilitators of the programme, Elsie Petha-Kariseb, on Monday told Nampa that the initiative was started as per the Disaster Risk Management Act No. 10 of 2012, sub-section 15, which is to provide for the establishment of institutions for disaster risk management in Namibia. It is also to provide for an integrated and coordinated disaster management approach, focusing on…
