Lesson Learned: For Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Disaster and Climate Risk Governance in the Philippines
In the present project, modelling through the use of Persons with Disabilities as trainers and speakers during training activities and workshops was an effective strategy for connecting well with Persons with Disabilities trainees, who viewed these speakers as someone who really understands their concerns, is worth listening to, and is worth emulating.
This project works to empower people with disabilities to participate in disaster risk reduction approaches in 20 local government units in Cebu Province. It will build capacity for 20 organizations of persons with disabilities to have a real voice in formal community planning processes, with the goal of influencing local government to break barriers, open spaces for inclusion, and encourage at-risk populations to take an active role in disaster preparedness, risk reduction and other community development agenda issues.