Mindanaotoday.com | World Bank’s R2R program to bolster BARMM disaster preparedness, recovery
By: Claire Gigje
MARAWI CITY – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is gearing towards having a more strengthened preparedness and recovery from occurring natural disasters and other calamities.
This, as the World Bank presented its intention of implementing the PlanSmart Ready-to-Rebuild (R2R) Program, which would provide technical assistance to speed up the preparation and implementation of recovery plans and efforts.
The capacity-building program is a joint undertaking of the aforementioned international financial institution, the National Risk Reduction and Management Council, the Department of Science and Technology, the Office of Civil Defense, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Aiming to cover activities before and after a disaster, the program aims to collect baseline data, make a recovery plan, help with financing, make it easier to get emergency supplies and put them into action, come up with a communications plan, and come up with ways to keep track of and evaluate progress.
The World Bank saw this as a project that would help local governments get ready for bad things that might happen.
“R2R Program provides the ‘how’ – how to prepare people, communities, and local governments to be more resilient and ready to respond, and recover from disasters better and faster,” said World Bank Coordinator for BARMM Norhana Kamid.
Gil Cambronero, who is in charge of the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority’s Peace, Public Order, Safety, and Security Division, thanked the World Bank for making a program that helps his region make better recovery plans.
“This orientation would enable us to craft the recovery plan easily,” he said.
The World Bank earlier shared that the R2R Program was established following the devastation of Tropical Storm Paeng in particular areas of the country on October 28, 2022. (CRG | PIA-10 | Lanao del Sur with reports from BARMM)
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