NAGA CITY, Nov.17 (PIA) --- A disability-inclusive development geared towards making the lives of persons with disability (PWDs) easier, capped the 2-day 1st Regional PWD Summit held at Eurotel here over the weekend.
With focus on inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM), partakers representing various PWD and Older person organizations were given lectures and added insights on the various laws regarding their rights, specifically practical strategy in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This is also contained in the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific, particularly citing Goal 7 which focuses on DRRM. It was anchored on the premise that PWDs belong to those vulnerable groups with a higher risk of being injured and neglected during the occurrence of natural calamities and similar catastrophes.
Pursuant to this, agencies with related work on DRRM were invited to share their programs for DRRM. Naga City DRRM officer Ernesto Elcamel was one of the invited discussants during the plenary session with the PWDs and older persons. The discussion is geared towards the attainment of the core values of the Incheon Strategy which aims to have availability of disability-inclusive disaster reduction plans for the said sector.
City Mayor John Bongat during his brief but significant interaction with the group expressed his full support to the idea of working together to solidify the Region V PWD Federation and vowed to pursue mechanisms that will ensure the implementation of programs and services for the PWDs.
“The city government of Naga has its full support and backing to all the programs for the PWDs. We have the PDAO office that will cater to their needs and we are slowly renovating our facilities inside the city hall for greater ease and comfort of our PWDs and older persons. Rest assured that the city will continue with this efforts until we become compliant of the accessibility law for this sector,” Bongat stated.
National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) Technical Cooperation Division Chief Nelia R. De Jesus, lauded the city’s untiring effort in pushing for laws and programs that will lift the PWD and Older persons sector as one of priorities.
“Naga is the first LGU to hold the first federation election and we are happy that they already have an organized PWD sector here and are really pushing for the compliance of the laws for our PWDs and older persons. Naga has already reached milestones when it comes to initiatives concerning this sector and this has inspired and motivated the federation to pursue other programs that will lift their way of life towards a better society.” (MAL/LSM-PIA5/CamSur)
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With focus on inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM), partakers representing various PWD and Older person organizations were given lectures and added insights on the various laws regarding their rights, specifically practical strategy in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This is also contained in the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific, particularly citing Goal 7 which focuses on DRRM. It was anchored on the premise that PWDs belong to those vulnerable groups with a higher risk of being injured and neglected during the occurrence of natural calamities and similar catastrophes.
Pursuant to this, agencies with related work on DRRM were invited to share their programs for DRRM. Naga City DRRM officer Ernesto Elcamel was one of the invited discussants during the plenary session with the PWDs and older persons. The discussion is geared towards the attainment of the core values of the Incheon Strategy which aims to have availability of disability-inclusive disaster reduction plans for the said sector.
City Mayor John Bongat during his brief but significant interaction with the group expressed his full support to the idea of working together to solidify the Region V PWD Federation and vowed to pursue mechanisms that will ensure the implementation of programs and services for the PWDs.
“The city government of Naga has its full support and backing to all the programs for the PWDs. We have the PDAO office that will cater to their needs and we are slowly renovating our facilities inside the city hall for greater ease and comfort of our PWDs and older persons. Rest assured that the city will continue with this efforts until we become compliant of the accessibility law for this sector,” Bongat stated.
National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) Technical Cooperation Division Chief Nelia R. De Jesus, lauded the city’s untiring effort in pushing for laws and programs that will lift the PWD and Older persons sector as one of priorities.
“Naga is the first LGU to hold the first federation election and we are happy that they already have an organized PWD sector here and are really pushing for the compliance of the laws for our PWDs and older persons. Naga has already reached milestones when it comes to initiatives concerning this sector and this has inspired and motivated the federation to pursue other programs that will lift their way of life towards a better society.” (MAL/LSM-PIA5/CamSur)
- See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/861416194592/naga-hosts-1st-regional-pwd-summit#sthash.yEJvwipA.dpuf
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