NDMO receives $21k worth of media and training equipment

The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) received media and training equipment from Live and Learn worth $21k.

This is expected to assist the NDMO’s office on preparedness and response to natural disasters.

Director for NDMO Vasiti Soko said this assistance would allow their officers to create more quality content and increase awareness on preparedness and response.

“This is a huge boost to our media unit, which will allow us to tell stories of the impact of our preparedness programs and awareness on Disaster Risk Reduction across the country,” Ms Soko was quoted saying in a Government statement.

Ms Soko thanked Live and Learn and the Australian government for its continued support in the areas of building capacity and national partners to understand and effectively address the consequences of and responses to climate-related hazards.

“On behalf of the local Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) partners, we wish to acknowledge the partnership that we have with the Fijian Government and in particular the NDMO.

“In order for our communities and for our institutions of Government to be prepared for disasters, one of the key areas is around training the divisional and district Emergency Operations Centres members as well as capturing the success stories from the recipient of this training.”

Source: Fiji Times