Disaster is everybody’s business and everyone has an important role to play - Usamate

Disaster is everybody’s business and everyone has an important role to play.

This was highlighted by the Minister for Disaster Management & Meteorological Services Jone Usamate while speaking at a Stakeholders Meeting on School Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience Building.  

Usamate says Fiji’s collective effort is important in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children during any disaster event.

The purpose of the workshop is to review the Ministry of Education, Disaster Risk reduction handbook.

Usamate stressed that this is an important document because it provides the standard operation procedure for ensuring the safety of our school children during disaster event.

The workshop was attended by senior government officials, education officials and Non‑governmental organizations.