Nabua Volunteerism & Disaster Preparedness

The goal really is to rally an army of Nabuenyo volunteers for assistance. Amo kintana plano ko kadto na mag-form sa NVA or Nabua Volunteers Association. Short lived palan adi pangarap ko di. Agko naman palan sadto Nabua volunteers group na maray na. 

Nag ray naman pati di credo nira: 

1.) to serve the community thru the use of communications facility and mass media, portable radio's VHF, UHF, HF and the like:

 2.) to raise the status of media communicators to a position of high responsibility and importance, as well as enable to actively participate in public assistance and other related activities especially during calamities;

 3.) to foster stronger and more cohesive fellowship and cooperation among various government  and civic-oriented organization

Ana uragon pa kadi, ading presidente nira sa Nabua Chapter amo si Martin Beloro

tunay ko di. An pang uragon kadi, ading si Martin policy maker adi sadto Nabua ta di ninyo naiuunga, amo ya ana Market Administrator sadto Nabua. Dakol nang magagayon na nangyari sadto Camarin por medyo kadi tawong adi. 

So kaya uman ku matuparan ko ya after the gift giving sadto Dalakit,

I seized the opportunity to chat and catch up. Good friends have a way of meeting minds. He found out my advocacy on disaster preparedness and I found out about his involvement. Check.

Sabi ni Martin, ana challenging palan sa emergency response sadto Nabua is the lack of quick communication nira. Agko sira manpower ta 50-strong sira -- kaiba pa si Mayor Simbulan. However, the communication system remains the challenge. They just rely on cellphones which on typhoon season become virtually useless because of downed cell sites and short battery life. What Martin proposed is a Radio Base  

and handelds

He also made mention the importance of relaying information online via Twitter and Facebook so I proposed  that Kabalikat also have its own laptop 

All these equipment will be placed inside the Market Administrator's Office as the hub of the Kabalikat group. Kasentrowan kaya adto Camarin and they can easily go to a higher ground (2nd floor) if the town gets flooded. Sabi ngani ku usad na Taga-Nabua na tumatabang kanato: "Kadakol kana matatabangan kading project na adi!"

So pagtarabangan ta po adi mga kahimanwa. Ana approximate costing kadi program na adi would be:

• 01 Radio Base (Php. 9, 500. 00)
• 5 Handhelds @ 3, 700. 00 each (Php. 18, 500. 00)
• 01 Laptop (Php. 17, 000. 00)

APPROX TOTAL COST OF PROJECT: Php. 45, 000. 00

Target Date of Distribution: October 11, 2012

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