By Patience Gbeze
Accra – Stakeholders at a day’s meeting Disaster Risks Reduction have advocated for increased investment in disaster risks prevention mechanism to build sustainable resilience community.
They said it is better to prevent disasters than wait for it to happen before going to look for funds to mitigate the destruction to properties and livelihoods.
Mr Samuel Gmalu, Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs/Security Manager, World Vision, speaking at the programme organized by the Presbyterian Relief Services and Development (PRS&D) to engage stakeholders on Disaster Risks Reduction (DRR), urged both government and the private sector to focus more on disaster preparedness through educating the public.
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Mr Gmallu also called for mainstreaming and integrating DRR within and across all sectors; reviewing and promoting the coherence and further development, as appropriate of national and local frameworks of laws, regulations and public policies.
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