BruDirect reports that Bandar Seri Begawan - Fourteen-year-old Dayang Eidda Siti Norul Aqilah binti Matassan from Rimba 1 Secondary School, who admires Leonardo da Vincci, won first place in the regional drawing competition in conjunction with the Asean Disaster Management Day and International Day for Disaster Reduction at the national level.
"Since 2008, the National Disaster Management Centre has implemented this drawing contest in conjunction with the Asean Disaster Management Day and International Day for Disaster Reduction with the cooperation of the Ministry of Education," said Col (Rtd) Pg Dato Paduka Hj Rosli bin Pg Hj Chuchu, the Director of the National Disaster Management Centre, in his welcoming remarks
"The centre is also in the planning process to conduct awareness campaigns at schools. The campaign will be a guideline to one million safe schools and hospitals campaign, which was launched by Asean, United Nations International Strategy Disaster Reduction in the Philippines 2010," he continues.