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In Order To Be Safe, Be Ready.

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    Many areas of the globe are prone to earthquakes . We could be anywhere when an earthquake strikes: at home, at work, at school or even on vacation. Are you prepared to survive and to recover quickly? “Our safety does not rest in the hands of one person or government agency alone. It rests in our very hands as we put them together on the concerted effort of building safer, adaptive and resilient communities.” said by Sec. Voltaire  Gazmin.  National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill seeks to strengthen the mechanism for national and regional coordination, as well as the interoperability of key players. It also aims to intensify local communities’ earthquake preparedness and increase the commitment of local government units in building safe communities.      Why is it important to do a Drop, Cover, and Hold On drill? To react quickly you must practice often. You may only have seconds to protect yourself in an earthquake, before s...

Quality Education, Education Innovation due this Covid-19

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  Students, their parents, and educators around the world are feeling the surprising current result  of the novel coronavirus as schools are shutting down and quarantine methods are being ordered to cope with the global pandemic. While governments and health officials are doing their best slowing down the outbreak, global education systems are collaborating to collectively respond and provide quality education for all during these difficult times. This truly is a global crisis, which is preventing children and adolescents in every country, including those affected by conflict and displacement, from fulfilling their right to quality, safe and inclusive education. Hence,the COVID-19 crisis puts this promise into risk more than ever before. It has abundant insights and high- quality resources from the opportunity for teacher to form much stronger relations with parents, students to challenges of untrained teacher and lack of access to digital learning resources.  How...

Resilience grounded on faith — very Filipino

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     Filipinos are by nature inherently strong     and very determined to overcome whatever calamity comes our way. We will overcome all tragedies and with our faith in God they know we will survive. Yes! The Filipino resilience could not be easily matched. We are a race that can smile amidst a  chaotic  surrounding. We can easily rise from all the depression and will quickly start to live our lives again.         This Covid-19 pandemic that we are experiencing right now brought our country, not  only our country but the whole world into agony. We are facing challenges everyday, fear envelops us because we don't know where the opponent is, the virus is not visible. We felt afraid because we don't know if we are still alive on the next day.      It has almost 7 months since the  government implemented the Enhance Community Quarantine. They implemented it to reduce or stop the spread of the vi...