| By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) Updated November 28, 2010 12:00 AM |
MANILA, Philippines -Following her proposal to allocate at least one percent of the national budget for disaster risk reduction, Sen. Loren Legarda said Friday she will commit a significant portion of her P200-million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) under the 2011 budget bill for the construction of “green schools.”
Legarda, chairman of the Senate committee on climate change, said she wants to prioritize the long-standing problem of lack of classrooms and school buildings.
“We want to build not just school buildings, but green schools that are disaster-resilient. Aside from being structurally safe and organizationally prepared for disasters, we want these schools to be innovative and environment-friendly by putting up rainwater catchment systems, growing vegetable gardens, using renewable energy and setting up a recycling program, among others,” she said.
Legarda said instituting disaster resilience programs should be a main concern of the government, especially now that the focus should be more on disaster prevention and mitigation than on relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.
Legarda, chairman of the Senate committee on climate change, said she wants to prioritize the long-standing problem of lack of classrooms and school buildings.
“We want to build not just school buildings, but green schools that are disaster-resilient. Aside from being structurally safe and organizationally prepared for disasters, we want these schools to be innovative and environment-friendly by putting up rainwater catchment systems, growing vegetable gardens, using renewable energy and setting up a recycling program, among others,” she said.
Legarda said instituting disaster resilience programs should be a main concern of the government, especially now that the focus should be more on disaster prevention and mitigation than on relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.
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