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Since climate is now very much unpredictable, this study plans to create a more enabling environment by promoting multi-stakeholder participation in various community programs . Now is the time for all public and private sectors of society to come together for a united cause.

The team plans to continue holding  seminars patterned after the SMART School Rain Gauge Project of the school, which was started in school year 2008-2009  to awaken the environmental consciousness and disaster preparedness of the young generation.  This time around , these seminars will cater to the different schools and to the different barangays of the community in cooperation with the NCF-TPC of Mike Padua to  hopefully instill  “precautionary principle“ required of them by the changing times .

The team also plans to conduct dialogs with the local government units in particular, urging them to provide financial support to local research and development program in strengthening disaster prevention capability  of the community and  asking them to put in place a comprehensive disaster preparedness program. This move is in cognizance with the three of the five priorities of the Hyogo Framework which  include the following: to ensure that disaster risk reduction is a national and local priority with  a strong institutional basis for implementation;  to strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels; and to identify, assess and monitor disaster risks and enhance early warning.

                The team will also try its best to work- out the possibility of using the city’s calamity fund in upgrading the equipment of both the PAGASA and the NCF-TPC. This is also in support with what has been stated in the editorial of the Philippine Star dated Oct. 1, 2009 : “Beyond relief operations and commiseration with the victims, the government must implement certain measures to improve disaster response capability.“                                          

Finally, the team will recommend to DEPED and to the local school board the integration of weather tracking in the teaching of Science and Mathematics and the formation of JUNIOR RAIN GAUGERS & WEATHER TRAFFICKERS in every school, similar to that of the Naga City Science High School, to awaken the interest and environmental consciousness of young weather enthusiasts in the community. This is the research team’s response to the other priority of the Hyogo Framework which is to use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels. Conrado de Quiros was absolutely right for saying  in his editorial column in the Philippine Inquirer dated Oct. 26, 2009 that   “Without education, you will be the victim of disaster. Hell, without education, you will always be a disaster.“