Rappler Talk: How the next president should manage disasters

Rappler talked to Maria Fellizar-Cagay, the lead convenor of the Disaster Risk Reduction Network – Philippines (DRRNet), about how the next president should manage disasters.

The Philippines has been pummelled by destructive typhoons and shaken by earthquakes over the past few years, and rehabilitation is still underway. It has been 2 years since Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) killed thousands and destroyed millions of pesos in infrastructure when it hit the Visayas group of islands in Central Philippines. The government is still in the process of rebuilding communities; while people struggle to recover their lives and livelihoods. 

Local and national government have been at odds on how to go about the rehabilitation process, greatly contributing to the recovery slowdown. With the 2016 national elections coming up, what are the lessons the new head of state should learn from the aftermath of such disasters, and how should he or she instill a culture of preparedness?

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