By: Ms. Faith Ramirez, Project Officer, PhilDHRRA Luzon
“Ate, babalik po ba kayo? Bibigyan nyo po ba kami ng bag?” was the exact words uttered by a seven year old student of Macario Arnedo Elementary School (MAES). These words kept resonating in my head after undertaking a focus group discussion and storytelling activity (as strategy for raising awareness on disaster risk reduction and management) under a School Restoration Project in Pampanga of the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas in Luzon (PhilDHRRA Luzon).