CoW launches disaster risk campaign
In an effort to reduce prevalent shack fires and other disasters in the capital, the City of Windhoek launched the Integrated Community Education & Risk Awareness Campaign (ICERAC).The aim is to create awareness and train local communities on how they can reduce community vulnerability to specific hazards and public safety issues that have the potential of causing emergencies or disasters.
Speaking at the launch, mayor Sade Gawanas emphasised the importance of political will to increase the understanding of disaster risks in Windhoek and called on all stakeholders to work together to ensure the successful implementation of the campaign.
“The approval of the City of Windhoek’s Disaster Risk Management Plan on 16 May 2022 serves to energise the entire leadership of the City, together with its stakeholders to adopt and support an integrated approach to disaster risk management throughout all its phases in the prevention, preparedness, response, mitigation, rehabilitation, and recovery throughout the entire organisation,” she said.
The campaign focuses mainly on fire prevention, floods, handling of chemicals, usage of candles, gas, and paraffin, health and hygiene promotion, environmental protection issues, and emergency communications.