Motoyama and Hulu Klang community leader Badrulisham Mohd Akhirin with volunteers at the Community Disaster Risk Reduction Resource Centre in Bukit Antarabangsa.
The communities in this four-year pilot project were from Bukit Antarabangsa/Ukay Perdana in Hulu Klang, Batu 14 and Kampung Sungai Serai in Hulu Langat, and Kampung Tok Muda in Kapar, Klang.Eriko Motoyama, who was project coordinator for the Japan International Cooperation Agency Partnership Programme –SeDar, said it gave communities the option to determine what they needed most to enhance their disaster preparedness and resilience.
For the Town Watching and Community Mapping exercise, community members identified potential disaster hotspots, safe places, evacuation centres and even heritage sites. “So the community was able to propose solutions such as putting up evacuation centre signs at designated locations.She said that following the exercise, 21 signs were designed and distributed for installation at designated evacuation centres in the Kapar sub-district.
“The DRR experts were also encouraged to further engage with communities, utilising their technical knowledge to increase the community’s awareness.
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