As part of an initiative called “Langa Together” the City’s Disaster Rick Management Centre hosted a community awareness and preparedness programme in Langa today.
Courtsey: City of Cape Town Langa Together is a community disaster risk reduction pilot run by the NGO Community Risk Management in partnership with the City’s Disaster Risk Management Centre. A core part of the project is training and deploying Community Risk Management Marshals across six high-risk informal settlements in Langa.
Courtsey: City of Cape TownThe City of Cape Town said these marshals are volunteers identified by community leadership and the NGO – the criteria was that they have to reside in Langa, be 18 or older and have no criminal record.
They will focus on Zone 31 , Zone 32, Joe Slovo , Intersite, Siyahlala , Special Quarters and New Look informal settlements.
Courtesy: City of Cape Town “Langa was selected as the site for the pilot project due to its fire and flood risk profile, existing community structures like the Langa Advice Forum, and previous collaborations with the Disaster Risk Management Centre. The training of the Community Risk Management Marshals is central to the project, and takes the DRM’s community-based risk assessment interventions a step further. ”
Done By: Elona Sibunzi
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