Preparing students for disasters: Integrating disaster risk reduction in the civil welfare course

• Main Author: Penullar, Neil Oliver T.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Emergency management; Hazard mitigation; Service learning; College student development programs; Civic and Community Engagement; Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13558
• Institution: De La Salle University

The massive loss of life and property caused by Typhoon Yolanda ('Haiyan') in the Philippines revealed the need for heightened disaster awareness and preparedness in the country. Most school-based disaster education initiatives, however, focused only at the elementary and secondary levels,...