The Liga ng mga Barangay (villages) in Metro Manila will work with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to help its members prepare for natural calamities and other disasters through the conduct of training programs.
A memorandum of agreement was signed Monday by MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino and Liga President Teodoro Virata Jr. at the MMDA headquarters in Makati City. It was witnessed by Renato Brion of the Department of the Interior and Local Government-National Capital Region and MMDA general manager Corazon Jimenez.
Under the agreement, the MMDA would offer training on various kinds of rescue operations involving different scenarios like earthquakes and landslides, floods and other calamities.
The disaster risk reduction and management fund will be used to finance the seminars.