WeatherPhilippines continues to strengthen its advocacy of creating a #WeatherWiser nation through its flagship training activities, partnering with the City Savings Bank and the Department of Education (DepEd) for a series of Weather 101 and Tropical Cyclone 10 trainings.

DepEd was chosen as a WeatherPhilippines partner and training beneficiary because of the essential role educators play in passing on the #WeatherWiser mindset to students, transforming schools into “disaster-proactive” communities.

Through various channels where free, more localized, and accurate weather data are made available, WeatherPhilippines encouraged educators to create communication plans for schools to adopt before, during, and after times of disaster.

“In the Philippines, typhoons have always been foreseeable and expected. However, we have always been too reactive and most of the budget goes to disaster relief efforts,” said WeatherPhilippines General Manager Dave Michael Valeriano.

“Even before the disaster hits, our schools could have the appropriate disaster resilience action plans to minimize the damage and ease bouncing back after the calamity,” Valeriano explained.

Meanwhile, CitySavings Reputation Management Head Paula Ruelan promised more educators will be reached through this partnership. “We will ensure that this knowledge is cascaded not only to the educators but to their colleagues and especially to public students nationwide,” she said.

To date, more than a thousand DepEd personnel across the nation has undergone the trainings. More regional runs of the Weather 101 and Tropical Cyclone 101 are scheduled toward the end of the year.