Rwanda will, for the first time, join the world in celebrating the international campaign for disaster risk reduction, which aims at sensitising citizens on preventing and fighting disasters, reports All Africa. The activities to mark the event will start in the country tomorrow under the theme; "Making children and younger people partners for disaster risk reduction."
"We shall begin with the most vulnerable areas that are normally affected by disasters like in Northern and Western provinces as well as some parts of Eastern Province. We realised that if people are sensitised, they will be able to fight and prevent some disasters," said Jean Baptist Nsengiyumva, the Director of Research and Public Awareness in the Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs.