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NEMA Instructs Centreville Urban Renewal Summer Campers on Disaster Preparedness
By Lindsay Thompson
Aug 24, 2015 - 11:58:16 AM

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Students enrolled in the Centreville Urban Renewal Centre summer youth programme eagerly participated in disaster safety tips presentation by Luke Bethel, training officer at the National Emergency Management Agency, on Thursday, August 20, 2015. (BIS Photo/Raymond Bethel)

NASSAU, The Bahamas – The National Emergency Management Agency, in keeping with its goals to build disaster resilient communities, took its message to the summer youth camp of the Centreville Urban Renewal Office.

 

Luke Bethel, training officer at NEMA, fully engaged children during his presentation of disasters such as floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, hurricanes and any other possible emergencies the country could be faced with.

 

The half-day presentation was held Thursday, August 20, 2015 at the Urban Renewal office on Deveaux Street. The workshop was part of the summer programme for the students before they head back to school for the fall semester. Up to 60 children participated in the summer programme.


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Luke Bethel, training officer at the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, sharing disaster safety tips with children at the Centreville Urban Renewal Centre summer youth programme on Thursday, August 20, 2015. (BIS Photo/Raymond Bethel)



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