- Paying the bills -

Nicaragua Strengthens Disaster Preparedness

Image for illustrative purposes
Image for illustrative purposes

TODAY NICARAGUA – Strengthening disaster preparedness remains today on the agenda of the Nicaraguan authorities, which will soon conduct evacuation practices in schools.

According to the coordinator of the Communication and Citizenship Council, Rosario Murillo, such exercises will take place from next February 16 to 21.

Practices will begin on Monday of that week in the northern departments of Estelí, Madriz, Nueva Segovia, Jinotega and Matagalpa.

- payin the bills -

Schools of León, Chinandega and Managua will do it on Tuesday, and Masaya, Granada, Carazo and Rivas on Wednesday.

The rest of the week, correspond to departments as Boaco, Chontales, Rio San Juan, and the autonomous regions of North and South Atlantic.

According to the advisor to the President for Educational Affairs, Salvador Vanegas, drills will last about 11 minutes, while the training given to teachers will take several hours.

Recently Murillo said that such exercises should be repeated in the third week of each month, with the objective of maintaining teachers and students prepared for natural disasters.

- paying the bills -

‘This helps us to evacuate quickly, to face any eventuality,’ she said, recalling that Nicaragua is a country of high seismic risk.

The Central American nation is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of more than 40,000 kilometers that concentrates most active volcanoes in the world and where telluric events happen more frequently and magnitude.

Via Prensa Latina

Related Articles

Nicaragua breaks with the Vatican

Q24N - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega chose to sever diplomatic ties...

assured that the exile of 222 political prisoners was not part of a deal with the US

TODAY NICARAGUA - Nicaraguan dictator, Daniel Ortega, asserted Thursday that he...

MOST READ

- paying the bills -

Let's Keep This Going!

To be updated with all the latest news and information about Nicaragua and Latin America.

Log In

Forgot password?

Forgot password?

Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.

Your password reset link appears to be invalid or expired.

Log in

Privacy Policy

Add to Collection

No Collections

Here you'll find all collections you've created before.