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| Vice Mayor Al Arquillano (left) receiving the trophy from UNISDR |
In May
2011, the United
Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) recognized San Francisco's disaster preparedness and
awarded it the
Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction for its “indigenous solutions
to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation through its
Purok system.”
San Francisco won the prestigious
award after beating 25 other nominees coming from from other nations
who also vied for the recognition. Former San Francisco mayor and now
vice mayor, Al Arquillano went to Geneva, Switzerlad to receive the
award.
Indigenous
solutions and `the people's role in disaster-preparedness won for San
Francisco the award. While other nominees can boost of better
technology, know-how and communication equipments, many cannot get as
much cooperation and coordinated response from the people as San
Francisco can.
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