Kanlaon

Kanlaon aims to cultivate a culture of preparedness and resiliency by propagating critical information about hazards and disasters, organizing community emergency drills, generating emergency plans for various school events, and responding to calls for action to calamity-inflicted areas. All these action steps are done through observing scientific and socio-cultural approaches to understanding disaster, implementing effective programs on disaster risk reduction, and collaborating with the school administration and other organizations to further the committee’s vision.

By drawing attention to the subject of disaster risk and reduction in such a highly exposed and vulnerable country like the Philippines, Kanlaon aims to create an environment that preserves the value of being persons-for-others, battles the common stigma of apathy, and fosters awareness and responsibility.

Kanlaon is the disaster resiliency student committee in the Ateneo de Manila Senior High School that envisions a disaster-resilient senior high community with each community member knowledgeable of the nature of hazards and of the proper response to different disaster scenarios. In the process, Kanlaon sees its commitment to duty as a step in building a disaster-resilient nation by equipping community members with the necessary tools to make their community outside the University disaster-resilient.

Kanlaon gives importance to the Atenean value of cura personalis, instilling in all sectors a sense of urgency, conscientiousness, and accountability when dealing with disasters. Empowering the community to be a person of the 5Cs, Kanlaon envisions to develop a safe community that is joined together towards a common goal: to become a disaster-ready and resilient community.