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Real Work Starts..with CIGIDEN After Kickoff

The second day in Chile became our first day of work. The week started with the Kick Off, where the organizations had a panel discussion to share their expectations and get people to understand the challenges that they are facing on a routine basis.

After the Kick off, we joined Mr. Bacigalupe, one of the principal investigators of CIGIDEN for a quick tour through Providencia before heading to work. The day was beautiful we saw the Andes for the first time. Mr. Bacigalupe showed us some colorful streets that did not match with the Santiago that we saw the day before.

Mr. Bacigalupe highlighted the importance of memory when it comes to disaster prevention and how Chile "should learn from past experiences". He decided to take us to a fire station, where a fire man received us and showed us one of the first firetrucks in Chile. This fire station contains the painting that illustrates the fire of the Jesus Company Church in 1863 a disaster that seems to be forgotten.

It was time to move to the CIGIDEN office, located inside the Campus of Pontificia Universidad Católica. Once they got their new office for the next four weeks, they went straight to work, planning, and organizing their times and goals.

Happy to See the local Chile News Coverage on the Chile 10 team..




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