Disaster preparedness are measures taken to prepare and lessen the impact of disasters. For it to be successful, it is crucial for communities to be engaged. The study explored disaster preparedness and youth participation in the context of the lakeshore communities of Biñan, Laguna – a highly vulnerable location to shoreland flooding, storm surges, and lake overflow. The methodology employed a purposive sampling, convergent parallel methods design – where both quantitative data from the survey of youth respondents and qualitative data from the interviews of youth leaders/organization representatives are simultaneously collected, analyzed, and triangulated together. The main findings of the study reveal strong positive correlation between youth participation and disaster preparedness. In specific, quantitative findings reveal that the lakeshore communities in Biñan, Laguna generally have high levels of both youth participation and disaster preparedness. However, significant gaps were discovered from the qualitative data, demonstrating the community’s lack preparedness lack of youth-adult partnership, low individual preparedness participation, and lack of funding, and expert-dominated planning. Between micro level and meso level interaction of the system, potential barriers (e.g., lack of social relationships, lack of incentive, and lack confidence in leaders) and facilitators (e.g., confidence in knowledge and skills, programs of the local government unit, and socio political climate) are discovered. Understanding the interactions between the variables can
the leaders and policymakers develop proper policies, programs, or interventions that will not just address the obstacles, but also strengthen the participation among the youth in the study locale.