Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor
Diaster Risk Reduction Advisor, British Red Cross, based in London
Previously, Regional Climate Change Adapation Officer, Plan International Asia, based in Bangkok.
Diaster Risk Reduction Advisor, British Red Cross, based in London
Previously, Regional Climate Change Adapation Officer, Plan International Asia, based in Bangkok.
A handbook developed to assess the the underlying drivers of vulnerability in communities and what kinds of climate extremes and disasters (e.g. rapid or slow onset) communities are exposed to.
A pilot project using the BRACED Handbook, this case study describes the natural disasters being experienced in the Bay of Bengal, Myanmar and the community led interventions being implemented.
August 2013: “I was watching a soap opera and all of a sudden an earthquake took place,” says Natcharin, a 13-year old girl who lives in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand. “My mum and I hid...
© Plan International. Igen and his friends.
August 2013: Together with 2 other children, Igen is a peer educator in his village in Lembata, Indonesia. He participated...
© Plan International. Communities in Laos take charge to adapt to climate change.
In the last decade in Pha Oudom, 700 houses have been lost to flooding, affecting...
August 2013: Mr Duoc’s family is 1 of 23 families living in a floating village on the Red River near Hanoi. The village is difficult to access with limited electricity and a lack of basic...