Disaster survivors need long term community regeneration, not just aid

This is a re-print of the blog I just wrote on NewStart Magazine’s page. Read the original here. In late September and early October, Asia and the Pacific were struck by a nearly simultaneous string of natural disasters. These events have killed thousands and affected over 4 million residents across Asia and the Pacific. All [...]

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Asia-Pacific Disaster Developments

Our official recognition as a registered charity couldn’t have come at a better time. The situation in Asia and the Pacific continues to evolve, and we are looking forward to launching our fundraising campaign in the coming weeks with an eye to deployment early next year. The dates are still tentative and will largely depend [...]

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Typhoons, Tsunamis, and Earthquakes

Needless to say, we have been glued to the news. With all our time going into researching a possible EDV assessment and/or deploy in the coming months, I am going to keep this short and to the point. If you’re interested in finding our more about the disasters you can check out the links to [...]

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L’Aquila: The Deployment that Wasn’t

We went into Italy to see if the affected population needed our help, and they don’t. So there won’t be an EDV deployment in Italy.Part of me is sad, but I keep shushing that part as one hushes a child asking slightly embarrassing questions. This is the ambulance chasing, adrenaline junky that I suspect exists [...]

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Italy

Unless you live under a rock, you know that there was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in the Abruzzo Region of Italy. The city of L’Aquila was especially hard hit, as many of its buildings were hundreds of years old, and were obviously not up to modern, ant-seismic regulations. The figures are remarkable. Over 12,000 volunteers [...]

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A Gentle Monday Morning Post…

Pictures are always gentle… Hand mixing cement to pour columns in a school in Pisco, Peru, which was devastated by an 8.0 earthquake in August 2007. That’s me with the dreads.

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This is the view off the roof in Piso, Peru. which was devastated by an 8.0 earthquake in August, 2007. It amazes me how beautiful a disaster zone can be.

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In Pisco, where I worked in two post earthquake reconstruction projects. I lived in a tent on the roof of our house. At night, I climbed a latter to get to bed and in the morning I woke up to the screaming roosters the locals kept for cock fighting. I brushed my teeth sitting with [...]

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