Earthquake support in Nepal

Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC PhD student Avianto Amri (Risk Frontiers, Macquarie University) has been deployed to Nepal for one month to support the earthquake relief operations of Plan International following the recent earthquakes in April and May. 

Avianto, who is a former employee of Plan International, will be taking on the role of Deputy Emergency Response Manager for Field Implementation and will be primarily based in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. His task is to oversee the implementation of the response program and provide guidance to field managers and their teams in Dolakha, Sindhupalchowk, Sindhuli and other areas.

Avianto's PhD is aligned with the Child Centred Disaster Risk Reduction CRC project and this posting is also a great opportunity to reinforce his postgraduate studies. While there Avianto will be documenting, through participant observation and informal interview, the challenges and opportunities faced by non-government organisations and local government, as they work with and for children, in the response and recovery phase.