For those with fast internet links ... go here to see a preview of ACHR's new DVD on the Exchange visit of hurricane Katrina survivors visiting Tsunami survivors in Thailand and Aceh.
Floods in Jakarta Feb 5 2007 the latest from Urban Poor Consortium
here
Bill Clinton to Visit Thai communities December 2 here
UNDP - ACHR- CODI - CCT Fdn
collaborated to organise a 6th Survivor's Dialogue on
People Centred Recovery from Disasters
October 30 - November 1st We wanted to demonstrate the capacity of the people to develop and manage their own recovery and rehabilitation process and set the agenda for longer term development.
Participants from 10 countries
Thailand, Philippines,
Sri Lanka, India,
Indonesia, Maldives,
Vietnam,
Nepal,
Pakistan, USA
Over the coming days we will post news from the Dialogue
Start here with: Peoples discussion on:
1. Why is people cantered recovery important?
2. What are the tools, mechanisms and processes which enable affected people and their communities to drive their own recovery process?
3. How can we build linkages, networks and communication channels between affected communities?
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Coverage of Tsunami Dialogue at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver June 2006
The world we live in has changed.
"The conventional approach, in which governments and development agencies look at people as passive recipients, should be changed. It's time to throw away that sad old rule-book once and for all. You can hear very clearly from today's discussions that even the very poorest affected people can stand up and be the leaders of the rehabilitation process themselves."
Quote from ACHR's workshop on people-centred rehabilitation at the World Urban Forum 3 in Vancouver June 2006
Read what the survivors had to say Start Here
Or DOWNLOAD from Here 1.3 Mgs
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18 MONTHS ON
What has happened where people have been at the centre of the reconstruction process ?
Go HERE for 9 pages of Tsunami Updates Thailand AUG 2006
Go HERE for Updates from ACEH, Indonesia
Go HERE for Updates from Sri Lanka
Go HERE for India
Or DOWNLOAD from Here 1.6 mgbs
Aceh Indonesia
Building 3,000 houses JUB / UPLINK here
APRIL Updates in Aceh here
Tsunami Land Disputes Update here
More on Thailand here
Central Philippines
Fr Norberto from the Philippines Homeless Peoples Federation reports on the the disastrous land slides in Central Philippines here
Aceh, Indonesia
A few snapshots from Lukman's guided tour of villages in the Udeep Beusaree Network at Bande Aceh . . . here
PLUS: " Woe u gampong" means "Go back to the village" here
More on Aceh here
Thailand
One year after in Phang-nga here
Aceh Indonesia
People's networks sign Joint Declaration with government Bureau of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Indonesia here
January 2006
4th Regional Dialogue for Tsunami Survivor
ACHR in collaboration with JUB Aceh & UPC - Up Link Indonesia
3rd to 7th of January 2006, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
A brief report on the event is here
SRI LANKA UPDATE
The not so good news - HERE
The good news - Help-o tsunami projects and
Meet the Women's Bank
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE
It killed more than 73,000 people in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir and left an estimated 3.5 million homeless. Agence France Presse
Arif Hasan writes on the Reconstruction of Earthquake affected areas of Pakistan here
MOROTUWA SRI LANKA March 2005
In March 2005 ACHR brought together survivors from affected communities in Indonesia, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka to explain their needs and share ideas on how to strengthen a people centred and community-driven recovery process. There were opportunities for the people themselves to put their views to the large agencies, governments and NGO's involved. There was also solidarity visits to affected communities in Sri Lanka to discuss strategies and needs.
Go here for the FULL Resolution Adopted by
the Survivors of the Indian Ocean Tsunami
from ACHR and friends at the regional meeting in Sri Lanka 13 March 2005 .
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The First Weeks After
