My Article in Asia Media

My article on Facebook Activism that was published in the Jakarta Post was also re-published by Asia Media, the UCLA Asia Institute's website. Here is the link: http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=111084 :)

My Article in the Jakarta Post

My article on Facebook activism was published in the Jakarta Post, the most prominent English newspaper in Indonesia on August 2, 2009.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/02/facebook-activism-how-powerful-can-it-be.html

UNDP ERTR Report

The Annual Report of United Nations Development Programme Emergency Response and Transitional Recovery (UNDP - ERTR) included a section on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit's activities. On page 52, there is a picture of myself introducing the Stop Disasters Game to the children of Banda Aceh. Here is the link:

Report on DRR Unit's Activity.

Aku menemukan laporan tentang kegiatan unit pengurangan risiko bencana di buku laporan kegiatan badan pembangunan PBB. Di halaman 52 terdapat fotoku yang sedang mengajari anak-anak di Banda Aceh untuk memainkan modul dalam Stop Disasters Game. Laporan tersebut juga memaparkan kegiatan-kegiatan pengurangan risiko bencana yang kami lakukan.

Berikut tautannya:
Report of DRR Unit's Activity

The Fruitful Duties...

flying with UNHAS, on the way for a mission in Nias

The most fruitful and rewarding work experience has been my works with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Aceh. I worked with a wonderful team led by a very smart girl, Malikah Amril, whom I respect so much, a great mentor, Robin Willison, and wonderful colleagues. These are some publications in UNDP Newsletters on those exciting duties.

Pengalaman kerja yang paling berwarna dan terasa sangat bermakna adalah pekerjaanku di Badan Pembangunan PBB (UNDP) di Aceh. Aku bekerja dalam tim yang luar biasa, yang dipimpin seorang perempuan cerdas, Mbak Malikah Amril, mentor yang hebat, Robin Willison, dan teman-teman yang luar biasa. Berikut adalah publikasi di Newsletter UNDP tentang beberapa pekerjaan yang kulakukan di sana...

• March 2007, Turning Up The Volume to Disaster Risk Reduction (page 8)
• May 2007, Reaching A Milestone in Disaster Risk Reduction (page 7)
• September 2007, Back to School with Disaster Risk Reduction (page 4)
• November 2007, Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at School (page 9)

World Vision Documents

I found my name in the World Vision Asia-Pacific documents. Back some months ago, my colleagues and I in the UNDP DRR Team were interviewed by the Asia-Pacific Disaster Monitor publisher to provide some insights and information for World Vision's report and disaster fact sheet. Those documents are good resources for those who would like to learn more about DRR issues in the region:

Asia - Pacific Disaster Monitor Factsheets

Planet Prepare, Asia - Pacific Disaster Report

Aku menemukan namaku di dokumen World Vision Asia-Pacific, karena Tim Pengurangan Risiko Bencana merupakan salah satu narasumber dalam penyusunan laporan dan lembaran fakta WV. Dokumen yang disusun WV ini sangat menarik karena memberikan gambaran tentang kondisi pengurangan risiko bencana di wilayah Asia-Pasifik.

Asia - Pacific Disaster Monitor Factsheets
Planet Prepare, Asia - Pacific Disaster Report

Disaster Risk Reduction Works

UNDP DRR Team at Rebuilt Tsunami Ground Zero, Ulee Lheue, Aceh

Working in Post Tsunami Aceh as a Liaison Associate for Disaster Risk Reduction Project involved me into related news by local media. Not all of them are published online, however these are some of the news that I could track online:

Bekerja di Aceh Pasca Tsunami sebagai Liaison Associate untuk Pengurangan Risiko Bencana membuat aku masuk dalam berbagai berita di media lokal. Tidak semuanya bisa terlacak di internet, namun berikut adalah beberapa catatan yang bisa kutemukan online:

• Aceh Recovery Forum
• Antara

Global Voices

It was an honor to find that Global Voices Online, a non-profit global citizens’ media project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, aggregated 2 of my blog articles.

"Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online - shining light on places and people other media often ignore..."

And, they picked my writings on 9/11 Tragedy, and my thoughts on Education from my old blog. It motivates me to be a "more responsibleful blogger", to write something meaningful than just a diary in my blog. Because blog is worldwide, and it can be the windows for others to see the other sides of the world.

These are the links:

• Five Years on from the 911 the World Remembers
• Indonesian Alternative Education

Adalah satu kehormatan saat aku menemukan bahwa Global Voices Online, sebuah lembaga nirlaba yang didirikan di Harvard Law School's Berkman Center untuk Internet dan Masyarakat, mengambil 2 artikel blogku. (Lihat links di atas)

"Global Voices meng-agregasi, mengumpulkan dan menyuarakan percakapan global secara online - menyebarkan "cahaya" di berbagai tempat, dan di diri banyak orang, yang sering diabaikan oleh media..."

Dan, mereka mengambil tulisanku tentang Tragedi 9/11, dan pemikiranku tentang pendidikan dari blog lamaku. Hal ini memotivasiku untuk menjadi blogger yang lebih bertanggungjawab, yang menulis hal-hal yang lebih berarti dalam blogku. Karena blog dapat diakses dari seluruh dunia, dan bisa menjadi "jendela" bagi orang lain untuk melihat dunia dengan mata yang berbeda.