2023-pdrm-Bhutan-RP

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Enclosed is the 2023 Bhutan Research Project (RP) as carried out by the online Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) student cohort during Semester 2.

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This is a 92 page document which consists of the following sections:

  • Table of Contents
  • Project Description
  • Introduction
  • Bhutan Maps
  • Main Hazards of Bhutan (including Ten Seed Technique {TST} Exercises)
  • Hazards Causes, Effects & Risk Reduction Initiatives
  • Bibliography, Agency Directory & References

Sam-the-Rat

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I am currently involved in writing a couple of books.  One of these is called ‘Sam the Rat and other Stories from the Field’.  It consists of a dozen chapters each describing events from my career as a global humanitarian and development practitioner.  Enclosed is a link to one of the chapters (Sam the Rat).  Enjoy it!

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The twelve chapters are currently planned out as follows:

  • First Steps (Bangladesh)
  • Shock Value (Somalia)
  • Sam the Rat (Cambodia/Kampuchea)
  • Zenica Farewell (Bosnia)
  • Khyber Pass (Afghanistan)
  • It’s Christmas Time (Ethiopia)
  • Feeding the Masses (Mozambique)
  • The Natural (Aceh)
  • Big Bang (Tonga)
  • The Chicken Run (Egypt/Sudan)
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Australian bushfires)
  • Mission Impossible? (the Rohingya in Bangladesh)