TorqAid has prepared a short Summary Sheet on the likely priorities to be carried out in Tonga following the 15th Jan volcanic eruption and tsunami. Affected individuals and communities should be at the heart of the emergency response and recovery work. This will be a Tongan Government-led initiative, supported by local/national, as well as international, stakeholders.
As part of its training, TorqAid has developed four key diagrams which help describe and explain disasters. These are the Disaster Risk Management Cycle (DRMC), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) diagram, Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Planning diagram, and the Project Management Cycle (PMC). Following the Coronavirus pandemic, TorqAid has modified the DRMC to reflect some of […]
Chris Piper is a multi-skilled Global Humanitarian Practitioner (GHP); Community Engagement Practitioner (CEP); Teacher/Trainer/Facilitator; Bangladesh/Rohingya Expert; and Bushfire Recovery Adviser (BRA). Follow the links to these five profiles below:
In May 2018, Chris carried out a one day Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program for BRAC in Cox’s Bazar, as part of his assignment there with UNDP. Enclosed is a summary of that one day DRM workshop, this including recommendations for future similar workshops.
Enclosed is a customised TorqAid Humanitarian & Development Bibliography, with details highlighted of material relating to earthquakes and tsunamis. This includes publications on: – General information (by ACAPS & ALNAP) – The 2018 Sulawesi earthquake/tsunami, and Lombok earthquake – The 2018 PNG earthquake – The 2015 Nepal earthquake – The 2011 Japan earthquake, tsunami & […]
Note the article below on global disaster statistics over the period 2003-2022. This summarises the number of natural disasters over this period, together with people killed and affected, and damage caused. This material is covered in Topic TC 04 (Global Natural Disaster Trends & Case Studies) of the online Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) program. […]
Enclosed below is an agency directory, particularly for some key organisations involved in the Recovery Stage of the 2019/2020 Australian bushfires scenario. This has been updated as at June 2020.
This is a copy of the bushfire-related article entitled ‘ Bushfires: Is the 2019/2020 bushfire season a portent for the future?’, which Chris wrote in January 2020 for the March 2020 edition of the Geography Teachers Association of Victoria (GTAV)’s quareterly magazine ‘Interaction’. The GTAV link to this is https://www.gtav.asn.au/resources/interaction-current-issues, but this article can also […]
The online accredited 2025 Semester 2 Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) draft program can be accessed from the link below. This program consists of ten topics, and will be taught from the 28 July through to the 14 November 2025. The Registration Form for the 2025 Semester 2 PDRM can be accessed from the following […]
Our 2025 online Semester 2 Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) program is running from the 28 July through to the 17 November 2025. The intended outcome of this program is to provide the knowledge & skills to enable the participant to better understand, plan for and implement humanitarian initiatives across the Disaster Risk Management Cycle (DRMC). Ten topics overall are taught on a weekly basis. When accompanied by three assessment tasks, the PDRM is given Advanced Standing towards a number of Master level courses (eg Sustainable Development, Development Studies) offered by Murdoch University, Perth.