Selected Participants for Apprenticeship Program

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17 applications were so far received by December 16th 2007, ACF finally select 3 candidates to undergo the apprenticeship program. They come from various NGOs working in disaster related activities. Following are the short profile of apprentice.

Milka Jalla
Milka works in Lendola Foundation, an NGO based in Alor, East Nusa Tenggara, as a field officer. She works on Lendola Foundation since 2005. She was chosen as representative of Lendola Foundation in terms of capacity building training. She has experience as community facilitator. Alor experienced multi Hazard risk, such as earthquake, flood, tide wave, and social conflict. Lendola , in collaboration with PIKUL, is currently working on CBDRM project. According to Milka, Her objective in joining the apprenticeship program is to increase the knowledge and skill in disaster risk management, community organizing, and CBDRM to be implemented in her area of intervention.

Muh. Sukirno Kasnur
Sukirno works as Program Officer in local NGO named TRUST (Treatment Natural Resources Team). TRUST is based on Baubau, Sulawesi Tenggara. Babu-bau has low intensity rain, but preparedness of the government in flood management is relatively low. In the past, TRUST has been developing infrastructure on flood management. In the future, TRUST is planning to attach community based approach on their flood management program.

Ghufron
Ghufron works as emergency relief and peace building officer AMAN Indonesia. He joined AMAN Indonesia on September 2006. AMAN Indonesia is currently developing a work plan for disaster preparedness in Cakung, East Jakarta. The opportunity to increase knowledge and skill from Disaster Preparedness Program run by ACF is according to him a good asset. Sharing of information, skill, and networks are his expectation on apprenticeship beside valuable knowledge on disaster preparedness.

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