Photo courtesy of floodsupport.org For people across South and South East Asia, the convergence of two cyclones and a typhoon over the past few weeks has dominated the news. As the storms and their associated flooding tore through community after community in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, the cost of the disaster has continued to rise exponentially. However, outside the region, it has taken a long time for Western media outlets to begin their reporting. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in Sri Lanka. As Cyclone Ditwah was making landfall in Sri Lanka on November 28, if…
The Power of Community in Post Cyclone Self Mobilisation Efforts
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