Blogs Written by Muhammad Syahrin

Vulnerable households need resilient institutions in disasters

Stories from the field Author: Thea Anderson, Muhammad Syahrin

A land of 13,000 islands and 250 million inhabitants, Indonesia is battered by earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, flooding, and droughts on a regular basis. Building disaster resilience in Indonesia is critical, as the question is not if another disaster will occur but rather when the next disaster will occur, and how bad it will be. For example, on July 27th, 2015, an earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude struck Indonesia’s Papua province causing massive landslides.