Stories from the field

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Transforming Chennai: Building Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Resilience to Water-Related Environmental Change

Stories from the field Author: Mercy Corps Posted on December 01, 2016

Rapid urbanization across Asia is altering the natural environment and combined with climate change, is leaving areas dense with people, infrastructure, and assets exposed to flood risks. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) – essential to balanced, employment generating urban growth - are particularly vulnerable.

ACCCRN and Diponegoro University bring the concepts of inclusivity and resilience to the students

Stories from the field Author: Nyoman Prayoga Posted on September 23, 2016

Our future leaders must know about the concept of inclusive urban resilience, and ACCCRN are collaborating with the Diponegoro University to bring the concept to the students.

ACCCRN Network Members 1st Meeting in Jakarta: An Opportunity for Collaboration

Stories from the field Author: Denia Syam Posted on July 29, 2016

As a follow up to the first ACCCRN social gathering in Melaka in March, we held the first in-country social gathering in Indonesia.

Being held right after we celebrated the Eid-ul Fitr, this event was the first offline networking meeting of our Indonesian members and we also took the opportunity to carry out the Halalbihalal¹ ritual. Having worked closely with the Indonesia Climate Alliance (ICA), we also took this opportunity to introduce the ICA as a national network platform for low-carbon and climate-resilience Indonesia.

Building better lives: Innovative sanitary products and services to help Penjaringan

Stories from the field Author: Arfiana Khairunnisa Posted on June 20, 2016

For Sugiyanto and his family, water and sanitation are the luxury things they could have in their life. Sugiyanto lives with his family in a neighbourhood called Penjaringan, one of Jakarta’s largest slums in the north of the city. He lives in a 3x4 m2 house with his wife, daughter, and mother. The house does not belong to him; he rents it for IDR 300,000 per month. There is no access to water in houses of that size.

Visiting flood early warning system (FEWS) and dengue fever prevention programs

Stories from the field Author: Arfiana Khairunnisa Posted on May 25, 2016

At the end of the day, the participants of ACCCRN Learning Forum joined the site visit to the Semarang ACCCRN Programs. One group went to visit the Flood Early Warning System (FEWS) project in Wonosari Sub-district. The other group went to the program called Actions Changing The Incidence Vector Borne Endemic Disease (ACTIVE) for dengue fever prevention.