Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Chasing storms




 
Unni Krishnan, while on an earlier assignment in Japan

A medical doctor with more than 20 years experience in the humanitarian field, Unni Krishnan has advanced training in humanitarian action and conflict management. Currently  he is Plan International’s head of Disaster Preparedness and Response based in London. He regularly blogs while on assignment. He filed this story while supporting Plan’s relief efforts in areas hit by Cyclone Mahasen in Bangladesh.

Founded over 75 years, ago, Plan International is a global child rights and humanitarian agency.

Unni is a co-editor of the India Disasters Report II: Redefining Disasters (OUP: forthcoming), a research publication of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Researching on IDP resettlement in Sri Lanka


 Enjoying a sunset in Kathiraveli, Sri Lanka

Danesh Jayatilaka is a final year PhD student from the Department of Economics of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and the School of Global Studies at Sussex University, UK. His thesis looks at the resettlement of IDPs in the east of Sri Lanka. He is a researcher and co-founder of the Centre for Migration Research and Development (CMRD) in Colombo.