Moustafa Osman now on LinkedIn

Moustafa Osman, initiator of Osman Consulting, now has a profile on LinkedIn. To get in touch: http://www.linkedin.com/in/moustafaosman

Humanitarian aid training in the Arab world

There are some interesting opportunities coming up on this. If you're looking at organising humanitarian aid training in the Middle-East and would like support, do get in touch.

BTW: did you know that 19 August was the first World Humanitarian Day? The General Assembly of the UN adopted on 11th December 2008, the Swedish sponsored Omnibus Resolution on “Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance of the United Nations”, that carried the historic decision by the world body, to designate the 19th August as World Humanitarian Day to honour all humanitarian and the UN and associated personnel who have lost their lives in the cause of duty and those who have worked in the promotion of the humanitarian cause. The Resolution invites all Member States, the UN system, within existing resources, as well as other international organisations and NGOs to observe the day annually in an appropriate manner. This is a major historic landmark for the Humanitarian Sphere and a great gain for all victims of armed conflict.

Moustafa meets David Miliband in disaster-affected area of Pakistan

While visiting the disaster-affected area of Pakistan (Yar Hussein Camp), Moustafa met the UK Foreign Secretary, Mr David Miliband MP.



Photos Shabbir Hussain Imam, Peshawar - Pakistan

Tsunami Aftermath: Development of an indigenous homegarden in Banda Aceh

Moustafa Osman is co-author of an article published in Urban Agriculture (UA) Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?

On 26 December 2004, a major underwater earthquake to the west of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered an extensive and devastating tsunami that impacted the entire South East Asia region and reached as far as the East African coastline. The Banda Aceh region located in the north of Sumatra bore the brunt of the tsunami, which resulted in catastrophic damage along the coastline, killing thousands of people and leaving an estimated 400,000 people homeless.

A copy of the full article is available here.

DIHAD 2009

Moustafa attended DIHAD (Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference & Exhibition) 2009, held from 7-9 April 2009 in Dubai, UAE. He was invited to give a presentation at the panel discussion 'Case Studies of Mitigation, Preparedness and Response to Disasters and other emergencies at the Community Level Urban and Rural Environments'. He used the case of Bangladesh, a country regularly and increasingly affected by disasters (esp. floods and cyclones).

INEE Global Consultation

Moustafa will be in Istanbul, Turkey, to attend the INEE Global Consultation. The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) is a global, open network of non-governmental organisations, UN agencies, donors, practitioners, researchers and individuals from affected populations working together within a humanitarian and development framework to ensure the right to education in emergencies and post-crisis reconstruction.

For more info on the event, click here.

Tsunami Aftermath: Development of an indigenous homegarden in Banda Aceh

Moustafa co-authored the following article:

Adam-Bradford, A. and Osman, M. (2009) Tsunami Aftermath: Development of an indigenous homegarden in Banda Aceh. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 21: 29-30

It's just been published! For access:
http://www.ruaf.org/index.php?q=node/101