A Disaster Dispatch from the  response to the Cianjur Earthquake in Indonesia
Channel: Shareable
Date: 2022-12-06

This week, we’re bringing you the first installment of a new series that we'll occasionally produce: Disaster Dispatches. Each dispatch focuses on a specific disaster and will feature a short conversation with someone within or near a specific disaster zone who can provide insight into how things look on the ground and, in many cases, share first-hand accounts of the response.

First up, we have Meena Palaniappan joining us again, this time to talk about the recent 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the city of Chianjur, which is in the West Java region of Indonesia, on Nov 21st.

AtmaConnect built and deploys AtmaGo, a neighborhood-level mobile app in Indonesia and Puerto Rico for users to share real-time information and solutions to better prepare for disasters, improve their access to basic needs, and address chronic vulnerabilities. AtmaGo has reached over 10 million people in Indonesia and Puerto Rico.

Make sure to check out our full-length interview with Meena (https://youtu.be/vWK-aHOUHoI), where we take a deep dive into her work with Atma Connect more broadly.

Episode credits:
Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn (https://shareable.net/author/tom-llewellyn/) 
Editor: Robert Raymond (https://twitter.com/robpertray)
 Theme Music: “Meet you on the other side” by Cultivate Beats (https://soundcloud.com/cultivatebeats/tracks)

Additional Resources: http://www.atmaconnect.org/

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