The Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) is a joint initiative
between the governments of Australia and Indonesia. AIFDR works in partnership
with Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) to strengthen
Indonesia's ability to reduce the impact of disasters.

Kang Guru Indonesia featured the work of the AIFDR in Series 7900 on over 200 radio stations across the country so take some time and check out those podcasts NOW!

Why not take alook at AIFDR's very informative website?

Did you hear KGI's AIFDR Reports on the KGI radio program during October and November 2012?

Podcast 1

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Show 7901 - Part 6 – The Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR)  Pt 1

Ana
Kevin is here now and he's going to tell you about disasters in Indonesia such as tsunamis and earthquakes. And also about a terrific Australia Indonesia project that is helping people to have better lives and especially for those people who live in disaster areas.

Kevin
The Australia-Indonesia Facility was launched by the Australian and Indonesian governments at a special ceremony on 15 July 2010. The launch marked an important event in the strong relationship now shared by both countries and their united commitment to better prepare for and respond to natural disasters in Indonesia. Australia is at the forefront of international efforts to encourage greater investment in disaster risk reduction and better equip countries to lead and manage disaster responses – saving lives, protecting livelihoods, safeguarding development gains and reducing the costs of disasters in our region.

Ana    
Fasilitas Australia-Indonesia resmi diperkenalkan oleh pemerintah Australia dan Indonesia dalam acara spesial pada tanggal 15 Juli 2010. Acara tersebut merupakan satu peristiwa penting dalam hubungan erat yang sekarang dijalani kedua negara dan komitmen bersama mereka untuk persiapan yang lebih baik dalam merespon bencana alam di Indonesia. Australia berada di garis depan dalam upaya internasional untuk mendorong investasi yang lebih besar dalam pengurangan resiko bencana dan di negara-negara yang siap untuk memimpin dan menangani bencana – menyelamatkan nyawa, melindungi mata pencarian, menjaga perolehan pembangunan dan mengurangi kerugian  akibat bencana di wilayah kita.

Indonesia Yudhoyono setuju untuk membentuk kemitraan pengurangan bencana regional yang melibatkan kerjasama Australia dan Indonesia berupa solusi-solusi ilmiah yang inovatif dan analisis yang melihat ke masa depan untuk membangun mitigasi, kesiapan dan tanggap bencana yang lebih efektif di Indonesia dan di kawasan regional melalui APEC dan ASEAN.

Australia menyumbang 67 juta dolar dari tahun 2008-2013 dan staf ahli melalui program bantuan Australia. Indonesia menyediakan mitra staf spesialist, jasa dan pengaturan dukungan. Fasilitas tersebut mewakili kemitraan yang kuat antara dua lembaga utama yaitu AusAID dan Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNBP).

Podcast 2

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Show 7903 - Part 6 – The Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR)  Pt 2

Kevin 
DKI Jakarta is pioneering a new way to prepare for future disasters by understanding the potential impacts of floods on Jakarta’s people, key infrastructure and assets.

Asri   
DKI Jakarta  sedang memulai langkah-langkah baru sebagai persiapan menghadapi bencana-bencana dimasa depan dengan memahami potensi dampak bencana banjir terhadap penduduk Jakarta, infrastruktur dan aset-aset utama.

Kevin 
DKI Jakarta’s Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) with the assistance of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is developing a detailed scenario that estimates the impact of future flooding to people, schools, hospitals, and other important buildings. The resulting scenario will provide BPBD DKI Jakarta a vital dataset for anticipating the impacts of future disasters and for informing contingency planning.

Asri   
Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah DKI (BPBD) dengan bantuan dari Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) sedang mengembangkan skenario rinci yang memperkirakan dampak banjir di masa datang terhadap penduduk, sekolah-sekolah, rumah sakit, dan bangunan penting lainnya. Hasil skenario tersebut akan memberi BPBD DKI Jakarta satu set data yang sangat vital untuk mengantisipasi dampak bencana dimasa depan sebagai informasi rencana persiapan terhadap segala kemungkinan.

Kevin 
The first step in understanding the potential impact of a flood is to know and map where all of the people, important buildings and logistic hubs are located. The intention is to collect this critical data once and then make it freely and easily available to everyone. In this way the information can be used for contingency planning as well as a huge range of spatial planning and development issues.

Asri   
Langkah pertama dalam memahami potensi dampak banjir adalah dengan mengetahui dan memetakan keberadaan penduduk, gedung-gedung yang penting dan penghubung jaringan logistik. Langkah ini dimaksudkan untuk mengumpulkan data yang sangat penting ini sekali saja dan data tersebut tersedia secara gratis dan mudah diakses oleh semua orang. Dengan cara ini informasi tersebut bisa digunakan untuk perencananaan persiapan terhadap segala kemungkinan. Selain itu juga rencana yang berkenaan dengan ruang/tempat dan masalah pembangunan yang berkisaran sangat luas.

Kevin 
BPBD DKI Jakarta and BNPB with assistance from AIFDR (Australia Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction), the World Bank, UNOCHA, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and University of Indonesia have just held workshops in each of Jakarta’s 6 Districts in order to help Village Heads map their community boundaries and major infrastructure. To date, over 500 representatives from Jakarta’s 267 Villages have participated in these workshops – and have mapped an impressive 4,000 buildings and all 2,668 sub-village boundaries (Rukun Warga-RW).

Podcast 3

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Show 7904 - Part 6 – The Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) Pt 3 with Dimas No. 1

Kevin 
Over the past few weeks I have been telling you about the AIFDR which means the Australia Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction activity based in Jakarta. It is an Australia-Indonesia activity that is helping Indonesian communities to be better prepared for natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. These disasters happen often in Indonesia and they need to be studied, analysed and understood so that people in the areas where they happen can be better prepared for the event and better able to handle the situation afterwards.

Dimas is a young Indonesian who works for the Australia Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction in Jakarta. I met him recently in his office and he is here now to introduce himself and his work to you today.

Dimas     
Hi my name is Dimas. Yes, my name is Dimas and er actually I grew up in Jakarta but er I was born in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Then you know I followed my dad. Dad moves quite a lot so when I was three years old we got to move to Semarang, sorry to Palembang first. And then after that we move to Semarang. And then when I reached about ten years old I move to Jakarta. So that’s where I live in till now.

Kevin
Dimas is currently a Program Manager with the Australia Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction. He has settled in Jakarta and is hard at work. Here is Dimas to tell you more. and after Dimas has finished I will ask Ogi to give you a brief bahasa Indonesia version of what it is that Dimas does at AIFDR.

Dimas     
At the moment I’m taking up a portfolio called Program Manager for Partnership Unit which is we work with few faith-based organisations. One of them is Nahdlatul Ulama. So the thing is we work together with Nahdlatul Ulama to help Indonesian people, Indonesian government to be more aware of the disaster preparedness program. And then that contains number of activities including trainings and workshops. So basically to ensure that the government in the district that we are working at is actually become more resilient to disaster and know how to do, how to deal with disaster when strike in the future.

Saat ini saya sedang mengerjakan satu portofolio yang disebut Program Manager – Unit Kemitraan dimana kami bekerjasama dengan beberapa lembaga berbasis agama. Salah satunya dengan Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). Jadi kami bekerja bersama NU membantu masyarakat dan pemerintah Indonesia untuk lebih paham terhadap program persiapan penanggulangan bencana. Program kegiatan tersebut termasuk pelatihan dan lokakarya. Jadi pada dasarnya untuk meyakinkan pemerintahan di kabupaten supaya menjadi lebih tanggap terhadap bencana dan tahu cara mengatasi bencana bila terjadi di masa datang.

Kevin 
Do you think that sounds like an interesting job? I certainly do. Fantastic. Let’s listen to Dimas again next week, Ok? And perhaps to hear about Dimas’ English language studies and experiences. If you are interested in working in the development sector, like Dimas is, then English is pretty important for you.

Podcast 4

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Show 7905 - Part 6 –The Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR)  Pt 3  with  Dimas No. 2

Kevin 
Last week we met Dimas here on KGI. Did you hear Dimas talking about his fantastic job with the The Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction based in Jakarta?  Do you think his job sounds like an interesting job? I certainly do - fantastic. And you know what? Dimas admits that English has a great role to play in his job, and played a great role in him getting his current job.

Today let’s listen to Dimas talking about his journey learning English from when he was just 13 years old. If you are interested in possibly working in the development sector like Dimas is, then English is pretty important for you.

KD          
Hrhm, your interest in English because obviously we already know that your English is pretty good. Hrm your interest in English. When did that start? Can you remember?

Dimas     
It start when I was actually you know like 13 or 14 years old. It start with you know I’m a big fan of tv movies. So you know it’s actually I, I learn a lot about English from movies and then somehow mum just told me that English is like you know it’s like important thing to do in the future. So I mean like especially in work, you will use English as like a primary language. And if you can actually learn English it’s open up new opportunity for you.

Ana    
Dimas will be back in 2 weeks to talk more about English and getting a great job in development. Be sure to listen to that, ok?

Podcast 5

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Show 7907 - Part 6 – The Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) Pt 4  with  Dimas No. 3

Ana    
Two weeks ago we met Dimas here on KGI. Did you hear Dimas talking to Kevin about his English – language skills?  Do you think his job sounds like an interesting job? I certainly do - fantastic. And you know what? Dimas admits that English has a great role to play in his job, and played a great role in him getting his current job.

Today let’s listen to Dimas talking more about his English language work and skills.

Kevin          
Um, did you study English all through high school and on to university?

Dimas     
Yes. I, I took course when I was in high school like you know, like three, three days a week course, like not that intensive but it’s good to actually start picking up some vocabulary and do some grammatical things. But yeah, I did take a course when I was in high school so like my first serious course of English is when I was in high school.

Kevin          
But your English was already fairly good?

Dimas     
Back then I mean like maybe not so much. Maybe I can talk but not like in a good grammatical term.

Kevin        
But you were confident?

Dimas     
Ya, I was confident back then so but you know I, I can talk like on a daily conversation but not like in the series or academical English or you know or working professional English back then.

Kevin          
So would you advise students now in high school, for example, even SMP that err if they have any interest in English, the time to start studying now when they’re young.

Dimas     
Ya, I think you should start learning English at relatively young age or  where you actually start to picking up, like when you start to using the  language, it’s like for reading a book or even just to listening conversation or listening to like TV and stuff. But I think I found like reading is actually good way to actually pick up vocabulary and you know pick up expressions and sentences.

Dimas has always enjoyed learning English. He has learnt it by taking some courses and by watching television and movies. He has become a very confident and skilled user of English. He has a wonderful career now and is a valuable employee of a wonderful Australia-Indonesia project based in Jakarta. Of course you don’t need English to get a great job or career but if you do have English language skills then so many more jobs will be available for you. Think about it, Ok! Even if you are still in SMP.

Dimas sangat senang belajar bahasa Inggris dengan mengikuti beberapa kursus dan menonton televisi dan film. Dia sekarang lebih terampil dan percaya diri dalam berbahasa Inggris. Dia memiliki pekerjaan yang bagus dan menjadi pegawai di sebuah proyek Indonesia-Australia di Jakarta. Tentu saja bahasa Inggris bukanlah satu-satunya yang diperlukan untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan yang bagus. Tapi, dengan penguasaan bahasa Inggris yang bagus, maka kesempatan untuk mendapat pekerjaan akan lebih besar. Pikirkan betapa pentingnya hal tersebut meskipun kamu masih di bangku SMP.

Australia supports disaster risk reduction film

The Australian Government aid program (AusAID) proudly supports the Indonesian tsunami disaster risk reduction film Pesan dari Samudra -Message from the Ocean. Premiering on 20 December, Pesan dari Samudra tells the story of a family in Indonesia battling a disaster situation. Pesan Dari Samudra is a 76-minute feature film made by renowned Indonesian filmmakers Mira Lesmana and Riri Riza. This ground breaking project, funded by the Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR), is an initiative from the Australian Red Cross. This film has also been created in close collaboration with the Indonesian National Emergency Management Agency, the Indonesian Red Cross, and with support from Miles Films and Metro TV. “AIFDR was pleased to support this film as it explains what to do, and what not to do, in the case of an earthquake or tsunami,” said Matt Hayne, Co-Director of AIFDR.

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