In This Issue
- Drought situation in Tapon Commune
- DBC Participant Profiles: Meet Lastrina!
- Faces of WISE: Elen
- WISE Happenings: July 2019
- Make Waves With WISE: Write articles
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Drought situation in Tapon Commune
✍️ Julia Ng Xin Yu
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Sangkae River had been dry since 2014 [Photo taken in 2016]
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In recent years, Cambodia has been facing what experts have termed the “worst drought in decades”. The National Committee for Disaster Management estimated that 2.5 million people were directly affected in 2016. Provinces such as Battambang have historically been affected more frequently by such conditions, brought on by a late onset of the wet season, which is often also short and erratic.
In the Tapon Commune within Battambang, the villages of Boeung Tim and Svay Sa, with a population of 635 and 678 households respectively, receive between 1000mm and 1500mm of rainfall annually. Their dry season, here denoted as less than 150mm of rainfall per month, lasts approximately from November to June. To better understand the severity and impact of the drought, WISE visited the commune in June and August of 2016. → Full article  
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DBC Participant Profiles: Meet Lastrina!
✍️ Teenli Tan
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“The Designing for Behaviour Change workshop had lots of content that I found useful for my work.” – Lastrina
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You would have to be living in a very durable cave if you haven’t heard of climate change. Lastrina was one of the first participants in DBC’s Designing for Behaviour Change (DBC) workshops, and a pioneer in climate change youth action in Singapore. Let’s meet Lastrina today! → Full article .
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Faces of WISE: Elenyora Tsabita
✍️ Joyce Tham
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In the future, Elen hopes to see WISE collaborate more with local organizations.
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21 year old Elen, as how she would like to be called, was born in Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia. She first came across WISE via the United Nations Online Volunteering platform and decided to volunteer as an online writer because she believes in the importance of water and sanitation. Doing so would also allow her to polish her writing skills while having a positive impact on communities. → Full article  .
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WISE Happenings: July 2019
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The Behaviour Change Hackathon in Singapore hit full swing in July, with three sessions conducted in the month of July. The third session (on 6 July) introduced the doer/none-doer approach to identify the most important factors affecting someone's behaviour . The fourth session (on 13 July) equipped the participants with basic skills on collecting and analysing data, so that they could carry out their doer/non-doer surveys !
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Participants discussed, among other topics, how to conduct a focus group discussion 📷 Toh Xin Yi
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With teams having identified the key factors affecting their target behaviour, the fifth session of the Behaviour Change Hackathon covered behaviour change techniques that teams could use to target their solutions more effectively . This would be the final session before they presented their solutions at Pitch Day on 3 August.
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We were privileged to have Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, Grace Fu (right), drop by our fifth session (hosted by Bold at Work) to learn more about our hackathon!📷 MJ Photography
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Outside of the hackathon, Core Team member Yoke Pean participated in a 'Meet the Masters' panel discussion on the sustainability and impact of social enterprises . Thank you to utoocentral and *SCAPE for organising the event!
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Yoke Pean shared her perspectives on how to remain financially sustainable while achieving WISE's mission. Hint: we haven't figured it out yet! 📷 Lydia Lee
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Make Waves With WISE
Volunteer opportunity: Write articles
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Help communicate WISE’s values and people's stories [In this photo, Phnom Village resident Sok Ron (left) is speaking to WISE partner Neakpoan Organization for Development (right) 📸 Andry Hamida
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As a volunteer writer, you will write articles related to WISE's mission and activities. Articles will be shared on WISE's website, social media and monthly email newsletter. You may select content ideas from WISE's list, or pitch your own idea.
Interested? Apply at https://washinseasia.typeform.com/to/UhvNyj!
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