AbstractIn the spring semester of 2008, 18 students took a trip across the globe to study how people recover from disasters and how we as professionals could enhance the people’s recovery processes. The destinations were five villages in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka that were hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. We also conducted some background studies in various disaster stricken regions such as New Orleans (USA), Band Aceh (Indonesia), Phuket (Thailand), Mumbai (India) while culturally immersing ourselves and chang-ing the way we looked at disaster planning.

Planning to Learn: The CapAsia Experience Marino Solorio - Ball State University - BURP Program - iNOVA Design & Development LLC.4219 Homerlee Ave. East Chicago, IN. 46312 - (219) 455-8601

ExploitationStereotypeSympathyDependencyEgocentrism

AltruismIntimacyEmpathy

EmpowermentCodependency

VWrong Right

CapAsia

What Role should we Play? What Role did we Play?

Knowledge Sharing

Key Points- What is a Disaster?- What are the effects of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs)?- How do we as professionals engage with others?- What role do we as professionals play?- Can the Advocacy Planning approach be used in these events?- How do you measure recovery?- What is the difference between tangible and intangible results?- Is building trust the foundation for results?- As a professional is learning a two way street?