Below you can explore a set of recovery stories from people with personal and professional experiences of disasters. They are in different formats including videos.
These stories have been prepared as part of the ReCap project, to bring to life how some of the considerations outlined in the ReCap Guide play out in the lives of real people. They also feature some experiences that are not well addressed in the disaster recovery literature.
Each story highlights the interconnectedness of the seven recovery capitals.
More recovery stories will be added over time.
Jessica Petersen’s role as the Group Welfare Manager for the Canterbury Civil Defence and Emergency Management Group has seen her engage in a number of different disaster events across Aotearoa New Zealand. One of the most significant was the 2010/11 Canterbury Earthquakes…
Find out moreIn January 2020, a bushfire burnt through Nura Gunyu in Milton, NSW. Nura Gunyu is an Aboriginal education and cultural teaching property, and the home and livelihood of Noel Butler, a Budawang Elder from the Yuin Nation, and his wife,…
Find out moreYonas Shefaraw is a bicultural worker with cohealth and a leader within the Ethiopian community in Melbourne. In this recovery story, Yonas describes how the Ethiopian community shaped their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic restrictions of 2020,…
Find out moreThe 2009 Victorian Black Saturday bushfires had devastating impacts on the lives of people and also on animals and plants. Some native species were threatened after the fires, including a little fish in the streams around Marysville called the Barred…
Find out moreThe Disaster Mental Health Hub has been developed by experts in the area of disaster mental health.
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