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[西島＠バングラデシュ、ダッカ] スタッフ紹介 Kamal Mostafaさん
[バングラデシュ ダッカ発 2月9日 西島 恵]
オペレーション・マネージャーのムスタファ・カマル（Kamal Mostafa Zakir）さんを紹介します。(写真 左側)
カマルさんは、洪水が起こる少し前の２００７年７月にハビタット・バングラデシュで働き始めました。名門ダッカ大学で、地理・環境学部内の災害管理を学び、災害管理・対策プロジェクトに関わった経験があります。
今回の事業ではオペレーション・マネージャーとして、私たち日本人スタッフと最も密に連絡を取りながら、地域行政との調整、建設工程管理、エンジニアや他の建築スタッフの監督、資材調達など、多岐にわたる仕事を行っています。
バングラデシュ到着後１日目、１２月２日の朝、ハビタット・バングラデシュ・オフィスで会ったとき、彼の目は本当に輝いていました。興奮と期待でいっぱいなのが感じられました。勢いがあり、情熱ゆえに言い合いになることも度々ですが、よいチームメートです。
(I would like to introduce our Operation Manager, Mr. Kamal Mostafa Zakir. He has been the closest contact with us, Japanese staff. He works with government, does coordination and procurement, tracking, and supervises the engineers and other construction staff. On my first day in HFHB, when I met him, I was so impressed with his shining eyes with excitation and expectation. There are times that we argue because of our commitment to the project, but he is the great and necessary teammates of this Bhuapur project.)
1. What is your background?
I took Geography and Environment in University of Dhaka. I have another Masters degree in Disaster Management. I have involved in programs/projects such as community based disaster preparedness, risk reduction action plan, water logging and social issues, cyclone shelter and its accessibility to the physically challenged people, cyclone resistance housing system in coastal area, and indigenous knowledge and coping mechanism to cyclone.
2. What made you pursue Disaster Management?
The study of geography and environment is related to disaster. When I was a student, I learned many issues such as volcanic, flood, tsunami, etc as a part of my course. In Bangladesh, we have all kinds of hazards except volcanic, snowfall and ice burg. As a person born in a county with so many hazards, it made me interested in to study and work in the field of disaster risk management. I thought this study will relate me to NGO work and other also works.
3. Why you joined Habitat?
Habitat works for long term shelter assistance. There are other organizations provide food and emergency assistances, but mostly those are short term. I believe if the person has decent home, he/she can manage to start their livelihood. The person definitely needs shelter to reconstruct their lives. So to work for reconstruction, I joined Habitat.
3. What was your feeling when this project started?
I was really excited; this is my first project in HFHB. This is a big and action based project.I wanted to challenge myself and bring a successful result for HFHB’s team.
4. How is your life at Bhuapur office?
The life at Bhuapur office is enjoyable. There are many problems, but I can stay with so many workers, engineers, and community people. I learn a lot from them. I enjoy eating together, having meetings with staff, and solving problems together. It is really interesting for me in solving the problems with meeting and talking with staff.
5. There may be many difficulties, but can you share one of those challenges?
Political issues, bamboo procurement, and duration of project is short
6. What do you find the significance of this project?
The kind of the house that we are building is not only first time in the community, but also in the Bangladesh. It is completely flood resistance. This project is something different from other HFH programs, and other projects done by other organization which work for disaster response in Bangladesh. So I see great significance in this project and I am sure others (NGOs) will start to build this type of house in the flood affect areas in Bangladesh.
投稿者: Habitat for Humanity Japan 日時: 2008年02月09日 20:29 | パーマリンク
