Esther Lieu
Esther Lieu is a Child Protection Coordinator for Save the Children India. She has worked in emergencies in Mizoram and West Bengal, and has overseen the implementation of Save the Children's flood response programme in Bihar. Esther has previously worked in Liberia, West Africa.
How do you cook for a camp full of hungry Indian flood survivors?
Author: Esther Lieu
I've flown to Bihar a few times in the last few months, following up on the aftermath of the 2007 floods, but this time it was different. Peering over the top of the latest government update, smudged from being hastily wrenched from the printer, I noted two other individuals who looked suspiciously like aid workers - you can tell by their dress sense! Given the overwhelming and unexpected influx of media coverage and agency reports on the most recent flooding to plague Bihar, it was an easy assumption to make. It's not often that a river changes its course by 100 km (60 miles), paying no heed to the countless communities in its path as it returned inexorably towards its original route of 350 years ago. Moreover, as one of India's poorest and most troubled states, Bihar rarely receives such exposure or elicits such national and international concern. ...
Author: Esther Lieu
I've flown to Bihar a few times in the last few months, following up on the aftermath of the 2007 floods, but this time it was different. Peering over the top of the latest government update, smudged from being hastily wrenched from the printer, I noted two other individuals who looked suspiciously like aid workers - you can tell by their dress sense! Given the overwhelming and unexpected influx of media coverage and agency reports on the most recent flooding to plague Bihar, it was an easy assumption to make. It's not often that a river changes its course by 100 km (60 miles), paying no heed to the countless communities in its path as it returned inexorably towards its original route of 350 years ago. Moreover, as one of India's poorest and most troubled states, Bihar rarely receives such exposure or elicits such national and international concern. ...
