Kate Lee
Kate joined Oxfam Hong Kong in 2013 as humanitarian and disaster risk management programme officer. Her work has put her in touch with a lot of disasters and emergencies. What has impressed her most is the power of people, and the fact that those in disasters are able to say: “We are homeless, but not helpless.”
Development Programmes, Humanitarian18 APR 2014
By Kate Lee – Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Management Programme Officer
A boy reaches for water in Dargalar, Azerbaijan, in this photo from 2011. The village of 400 people did not have potable water for two years before Oxfam reconstructed an artesian well there. (Oxfam/David Levene)
This past week, people across several countries in Asia got soaked from head to toe in one of the most joyful festivals on their calendars: New Year’s.