WORK HISTORY

 

Disability
2004 - Support Worker (Mosman Park) Rocky Bay Inc. All facets of 'caring' for people with disabilities, including day-centre activities and community access outings.
2001 - 2003 Volunteer Driver (Fremantle) Meals-On-Wheels. Once a week I delivered hot meals to elderly and house bound people in the Fremantle area.
2001 -
2002
Instructor (Fremantle Australia) Meeting Place. Wrote and ran an 'Internet for Seniors' course.
   
Landmine Awareness/ Research/ Action
2004 Trainer (Thai/ Burmese border) Non-Violence International (NVI) Assisted in the development and delivery of several landmine risk education train the trainers sessions for Burmese groups (including Karen and Shan).
2003 Programme Developer (Cambodia) Cambodia Vision in Development (CVD). Assisted in the development and settting up of an education programme for a new wildlife saunctary in the North West of Cambodia.
2001 Researcher (Cambodia) The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD). Conducted a case study on the state of lanmdine victim assistance in Cambodia and the role of mine action.
1999-2000 Project Coordinator (Kosovo) Radda Barnen (Save the Children Fund Sweden). Needs assessment for a landmine awareness education programme, using Child-to-Child techniques.
1998-99 Principal Researcher (Melbourne Australia and Battambang Cambodia) MacFarlane Burnet Center for Medical Research (MBC). Set up a research programme, using participatory research activities (PRA), for the creation of a Landmine Awareness Evaluation Guide.
1996-2000

Mine Awareness Consultant (Italy, Mozambique and Angola) UNICEF. Contracted to participate in a series  workshop, held in Florence, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland, to develop the International Landmine Awareness Guidelines. This will be the standard manual for mine awareness field workers. As well as contributing comments and 2 reports on the state of the current mine awareness activities in several countries. 
1996-97

Display & Resources Coordinator (Mozambique) The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Set up the displays for 4th NGO Conference on Landmines, prepared resource materials, created a slide advocacy pack and produced an audio visual presentation from material taken on several trips to the mined affected areas of Angola & Mozambique.
1994-95 Mine Awareness Consultant (Cambodia) Government of the United States of America. Technical Advisor with the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) mine awareness programmes. Assisted with the training, evaluating and setting up their mine awareness component. Designed education materials for the mine awareness campaign using Corel Draw graphics programme. 
1994-95 Display & Resources Coordinator (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) The International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Was a founding member of the Cambodian Network to Ban Landmines. Set up the displays for conferences, prepared advocacy resource materials, produced audio visual presentations, designed newspaper inserts and held photographic exhibitions.
1992-94 Programme Manager (Battambang, Cambodia) Mine Awareness Training Team (MATT) funded by World Vision International (WVI). Set up and designed the first mine awareness programme in Cambodia. This village based information programme operated in the most heavily mined areas of the north western provinces. As well as coordinating over 15 staff I designed and produced the curriculum and all education materials used by MATT, including silk screens, posters, leaflets, mine models, video, etc.

1992

Research Consultant (North western provinces of Cambodia) British Broadcasting Commission (BBC). Conducted a survey in the most heavily mined areas of Cambodia to assess the mine awareness knowledge of the rural population. The information gathered during the survey was used for the drafting of mine awareness radio plays and in a mine awareness curriculum.
1991-92 Education Materials Producer (Thailand) United Nations  Information Programme (UNIP). Duties included producing education materials and videos on Human Rights for the training of Human Rights Workers in the refugee camps.
1990-91 Media Coordinator (Thailand) Land Mine Awareness Programme (LMAP). International Rescue Committee (IRC) Duties included running a multi-media campaign, as well as designing and producing all education and public relations materials for the programme. Media used included silk screens, wooden mine models, posters, books, T-shirts, leaflets, photography and video.
1986-87 Humanitarian Aid Worker (Thai/Cambodian border) Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees (C.O.E.R.R.). Teaching English, surveying the needs of the poorest and then supplying them with basic survival materials, as well as supporting several other vulnerable  groups.
Photography/ Graphics/ Web Authoring

2001- 2002

Free Lance Photographer (Fremantle Australia) Contributing photos and work for various organisations including AustCare, Canadian Foreign Affairs, Norwegian People's Aid, book publishers and ad agencies throughout the world.

2000

Web Page Artist (Perth Australia) WiredCity Pty Ltd. Constructed web pages and taught children how to make a web page.

1987-89

Photographer (Sydney, Australia) All facets of photographic work including photojournalism, book production, brochure production, theater, magazine, actor and artist portraits.
1984-86 Photographer (Perth, Australia) All facets of free lance photographic work including theater publicity, post card production, portrait and magazine.
Other
1975-80  Australian Government (Perth Australia) Dept. Social Security (now Centrelink). All facets of clerical and Inquiry Officer work. 
1974-75 Universal Electric’s (Perth Australia) All facets of electrical work.
1972-73  Western Glass (Perth Australia) All facets of glass handling.