Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
This presentation will focus on a general orientation to Indonesia, in a cultural, political and historical perspective; social work in Indonesia and psychosocial helping and the social work response to the tsunami, with special emphasis on government, and collaboration with international resources.
Martha Haffey is an Associate Professor at the Hunter College School of Social Work and consultant to STISIP Widuri, a social work school in Jakarta. She spent a year and a half (2002-2003) in Indonesia as a Fulbright senior scholar, teaching social work and consulting on social work education. Her specialty area is clinical social work education. On the day the tsunami hit, Prof. Haffey was returning to Jakarta for the second time since her Fulbright to teach a course. In addition to her teaching commitment, she was involved in the social work response to the tsunami. Prof. Haffey is continuing to work with the social work organization in developing a social work resource center for post-disaster management.