Aaron Fernandes

Sep 19, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Aaron Fernandes

At 70 years of age, Sumina works long days in harsh conditions. In her village of Wirobiting, Indonesia, she sorts waste that has been imported from overseas for recycling. "I'm happy because if there wasn't any work I wouldn't earn any money. I must pay to rent a home and help my community," she tells SBS News. But there's a lot to sort through. A ring of discarded plastic encircles an entire rice field in Wirobiting.

Apr 12, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Christy Somos |Gavin Butler |Aaron Fernandes

Eyes are back on Myanmar, three years after a military coup and seven years on from central events in the ongoing persecution and genocide of the Rohingya people – dubbed by the United Nations as . The military junta has wreaked havoc across the country in an ongoing attempt to stamp out those who oppose them, leaving thousands of civilians dead. Now, the junta and its leader Min Aung Hlaing are struggling to assert control.

Jan 9, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Aaron Fernandes

1月1日，日本遭遇强烈地震，轮岛（Wajima）作为重灾区之一，成为了救援行动的重点。 一周后的今天（1月9日），几十名警察日夜轮流搜救，他们每两小时换班一次，目标是寻找四名失踪居民的下落。 这场救援行动的领头人是宫城县（Miyagi Prefecture）的资深警官海部忠宏（Tadahiro Ebita），他今年59岁。 他告诉SBS新闻：“我们获悉，地震发生时，这些居民都在自己家中。而现在他们全部失联，我们的任务就是要找到他们。” 正值SBS新闻现场报道时，海部和他的团队冒着严寒和疲惫的考验，在废墟中发现了失联人员的遗体。 日本轮岛上一座在地震中毁坏的文物建筑。 Credit: SBS News/Aaron Fernandes 这不是海部首次参与此类灾害救援。早在2011年，他就曾在日本那次毁灭性的地震和海啸中担任救援协调员。那次灾难造成至少1.85万人遇难，还引发了福岛（Fukushima）核电站的严重事故。 海部表示，尽管那次灾难的阴影至今仍萦绕心头，但正是这些回忆让他在眼下的救援行动中更加专注和坚定。 寻找剩下的遇难者非常重要，因为需要给他们的家人一个答案。...

Jan 9, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Kazuyo Kitada |Aaron Fernandes

NHKの報道によると、1月9日の午前9時時点、石川県で180人の死亡、120人の安否不明、重軽傷者は565人となっています。8日の時点では安否不明者は281人でしたが、それから情報が集まり120人まで減っています。気温の下がるなか、被災者が暮らす避難所では、衛生面が心配されています。避難所で、避難所環境のアセスメント、医療サービスを行う大阪赤十字病院の医師、山崎順久（ヤマザキノブヒサ）さんは、「今回の地震の特徴として、水が使えない・下水が使えないということで、衛生面を心配しています。特にトイレなどの衛生環境が非常にわるいので、感染症の拡大が懸念されています」とSBS World Newsに話しました。Wajima after the fire.

Jan 8, 2024 | sbs.com.au | Aaron Fernandes

A week after the earthquake that shook Japan on 1 January, dozens of police officers were on location at Wajima – one of the worst-hit places – working in two-hour shifts to recover the remains of four people who lived there.  It is believed they may have died there. Tadahiro Ebita is a 59-year-old officer from Miyagi Prefecture. He is the rescue team leader. “According to information we [have] received, they were at the house when the earthquake hit.