Eriko Motoyama
Disaster Preparedness Advocate

About Eriko Motoyama
Eriko Motoyama is the co-founder and director of SlopeWatch, a community-based monitoring program that teaches residents how to be prepared for landslides.
With a background in technical communication and an enthusiasm for protecting others (for which the Sultan of Selangor recognized her services to the state in 2011), Eriko walks us through eyewitness accounts and expert knowledge to show us how landslides happen – and what signs we can look out for in our neighbourhoods.
Programs like SlopeWatch are a decision by ordinary Malaysians to learn how to live with risk. The human toll of natural disasters can be mitigated when people are prepared for them, and learning about risk reduction is the first step to staying in control. Will we become victims when disaster strikes? Or will we rescue ourselves and others?