Visual evidence & stories from the frontlines.
Capturing acute crisis response and bilateral program impact through dignity-centered field photography, verified evidence, and strategic multimedia storytelling.
Professional Experience
Communications Officer
Save the Children Nepal · Bardibas, Madhesh ProvinceLeads strategic communications and bilateral donor compliance for the 5-year INSPIRE project funded by KOICA and Save the Children Korea across Bara and Mahottari districts. Translates MEAL monitoring evidence and community-led digital learning into high-impact case studies, policy briefs, and audit-ready donor visibility assets, while training field partner teams in ethical storytelling, child safeguarding, and PSEA standards.
Nuwakot & Rasuwa Flash Flood Response (ERT)
Deployed on a rapid 2-week emergency surge as the on-ground Media and Communications Focal Point for the Emergency Response Team. Sourced 10+ thematic SitRep stories and survivor testimonies for Save the Children Global Media desks, curated a verified repository of 300+ photographs covering NFIs, Child-Friendly Spaces (CFSs), and Temporary Learning Centres, and coordinated high-level leadership and journalist field missions.
Communications Officer
International Nepal Fellowship (INF) Nepal · Pokhara & Western NepalConducted field documentation missions to road-inaccessible settlements across Kalikot (Karnali Province) documenting Mobile Learning Labs and maternal healthcare adoption. Authored long-form features on disability inclusion, produced documentary impact videos for international partner boards, and designed institutional statutory publications including corporate Annual Reports.
Design Lead & Product Designer
Aarambha IT Research Center · Khudra.asia · Gurzu Inc.Directed multi-channel visual communication systems, brand identities, UI/UX components, and technical documentation pipelines for software products and institutional initiatives across Pokhara and Kathmandu.
Photographic Evidence Captured from the Field
Ethical, dignity-centered visual documentation capturing rapid-onset humanitarian response, bilateral program monitoring, and community resilience across remote and disaster-affected regions of Nepal.
Core Expertise
A balanced synthesis of frontline field execution and systematic technical rigor.
Crisis & Emergency Communications
Rapid on-ground deployment for acute disaster surges. Managing SitRep documentation, survivor case packages, fast-onset audio/visual pipelines, and external media focal point operations.
Bilateral Donor Compliance
Execution of strict bilateral branding and co-branding protocols (KOICA, Save the Children Korea). Translating complex programmatic MEAL indicators into audit-ready annual reports and donor reviews.
Ethical Storytelling & PSEA
Preserving beneficiary dignity across marginalized and disaster-affected settlements. Full institutional adherence to Do No Harm, Child Safeguarding, PSEA standards, and verified written or audio consent.
Visual Communications
Designing bilateral donor visibility materials, project briefs, infographic policy one-pagers, community communication tools, and statutory publications. Ensuring the highest visual quality, brand integrity, and strict adherence to institutional and donor visibility guidelines across all field programmes and partner organisations.
Photography, Multimedia & Video Production
Leading end-to-end field photography missions, documentary filmmaking, audio-visual storytelling, and high-impact case study production for institutional donors and global media desks. Managing post-production color grading, audio engineering, and verified multimedia asset repositories from remote humanitarian frontlines.
Website Handling, Social Media & SEO
Managing institutional websites and content management systems (WordPress), ensuring secure, responsive, and accessible digital publishing. Directing social media handling and multi-channel campaign dissemination while implementing search engine optimization (SEO) and web analytics to maximize programme visibility, grounded in software engineering rigor.
About Me
Humanitarian programmes create change. My role is to ensure that change is seen, understood, and remembered through strategic communications, documentary storytelling, and digital media.
My work focuses on translating complex programme outcomes into compelling stories that strengthen organisational visibility, donor engagement, and public understanding. I have experience supporting health, disability inclusion, education, and community development initiatives through communication strategy, multimedia production, publications, digital platforms, and ethical storytelling.
I work across the full communications lifecycle—from strategy and content planning to field documentation, photography, documentary filmmaking, publication development, website management, branding, and digital communications—ensuring communication products are aligned with organisational priorities, safeguarding standards, and donor requirements.
Beyond creating content, I enjoy building communication systems that help organisations communicate more effectively, strengthen their brand, and demonstrate measurable programme impact.
I welcome opportunities to collaborate with organisations committed to humanitarian action, inclusive development, and evidence-based communication.
Sirish Burlakoti · Communications Specialist
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I welcome opportunities to collaborate with organisations committed to humanitarian action, inclusive development, and evidence-based communication.