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ACT Situation ReportIndonesia 02/06Indonesia earthquake: ACT responseACT appeal ASID61 - Java: Assistance to Quake AffectedGeneva, July 5, 2006 Information provided by ACT member YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) A few weeks after the May 27 earthquake, survivors are still living in tents in front of their destroyed houses. But many have recently resumed their daily activities, such as farming, as the harvest time for rice and other staples is fast approaching. School activities are also getting back to normal, although classes are being held in tents. Puskesmas (local public health centers) are also operating, but only at a minimum level, as many buildings and equipment were destroyed or are still buried in the rubble. However, most of the sub-Puskesmas in sub-villages are still not operating at all. The government plans (and in some villages has already begun) to provide displaced people with 90,000 rupiahs (US$9.68) per person per month for living costs with an additional 10 kilograms of rice per person. For the reconstruction of houses, within certain parameters, the government will provide a maximum of 30,000,000 rupiahs (US$3,228) per house. YEU’s activities Evacuating/returning patients from Bethesda Hospital: Since the first day after the earthquake, YEU has provided patients with transportation back to their villages. Approximately 780 patients were taken home by YEU, and these patients were put on a list for possible follow-up by the YEU mobile clinic team. These patients are also being provided with a kit, with such items as tarpaulins, mats and blankets. YEU also coordinated with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which also helped to provide transportation for patients. Distributing survival items: YEU has distributed 1,410 tents, 692 blankets, 364 mats, 332 hygiene kits, and 63 boxes of food items (mineral water and instant noodles) to affected communities. This distribution was based on YEU assessments and at the request of affected communities. Mobile clinic: Mobile clinics have served 6,261 patients as of June 15. The most common ailments have been upper-respiratory tract infections and muscle aches. The team has also conducted home visits to 195 post-operative patients from YAKKUM’s hospitals. Mobile clinic teams will focus on treating and following up with these patients until the Puskesmas (local health centers) and local hospitals can operate normally. Nutrition for pregnant mothers and the elderly: YEU is providing additional nutrition in the form of milk for pregnant mothers and the elderly through the mobile clinics and when initial assessments are done. 178 boxes of milk have been distributed. YEU has not provided milk for children because it believes that babies under 4 months should be given breast milk exclusively. Comprehensive children’s program From a psychosocial perspective, YEU aims to have a holistic children’s program that not only facilitates trauma healing, but develops children’s talents and abilities. For the planned seven children centers, three are under construction, and one is open as a children’s and community center. In this center, children participate in activities like drawing, singing, watching movies, doing crafts and playing but contextualized with trauma-healing and trauma-release efforts. For example, drawing sessions provide a psychologist with a basic gauge of the children’s trauma level. Psychosocial staff can then give more attention to certain children according to the psychologist’s observations. Children also learn at the center with assistance from the psychosocial staff that YEU have provided. The center is also has a small library with children’s books. 50 to 70 children come to the center daily with their parents. The center is considered to be a safe and appropriate place for children to engage in meaningful activities. It is not only children who benefit at the center – women, many of them mothers of the children who come, engage in making crafts that can generate income for them. Water and sanitation The team in Dusun Dodotan, Sumbermulyo village, Kecamatan Bambanglipuro, in Bantul, is assessing and rehabilitating wells. In Ngireng-ireng, the community is helping to drain the wells so they can be used again. In Gerselo, construction and rehabilitation of public latrines is 40 percent complete. The construction is being done by the community, motivated by a Javanese spirit of “gotong-royong” (cooperation) and in a process called “kerja bakti,” meaning that people are working for the good of all. The team is also sampling water from two wells in villages that YAKKUM (YEU umbrella organization) serves to test it for potability. Community organizing for people’s rights YEU, with CD Bethesda, is assisting affected communities in 11 villages in YEU/YAKKUM work areas with a focus on rehabilitating and organizing themselves. This community-managed self-recovery (CMSR) process aims to provide each hamlet with the ability to manage self recovery while optimizing the functions of the local government. The children’s/community center building has been used for coordination and other activities in this process, such as information sharing. Teams are also assisting people in becoming aware of their rights as IDPs and where and how they can get these rights fulfilled. They are also assisting people in managing aid and funds from government bodies and other private organizations. Some hamlets have been demanding that YEU teams fulfil all their needs and wants. Teams have tried to help survivors understand their rights as IDPs and which agencies have the capacity and obligation to fulfil such rights. In facing this kind of challenge, teams have tried to link communities with relevant agencies, such as when Plaosan hamlet wanted YEU to clear away the rubble of its chicken coop. While YEU could not provide the workers to do that, the team then connected the community with the government department of public works. The rubble has created dust that makes survivors more susceptible to upper-respiratory infections and other respiratory diseases. YEU is trying to prevent the outbreak of diseases by providing face masks to survivors, but it is believed that heavy equipment and vehicles will be needed to clear away the rubble because efforts do it by hand have been inadequate and carries risks. YEU has connected communities to the relevant government departments or services. Coordination Within YAKKUM, coordination meetings are held twice a week to monitor all programs and activities that have been conducted by all of YAKKUM’s units including YEU and various hospitals. Externally, a district coordination meeting was held in Bantul regency to manage all organizations that are involved in the earthquake response. International and national organizations dealing with any relief response that has been done in Bantul attending the meeting, at which government concerns and programs were presented and where it was made clear for every organization working in Bantul that the earthquake response in Java will be different than the relief activities done in Aceh and that all organizations should be aware of and foster the local culture in Java, especially in Bantul. This kind of coordination meeting will be held regularly. A coordination meeting is also held among ACT members weekly to share information and progress reports. A coordination meeting is also facilitated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to consolidate all the humanitarian-relief efforts. Regular cluster (e.g. health, protection, shelter) coordination meetings are also held. Visits Visitors included: the ACT director and ACT Coordinator in Indonesia, who visited the YEU Yogyakarta office and children’s/community centre in Dodotan and Sumbermulyo village; Presbyterian Disaster Assistance liaison officer visited the YEU Yogyakarta office; Christian Aid staff visited the children’s/community center in Dodotan and the rehabilitation program in Pusat Rehabilitasi Yakkum (Yakkum Rehab Center). Several medical doctors and nurses from various countries helped in the relief phase during the first week. Other YEU held discussions on resources and problem mapping in the agriculture sector in Canden hamlet, Jetis, Bantul. CD Bethesda, under Bethesda Hospital, one of YAKKUM’s units working in the earthquake response, coordinated a hearing to the provincial legislative board on June 21. This hearing raised issues of the anti-debt movement on behalf of 15 local NGOs that are working together in the relief efforts and which are trying to convince the government not to incur more debts to cover the expense of the post-quake reconstruction efforts. Information provided by ACT member Church World Service (CWS) Indonesia General situation The government has started the distribution of cash for affected people in Bantul and Klaten for their living costs, clothing and kitchen utensils. The government is still assessing damages for damaged-house cash compensation. The numbers of people, ranging from young children to the elderly, begging on the streets in Bantul district has increased dramatically following the earthquake. In general, there have been logistics-related concerns like lack of transport and warehouse storage space. The World Food Program, International Organization for Migration, Atlas Logistique and the International Federation of the Red Cross have been working closely in dealing with the issues. CWS's activities The CWS psychosocial team has 52 field staff working in 16 hamlets in Wukirsari village, Imogiri sub-district in Bantul district and 10 hamlets in Jokotirto village, Berbah sub-district in Sleman district. The field staff are working under the supervision of Wangsa Manggala University and Duta Wacana University, both CWS partners in Yogyakarta and Central Java. Food items distributed May 27-June 20 Distributed on behalf of the World Food Program: Non-food items distributed May 27-June 20 The CWS psychosocial team has been working in Jokotirto village, Brebah sub-district and Wukirsari village, Imogiri sub-district. Further assessments have been conducted at both villages for more intensive psychosocial assistance. CWS distributed a total of 2,174 hygiene kits; 64 baby kits; and 950 Jerry cans (provided by UNICEF) in Wukirsari village, Imogiri sub-district, Bantul district, to a total of 1,343 households. The CWS logisitics team has completed the food-distribution assessment in Brangkal and Kali Tengah villages in Wedi sub-district, Klaten district for 2,363 households. CWS will also distribute food aid for Wukirsari village in Imogiri sub-district, Bantul district. CWS’s partner, Yayasan Kembang at Kulonprogo, has completed a food-distribution assessment for 16 out of the 20 hamlets in Wukirsari village. Based on information from the directorate general of water resources, there are problems with the generator, piping system and public reservoir in Wukirsari village, Imogiri sub-district. CWS will give technical, maintenance and electrical assistance with support from ACT member Norwegian Church Aid (NCA). An assessment for water quality in Krangen II & Jokotirto villages in Berbah sub-district has been completed and no problems with the water quality were found. Samples for water-quality testing had been taken from Sindet and Nogosari II hamlets, Wukirsari village, Imogiri sub-district and are now being processed by NCA. CWS distributed hygiene kits and baby kits to 708 households in several locations of Madurejo village, Prambanan sub-district, Sleman district As part of the initial process of providing water and sanitation assistance in Sindet hamlet (Trimulyo village, Jetis sub-district) dan Nogosari II hamlet (Wukirsari village, Imogiri sub-district), CWS has started focus group discussions with the community on a plan for construction of semi-permanent latrines. A total of 1,130 latrines will be constructed in the two hamlets. On June 5, CWS distributed hygiene kits and baby kits to two hamlets in Sidoarum Village, Godean sub-district, Sleman district. Information provided by ACT member Yayasan Tanggul Bencana Indonesia (YTBI) General situation Survivors’ health conditions are improving, although there is still a mobile health clinic serving in different locations and a tent field hospital in operation for several hours daily. Psychologically, survivors still need assistance and treatment to lift their spirits and get back to a normal life after the disaster. YTBI’s activities Distribution of food and non-food items as of June 30 Distributed in the vicinity of the Merapi volcano from posts in Kaliadem, Petung, Jambu, Kopeng and Batur: Distributed in the village of Selopamioro, sub-district Dlingo, Bantul Regency: Farming tools, building equipment and kitchen equipment were distributed through posts in Pundong, Mangunan, Patalan, and Terong, including hammers, saws, nails, construction carts, hoes, spades, kettles, pans and pails. Medicine YTBI has distributed through YEU: Households receiving relief supplies from YTBI from June 16 to 30: 3,506 households/16,775 individuals total in two regencies (Bantul and Kalten)/9 sub-districts/14 villages. In these places, a re-assessment was also implemented in order to collect more detailed information from beneficiaries and to gather more accurate data on the condition of displaced people. This data will be used to conduct planning for further interventions. Coordination, staffing and partnerships Regular coordination has been conducted almost every day with the other ACT members (YEU and CWS), the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Bantul and Klaten regional governments, and other NGOs. Coordination has been helpful in collecting information and providing clarification on YTBI’s activities and partners in every location. Coordination has helped YTBI develop partnerships with other NGOs in implementing programs in the field and avoid duplication. To implement its programs in Yogyakarta and Central Java, YTBI is cooperating with GKJ Synod. Challenges Operational costs for communications and transportation are significant. Since the first day of YTBI’s response, staff have been spread out but still needed to coordinate their work, resulting in higher costs for communication. The scattered locations and service areas needed reliable vehicles to transport the relief and staff handling assessments, contributing to high costs in the transportation area. At the time this report was written, sporadic requests for relief had been directly or indirectly addressed to YTBI. With the help of volunteers, YTBI staff conducted surveys, and when it was found that the condition of survivors was critical, YTBI staff conducted distributions of relief supplies. These sporadic requests have influenced the planning of YTBI’s main response. This is why YTBI has been trying to coordinate with the local government, which can better address these sporadic requests. |
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