YEU staff in Morowali have gathered data from the local emergency post in North Bungku sub-district, Morowali, where reports indicate that 50 people died in the sub-district, while 38 other remained missing. Some 40 people were seriously injured and referred to the Kolonodale hospital, where the number of patients in the local health posts was 1,298 (as of 31 July 2007). 

Camps for internally displaced persons are situated in many places, making the distribution of the medicines, food and tents difficult. 2,344 households (8,224 individuals) have been displaced.  

Health

Diarrhoea is the biggest threat with many cases having been reported. YEU and other organisations have been providing health care and distributing medicine.

Vulnerability

Bungku Utara district (especially villages such as Kalombang, Tirongan Atas, Tambaro Bone, Tokala Atas, Pasongan, WoomParigi, Tanakuraya, Opo, and Mokoto) lies in flood-prone areas and has been significantly impacted in recent years.

Logging, and in cases unchecked illegal logging, has made the area particularly vulnerable, with whole swathes of forest destroyed.

Information provided by ACT member Church World Service (Indonesia)

MOROWALI -CENTRAL SULAWESI FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES

Kolo Atas Village

General living conditions, shelter and livelihoods in Kolo Atas village

 ·        The population of the village is 770 people (190 households).

·        The village consists of six hamlets. By August 3, the water in these hamlets has receded and people had started cleaning their houses and drying cacao.

·        Hamlets IV, V and VI were badly affected by the floods and landslides. The roads were damaged and evacuations were done from the river. Many houses were submerged by the landslides. In hamlet V alone, four people were reported killed, with two more missing.

·        People living in the hamlet I, II and III were severely affected as half of their cacao plantations were damaged.

·        There are 16 permanent concrete wells in this village, all of them still usable for bathing, washing and cooking. All wells without concrete reinforcements were swept away.

·        One emergency health post has been set up by the Health Department, located in the previous Community Health Centre with three health cadres. The stock for medicines will last between one and two months.  

·        There is no data on the number of toilets in the village; however there is one public latrine, which has never been used as it has no water.

Assistance provided in Kolo Atas 

• Three kilograms of rice per family with instant noodles from the Morowali District Government
• Instant noodles, cooking oil and canned fish, cleaning kits, sarongs, buckets, tarpaulin, hygiene kits
• Medicines and babies food from health office
• The people in hamlet I, II, III are in need of food especially, as well as assistance in opening up road access.   

 Ueruru Village

The evacuation process in Ueruru village was still ongoing on August 3. Ueruru village was abandoned by the residents, with only 20 people staying behind to look for missing family members. Most of the houses are inundated, with hamlet I reported to be severely damaged. The only primary school is also submerged.

Tokala Atas Village

General living condition, shelter and livelihoods in Tokala Atas village

·        The population of the village is 417 people (111 households).

·        The village consists of three hamlets and all of the hamlets have been heavily affected by the floods. On August 3, the water was still around two meters in height. The bridge that links Tokala Atas and Baturube was also damaged by the floods. The road is reported to be muddy, but still accessible.

·        Several hectares of crops planted field, rice field and cacao field were damaged by the floods.

·        People have started to clean their houses, schools and drying the clothes and cacao.

Water, Sanitation and Health in Tokala Atas village

·        In Tokala Atas, there are 15 dug wells with concrete rings and all of them have been cleaned by community.

·        There are three public toilets which have not been used as there is not enough water. According to the head of village, none of household has toilet in their houses. All of them use the river to defecate.  

·        There is a midwife in the village but she is not living in the village and there are five health cadres. The Integrated Health Post (Posyandu) activity is carried out regularly once a month.

·        Illnesses found in Tokala Atas now are: skin problems, cough, influenza and fever.

Assistance needed in Tokala Atas village

Types of assistance which have been received by people in Tokala Atas village:

• 79 sacks of rice, instant noodles, 16 boxes of drinking water, 1 box of soy sauce, 55 litres of gasoline, clothes and biscuit for babies.
• Medical teams from an NGO have been providing medical assistance, medicines and vitamins.
• Current need of the people: medicines and health cadres, assistance in building the irrigation system which has been planned previously before the floods.

Coordination: Information shared at the Coordination Meeting:

·        Pandam VII Wirabuana Major General, Arief Budiman Sampurno, the head of district Morowali Datlin Tamalagi and the head of DPRD (District People’s Representative) arrived in Baturube. Meeting with all stakeholders will be conducted in an effort to reinstate the schools.

·        The Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) and volunteers are ready to prepare the schools to start the schools’ activities. The IDPs who are staying in the school buildings will be relocated to other places.

·        One platoon of TNI has been sent to Torangga village to search for the remains of people.  

·        All assistance provided has to be coordinated through the Social Department to avoid overlap.

·        Team Mapala of Sintuwu Maroso University in Poso and Tampotika University in Luwuk have been in location to provide assistance and have been distributing instant noodles and clothes.

·        Health Department will set up a water purification unit in Kolo Atas village.

·        The evacuation process in Ueruru is still ongoing.

Coordination with ACT Members

Coordination among the ACT Members is still being carried out. CWS has conducted a joint assessment with YEU. Currently, YEU provides mobile clinic in Tokala Atas, Posangke and Toronggo village and has distributed relief aid for IDPs from Ueruru village.