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Relief
Program for Sumatra
Background
Indonesia
is located in an area of the world that
experiences regular natural disasters, such as earthquakes,
An undersea earthquake at magnitude of 9.0 followed by tsunami took place
in
Indian Ocean
close to west coast of
Sumatra
islands. The resulting tsunami devastated the
west coast of
Sumatra
in the
province
of
Aceh
and limited areas of
North Sumatra
province. The tsunami caused loss more than
200,000 lives in Aceh and Nias (
North Sumatra
). The calamities also devastated
infrastructure, housing as well as fishing and agriculture land.
To
express its solidarity and concern for the victim, Heifer International
Indonesia carried out relief program to provide humanitarian assistance
for affected communities in Aceh and Nias.
The
impact of tsunami
Aceh
province which locates in the north of
Sumatra
, has population of 4.1 million in 2004. Before
the tsunami, 28 % of
population were living below poverty level. In this province, the conflict
between the Free Aceh Movement and the government of
Indonesia
has not yet resolved peacefully. The Free Aceh
Movement which emerged in 1976 calling for independent Islamic government.
The
calamity has caused loss of 220,149 lives of the population of Aceh and
Nias. It also caused 400,062 displaced persons.
Relief
Program
Objectives
To
provide basic relief and humanitarian assistance for the survivors in the
tsunami affected areas ithe
province
of
Aceh
and
North Sumatera
.
Implementation
The
relief program was implemented in collaboration with local NGO partners in
Medan
, Banda Aceh and Nias. There are 6 NGO partners
involved in the distribution of humanitarian assistance. They are (1)
Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari (YEL); (2) Wahana Informasi Lingkungan Indonesia
(WALHI); (3) Yayasan Binneka
Tunggal Ika (YBTI); (4) CCDE of Banda Aceh; (5) Mahardika of Medan; (6)
BPB PGI of Nias.
The
distribution of food supplies, emergency supply, medicines were delivered
starting from
6 January
2005
. The distributions are described by table
below.
| Province |
Partners
|
Date for
Distribution |
Targeted
Location |
Types of
Assistance |
| Aceh |
YEL |
|
Banda Aceh |
Food:
milk, rice, noodle, mineral water, biscuits, sugar, salted fish
Medicine: antibiotics, resochin, iodine povidon sol, fitodiar
tablet, sodium chloride
Equipment:
towel, soap, dent, mask
|
| WALHI |
16-12 JAN |
Meulaboh
and Teunom
|
Food:
milk, rice, biscuits, canned fish, salted fish, sugar.
Medicine: vitamin, tetracidyne, antibiotics
Equipment:
mat, underwear, mask, cloves, cooking oil |
| YBTI |
10-20 JAN |
Banda Aceh |
Medicine:
vitamin, Lysol, rentalin injection, sulfur soap, metronidazale, Etc.
|
| CCDE |
1-8 MAR |
Banda Aceh |
Equipment:
School children wear and book
|
| North
Sumatra |
BPB
PGI Nias
|
9
– 15 Jan |
Lahusa,
Teluk Dalam, Mandrehe, Afulu
|
Food:
rice, salted fish, sugar
|
| Mahardika
|
13-16
Jan
|
Medan
(Refugee from Aceh)
|
Food:
rice, sinstant noodle, milk, onions, sugar
Equipment: baby wear, blanket, mat
|
The
distribution involved 10 volunteers from project partners in Sumatera such
as: YKMP of Palembang; LP2M of Padang and Soripada of Tarutung, Yayasan
Sinar Desa. The relief and humanitarian assistant reach about 1500 person
in the Aceh and Nias.
Closing
Remark
In
the implementation of the relief program, Heifer
Indonesia
team coordinated with national and local
government. This is done by attending coordination meeting and sending
formal notice.
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