ACEH
AID at IDEP
TSUNAMI DISASTER RELIEF UPDATE # 11 - January 27, 2005
Yesterday
marked one month from the day of the Tsunami disaster which took the
lives of almost 200,000 people in Indonesia. Since that time, many people
and organizations have been working around the clock to deliver help
to people in need. The challenges have been myriad and unfortunately
the task at hand is still enormous. Here at AAAI we are continuing to
distribute direct aid and humanitarian support on the ground in Aceh
on an ongoing basis while programs for disaster recovery are being prepared.
Aceh Aid at IDEP would like to take this opportunity to give special
thanks to all those that made this first stage of direct aid delivery
to the people of Aceh possible, including the Ubud staff, and volunteers
both on Bali and in Aceh. This team has worked 24/7 for the past month
to make Aceh Aid at IDEP a reality.
SPECIAL
THANKS to the following for their early and generous support
Rip Curl, Surfer Girl, Quiksilver, LKMD Ubud & Ary’s Warung,
Linda Garland, Janice Girardi, Sumatran Surffaris, AUSAID, World Neighbors,
Tides Foundation, Permaculture Intl, Caldwell Associates, LTD &
Mark Denny, LTD, Ibu Peduli, Institute Guepele, John Hardy, Hyperion
Companies, Inc.,The Gilder Family, Rotary Club – Seminyak, Continental
Airlines Micronesia Employees, Chantik Imports, Cayman Loves Children,
Pondok Saraswati Group, Vinson Owen Elementary School, Circle K - Bali,
Australia-New Zealand Assn/Jakarta, The Beat Magazine, Exiles, JBI-Mr.
Eric, Jenny Stewart & Friends, Tom Corddry & Suzanne Jobin &
Friends, David Mendoza & Friends, Ho Wai Chi & friends, Maurizio
Colorni Rosenberg, The Champagnes & Friends, Lotta Barkmammar, Waynna
K Schroeder, Essential Media, Bali Aids Sumatra, Restaurant Florent,
Susan Ann Rubin, Tracey Patrick, EFTM, Katherine Kagel, Cathy Sarkowsky,
Camille Uhlir, Peter Forstmoser... And for terrific In-Kind support
from IALF and Blue Line.
And
hundreds of other individuals and businesses who have supported AAAI
This
list is NOT complete as funds are coming in from various
countries and in different currencies so Aceh Aid is in the process
of finalizing the list of donors and amounts. This will be published
on our website soon. Please note that if you donated through
the Tides Foundation or PayPal we are not given the donors names or
amounts so we apologize for not listing your name – the funds
are transferred to ACEH AID at IDEP in lump sums. If you send an email
to tell us of your donation through Tides of PayPal we will add you
to the list: donate@idepfoundation.org
What this wonderful support has made possible:
DIRECT DISASTER RELIEF
On
January 21st the Sumber Rejeki Baru (Source of New Hope) ended its relief
work along the western seaboard of Naggroe Aceh Darusalam province.
The Rejeki headed back to Padang to go into dry dock for some much-needed
work on its ailing propeller. The Rejeki was chartered by Aceh Aid at
IDEP with the generous support of Rip Curl, AUSAID, Surfer Girl, Quiksilver,
and many other donors at a cost of 500 million Rp/US$55,000, which included
the boat and relief supplies purchased in Padang. The Rejeki also carried
hundreds of aid buckets assembled by the IDEP Bucket Brigade in Ubud
and in Padang.
During its journey which began on the January 4, the Rejeki delivered
urgently-needed aid to the devastated town of Calang. The decision to
go to Calang was made when the Aceh Aid team in Bali made contact with
Ade and WAHLI (Friends of the Earth-Indonesia) volunteers who had just
arrived on the ground in Calang. They confirmed that Calang had not
received any substantial food aid or supplies. in the two weeks following
the Tsunami.
After an initial drop of supplies, it became clear that the only presence
on the ground at the time, the TNI (Indonesian military), were largely
concentrating on clearing roads into the district. The Rejeki was the
only source of appropriate nutrition and care that the community of
Calang were receiving. The team leader of the Rejeki decided to go to
Banda Aceh (see map) to attempt to get cooperation from the large agencies
there to restock the boat. The Rejeki was reloaded with relief goods
including sugar, cooking stoves, rice, milk powder, biscuits, mosquito
nets, blankets, tarps, jerry cans and tents.
IDEP purchased 297 million rupiah (US$33,000) worth of goods in Banda
Aceh including dried fish, tools, buckets, hose, pipes, milk powder,
coffee, milk toothbrushes, toothpaste, sardines, soap, laundry soap,
tomato sauce, eggs, dried fish, tarps, kerosene, corrugated metal roofing,
and more. In Banda Aceh Igor O’Neill and Patrick Anderson from
Walhi, and Pete Morris from Greenpeace helped IDEP with logistics coordination.
Aboard the Rejeki when it departed Banda Aceh were staff from GOAL,
GAA, World Food Program, and IOM, as well as a film crew from the ABC
(Australian Broadcasting Cooperation) and a media team from Christian
Science Monitor. The ABC story is due to be aired this week.
The Rejeki has provided approximately +400 tons of food and other aid
to the communities of Calang and Lhokkruet over the past few weeks.
This work could not have been possible without the unrelenting work
of the Calang ground team led by Ade, who made distribution of these
goods to the community possible. It could also not have happened without
a strong leader at the helm. Sam Shultz (IDEP volunteer) pushed on from
Nias to other areas which were in more in desperate need for the emergency
aid the Rejeki was carrying. Reloading was made possible thanks to support
from Lee Downey, IDEP volunteer.
On January 18th the Rejeki, stopped at a town called Lhokkruet above
Calang on the west coast of Aceh. It found a community of around 7,000
people who had not been supplied with aid or help since December 26,
apart from intermittent helicopter drops. The AAAI team were able to
deliver food packages and tools to the surviving community there.
One month to date after the tsunami hit, the above describes the situation
for many smaller towns and villages on the western coast between the
major towns of Leyeun, Calang and Meulaboh. Villages in these areas
still require urgent attention to recover their livelihoods and return
some sense of autonomy in their lives. The area is still completely
inaccessible by road. The Rejeki was able to fill a gaping hole in relief
efforts for a time.
ACEH AID at IDEP thanks all the volunteers, partners, donors,
and Bali-based team that made the Sumber Rejeki Baru live up to its
name: A Source of New Hope. AAAI intends to continue its efforts to
support the delivery of much needed aid to these isolated communities.
PARTNER PROGRAMS – “RAPID RESPONSE”
AAAI
has a rapid response grant program for NGOs and local groups on the
ground in Aceh supporting them during the emergency relief phase. Fifteen
projects have been funded to date for a total of 589,193,100 Rp/US$65,465.
Some examples are:
SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN SOCIETY/ORANGUTAN INFORMATION CENTER in Medan and
WALHI SUMATRA UTARA/Friends of the Earth Indonesia- North Sumatra
(Each 8,500,000 Rp/US$940) for satellite phones to enable communications
support for SOS-OIC aid operations between Medan and Banda Aceh; and
for WALHI Sumatra Utara aid operations between Medan and Meulaboh. These
phones have enabled communications of updates and urgent needs reliably
among partners.
Yayasan Leuser Lestari (25,500,000 Rp/US$2780) in Medan
for ten volunteers to carry out short-term recovery and aid distribution
in Lhoknga, focusing on IDP support, gathering information, area clean-up,
and providing basic medical services, and food aid by creating a community
kitchen. YLL is a member of the Give A Hand for Aceh coalition.
GIVE A HAND FOR ACEH (88,718,800 Rp/US$9,850) to support
their relief projects in Brawe, Madina, and Nias to provide body removal,
livelihood recovery, lighting and water, health education and places
for praying.
WALHI Riau/Friends of the Earth (109,905,000 Rp/US$12,200)
to develop sanitation, water systems, and temporary accommodation with
privacy for families, especially women. This project is being carried
out by a team of 24 volunteers, including 5 sanitation experts, in four
remote IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camps in Banda Aceh.
INFORMATION-EDUCATION
COMMUNITY BASED CRISIS RESPONSE (CBCR) manual. The
CBCR manual includes guidelines for the three phases of disaster management:
Mitigation, Response and Recovery. It includes simple and culturally
appropriate tools for rapid needs assessment, and guidelines for delivery
of appropriate aid that are now being used on the ground in Aceh. On
January 1st IDEP began distributing copies of the draft version (in
Indonesian) to various organizations operating on the ground in Aceh.
IDEP had completed this manual to final draft stage before the tsunami
on December 26th
An addition, IDEP quickly produced simple fact sheets outlining key
issues of post-disaster health and sanitation, and a booklet
which covers information about tsunamis, sanitation, nutrition, women's
issues and tips for post traumatic stress self help. 10,000 copies of
both of these publications has been printed and will distributed in
Aceh through IDEP’s partner organizations. You can see these publications
at: www.idepfoundation.org/aceh_pubs.html
WHAT IS Aceh Aid at IDEP (AAAI)?
IDEP and the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) (Indonesian offices in
Ubud and Medan) are working in conjunction to rapidly assist the communities
in Aceh affected by the tsunami. Together we set up Aceh Aid at IDEP
(AAAI).
AAAI AIMS TO
•
Help people to help themselves
• Deliver appropriate, direct aid, intelligently, to affected
areas
• Mobilize resources rapidly through NGO and grassroots networks
• Offer support where support is needed
• Gather information for recovery stage
Yayasan IDEP (IDEP Foundation) is a local, Indonesian NGO, based in
Ubud, Bali with a focus on self-sustainability, education and community-based
development. IDEP was deeply involved in crisis response following the
Bali bomb in October 2002. After this experience, IDEP began developing
a community-based crisis response manual to support Indonesian communities
to better handle and manage crisis situations. For more information
about Yayasan IDEP’s programs visit our website: www.idepfoundation.org
How you can support ACEH AID at IDEP
The
best way for people outside of Bali to help Aceh Aid and IDEP now is
by making a contribution.
There are various ways to do this.
By CREDIT CARD
Via PayPal, an internet payment system which allows you to
make payments from 45 countries (not including Indonesia - if your credit
card billing address is in Indonesia this will not work). Go to www.idepfoundation.org/aceh_aid.html
and follow the instructions there. (Tax deductible for US taxpayers.)
By CHECK (in US)
Via Tides Foundation. Make check payable to “Aceh Aid
/ Tides Foundation” and mail to Byron Miranda, Accounting,
Tides Foundation, P.O. Box 29903, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA. (Tax
deductible for US taxpayers.)
THE PayPal donations go through Tides Foundation and the foundation
does not give IDEP the names or amounts of donations. So, if you donate
via either of the above AND want to receive email UPDATES and be listed
on our Donor List, please send an email to: donations@idepfoundation.org
and tell us your name, date and amount of donation and email address.
By WIRE TRANSFER
Account Name : Yayasan IDEP
Account Number : 034.001229576.003
Bank : BNI (Bank Negara Indonesia), Cabang Ubud, Bali
Bank Address : Jl. Raya Ubud, Bali - Indonesia
SWIFT Code : BNINIDJA DPS
IF YOU SEND A WIRE TRANSFER PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO: donate@idepfoudation.org
TELLING US YOUR NAME, DATE OF TRANSFER, CURRENCY and AMOUNT (also how
you would like the donation listed if it is not the same as the name
on the wire transfer receipt).
For additional information regarding donations or interest in help with
fundraising or fundraising events or if you have questions, or interest
in sponsoring particular projects, supplies, equipment, or about contributing
in other ways, please contact at donate@idepfoundation.org
