Oct 2, seven staff members from AAH Indonesia Emergency department will be on site to assess the situation in terms of water/sanitation and food aid needs.
AAH has a contingency stock available in Indonesia (First Aid/food and wash kits for 12.000 individuals). It is ready to be dispatched asap if necessary.
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The number of casualties is expected to increase rapidly as search and rescue efforts pick up. Initial reports indicate the collapse of at least 500 buildings, and thousands of people are feared to be trapped under the rubble. Heavy rains and landslides have triggered displacement of thousands of people, according to OCHA. Roads are impassable, making assessment difficult. ADRA staff will be in Padang on Friday morning.
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JDC is conducting rapid needs assessments and drawing on a network of strong partnerships, developed during its response to the 2004 South Asia Tsunami, to bring relief to victims of recent Asia Pacific disasters in Samoa, Indonesia, and the Philippines as part of a joint appeal.
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The American Red Cross is concerned those hit by the recent earthquakes in Indonesia, and has made $100,000 available for response. We are monitoring the response of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and will be providing assistance as needs are identified. PMI is well placed to respond, with stocks of relief supplies and equipment, and extensive experience among staff and volunteers in responding to earthquakes. PMI has mobilized over 270 volunteers with 96 disaster response teams and medical action teams to evacuate people, provide food, water, first aid and relief supplies. American Red Cross will either mobilize supplies, send specialists or provide funds as needed.
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AmeriCares is mounting disaster relief and emergency response efforts from its U.S. headquarters and on the ground in Indonesia. AmeriCares is actively coordinating relief efforts in Indonesia with the Ministry of Health, the Emergency Crisis Center and local partners in the capital city of Jakarta. AmeriCares is also working with international groups and multinational donors, many of which teamed up during the massive global response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, which killed 180,000 people in Indonesia alone.
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CARE Emergency staff have deployed to Padang and have formed part of a joint assessment team with other aid organizations, UN agencies and government departments. CARE UK has also organised a shelter expert to be on a charter flight direct to Padang. CARE Canada is deploying a team leader to Jakarta who is also leaving within the next 48 hours. CARE Indonesia is currently confirming what emergency supplies such as tents, tarps and water purification supplies are available. Once we know the needs on the ground we can distribute this material very quickly. CARE Indonesia staff have extensive experience in handling disasters, and are experts in Emergency areas such as water and sanitation and distribution.
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Working with church partners and other relief agencies, CRS personnel in Indonesia are getting disaster relief supplies—tarpaulins, plastic mats and other items needed by the newly homeless—to the Padang area of Indonesia where the quakes, followed by mudslides due to heavy rain, have left widespread devastation.
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CHF International's Emergency Response Team is mobilizing to assess the damage caused by the earthquakes and provide transitional emergency shelter assistance.
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ChildFund Indonesia and its community based partners are currently conducting a rapid needs assessment to determine the needs of children and families in Padang. The results of the assessment will focus ChildFund Indonesia's response efforts working in close coordination with the local government and local partners to ensure that the well-being of children and their families in this area is being addressed. ChildFund has staff ready to mobilize in the Padang area based on the assessed needs in collaboration with the local government officials. ChildFund International is accepting donations to the ChildAlert Emergency Fund to help affected children, their families and local communities affected by this natural disaster.
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CRWRC is planning to provide emergency aid on Sumatra and Java through existing partners and staff on the ground as well as coordinate international relief managers onsite.
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Church World Service and local partners are working together on this response. As part of immediate efforts, CWS is sending two truck loads of non-food relief items from pre-positioned stocks in its Meulaboh warehouse to the affected area. The items include: plastic mats (447 sheets); blankets (1000 sheets); tarpaulins, 5x7 (131 pieces); tarpaulins 5x4 (131 pieces); family tents (200); relief kits (58 drums); baby kits (1,357); 1 warehouse tent (if needed for field warehouse).
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Food for the Hungry’s Emergency Response Unit is working with our Indonesian staff on the ground – who have been present since the 2004 Tsunami – to asses the damage and determine how we can best respond to those most impacted by the quakes.
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Giving Children Hope is responding as quickly as possible to the recent disaster. We are working with our international partners on the ground to strategize the best possible way to bring aid and assist those who have been affected by the disaster. Right now we are accepting monetary donations to procure disaster relief items to send to the region. We are also accepting disaster relief products as donation.
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Habitat for Humanity Indonesia has mobilized teams to Padang and surrounding areas to assess shelter and housing needs created by the earthquakes that affected West Sumatra Province. Habitat for Humanity Indonesia will be assisting immediately with distribution of clean water and construction of latrines in government shelter camps. In the recovery phase, Habitat will provide construction materials for house repairs, new permanent housing and sanitation units.
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Hands On Disaster Response (HODR), a US-based volunteer-driven nonprofit is on the ground operating a four-month-long response project to mobilize volunteers from throughout the world to help earthquake-affected residents get back on their feet. The recent earthquakes damaged over 200,000 homes and survivors now struggle to remove rubble and erect shelter as the rainy season quickly approaches. Through February, HODR volunteers will be assisting residents with debris removal, demolition of damaged homes, erecting shelters and general recovery efforts, providing the “human power” needed to get devastated families bridge the gap between rescue and recovery.
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Heart to Heart International is responding to people affected by the recent earthquakes in Indonesia. Our initial response will involve shipments of requested medical aid to our international and local partners working in affected regions around Pandang. Shipments are expected to commence shortly after specific needs have been identified by our partners on the ground. We expect to follow up with additional shipments and other forms of assistance, as requested.
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International Medical Corps emergency response teams are on the ground in Padang, Indonesia, providing medical and other assistance to survivors, and helping in the rescue of those trapped in the rubble. International Medical Corps is working closely with its long-time partner in Indonesia, Ambulan 118, a national organization of emergency responders. In addition, International Medical Corps is distributing medical, non-food items and hygiene kits.
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IRD is in the process of fielding an emergency response team of technical specialists. We are coordinating with UN and other response agencies and preparing to conduct emergency field assessments. IRD already has active programs throughout the country and will be assigning in-country staff to the response efforts. IRD will be planning to send relevant and appropriate emergency commodities, as it has done for past Indonesian disasters. Based on assessment findings our teams will be designing WASH, Shelter, and Health activities.
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LWR is working to provide food and other essential items to those affected by the earthquakes. In cooperation with other members of the global aid alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, LWR is targeting families not yet reached with humanitarian aid.
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MAP International is responding to the earthquakes in Indonesia with the provision of essential medicines and medical supplies to treat the injured and ill affected by this catastrophe. MAP International has a program office on the island of Sumatra which is conducting further assessments in the area of Nias and Padang, through the dispatch of our Health Program Managers and with assistance from doctors and health care providers from Tello Hospital. They will be delivering medicines and health teams to set up clinics for treating those injured along with other healthcare services. Additional medicines and medical supplies will be supplied as they and funding become available
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Medical Teams International has an assessment team on the way to the area. Our partners on the ground are already responding. We’ll send medical teams and medicines as needed in order to address health needs and prevent disease in the days ahead.
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Medical Teams International is sending 1 ton of medical supplies, valued at $421,045, to care for 10,000 people over three months. We also have medical teams on standby to help.
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Mercy Corps is working quickly to assess the damage in specific locations in Sumatra. Mercy Corps’ response will include distribution of shelter items, other relief supplies and provision of clean water. Preliminary reports indicate a need for basic items, such as: tarpaulins, clean water, hygiene kits, food, blankets, bathing kits. Before the earthquake hit, Mercy Corps already had a strong presence in Padang working with the community on disaster risk reduction strategies.
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Mercy-USA for Aid and Development will be distributing food packages and family kits to 1,000 families in Cumanak Village (in Potamuan sub-district within Pariaman district) severely affected by these devastating earthquakes. In addition, 400 of these families are receiving temporary shelters. Each food package contains: 22 pounds of rice, 20 packages of noodles, 4.4 lb. of sugar, 2 liters of cooking oil, 2 cans of sardines, 2 cans of condensed milk, 1 pack of biscuits and 5 packs of tea. Each family kit includes: a 25-liter plastic bucket, a frying pan, one pot, 6 plates, 12 spoons, 6 plastic cups, one towel, one blanket, clothing, 4.4 lb. of detergent, bath soap, 2 toothbrushes, toothpaste and feminine hygiene pads.
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Operation USA’s relief efforts will focus on medical aid and support for health clinics and hospitals.
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While we assess the damage and plan our full response, Oxfam and our local partners are distributing pre-positioned emergency stocks, including thousands of tarps for emergency shelter and hygiene kits, as well as clothing.
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After initially designating US$1 million to provide assistance to the thousands of people on the island of Sumatra affected by two successive earthquakes last week, Plan is expanding its response program to an estimated US$2.8 million, incorporating planning for early recovery activities to follow on-going immediate relief efforts.
The six-month relief program will focus on addressing the immediate needs of children and their families: including emergency shelter kits, NFIs (including hygiene kits and mosquito nets), temporary schools, and WASH interventions. The follow-on 18-month rehabilitation program will address longer-term needs, focusing on education, health, and disaster risk reduction.
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In response to two major earthquakes in two days that have devastated Indonesia’s Sumatra Province, Project HOPE is reaching out to its extensive network of corporate partners to explore opportunities to gather medicines and medical supplies to distribute to individuals and families in need. In addition, Project HOPE’s Indonesia-based staff is in communication with the country’s Ministry of Health. When the Ministry of Health has completed its assessment of the situation and prepared a “needs” list of medicines and medical supplies, it will share the list with Project HOPE and other relief organizations.
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Save the Children dispatched an assessment team to the Padang area today less than 24 hours after a devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck West Sumatra on Wednesday evening, Sept. 30. The agency is sending 3,364 household kits, 10,076 hygiene kits, and 3,300 family tarps (including plastic mats) and 608 shelter kits to the affected area to help families who are sleeping in the open and have lost their homes. Teams also are moving rapidly to ensure that infants and children — as well as their parents — get the help they need as quickly as possible
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International hunger relief organization Stop Hunger Now is coordinating a response and raising funds to help victims of the devastating earthquakes that struck Indonesia’s West Sumatra Province last night and this morning.
Stop Hunger Now’s in-country partner, Change A Nation, already has two teams of relief workers in place from the September 3 earthquake. SHN also is coordinating with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), Food for the Hungry, and Islamic Relief to assess immediate needs.
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UMCOR Indonesia executive, John Holveck, is in Padang and working closely with Church World Service and agencies active in the area to determine the needs and coordinate the provision of emergency food and non-food items. UMCOR is also assessing recovery and longer term reconstruction work.
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World Relief will respond to the earthquake in West Sumatra with emergency aid.
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World Vision’s assessment team is preparing to care for survivors by surveying the impact of the disaster and rushing emergency supplies to the area. A second team of responders will reach Padang tomorrow (Friday). The team will set up an office on site. World Vision has airlifted 2,000 collapsible water containers and will distribute them immediately, and it is also going to set up Child-Friendly Spaces for children. The agency says its will also begin distributing emergency supplies like blankets, sleeping mats and cooking utensils as well as baby hygiene kits containing soap, baby oil and other items.
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