Save the Children Provides Relief to Families Affected by Massive Quakes in Indonesia
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Children at an IDP camp in Indonesia 2007. |
Save the Children is responding to the needs of children and their families affected by the earthquake along the western coast of Sumatra. The response is focused on the worst affected areas in Mukomuko district, Bengkulu Province.
The massive 8.4 – magnitude quake, with an epicenter in the Indian Ocean, rattled the Sumatra Island on September 12, 2007, striking nearest to Bengkulu Province on the western coast. Thousands of houses and public buildings, including schools have been affected.
To meet the immediate needs of those affected by the earthquakes Save the Children has:
- Distributed 2,000 tarpaulins and 2,000 plastic mats to help provide temporary shelter for displaced children and their families;
- Distributed 2,000 hygiene kits, 1,000 shelter kits, and 7,500 bed nets from our warehouse in Yogyakarta to Teras Terunjam and Pondok Suguh subdistricts, Muko Muko;
- Set up 83 school tents at 37 school locations; and
- Installed 20 temporary latrines at IDP camps in Sukamaju Village.
The hygiene kits and shelter kits contain materials to assist families living under temporary conditions with soaps, washing powder and equipment to repair their houses. The school tents will allow for the speedy return of school activities when the children get back in school.
A total of 20,567 beneficiaries have been reached through Save the Children’s response in Muko Muko and many displaced people have recently been able to return home.
You can help Save the Children respond to emergencies that put at great risk the survival, protection, and well-being of significant numbers of children. By contributing to the Children's Emergency Fund, you enable us to respond immediately to children and families who urgently need our help when disasters strike.
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