Tsunami in Indonesia

CEO Reports Back From the Field

Giving Children Hope’s President CEO, John Ditty, recently returned from Indonesia. After the Tsunami, Ditty traveled to Indonesia to assess the damage and speak with partners to determine the greatest needs. Ditty visited villages to distribute medical supplies for a local clinic and brought household products for needy members of the community. “The power of prayer is what helped us get things done,” Ditty said about distributing aid to families in need. Two hundred family packs that contained important cooking equipment were distributed to families affected by the disaster at Mentawai Islands. While it rained all around, the team prayed for sunshine, just long enough to travel to the islands and distribute the aid. God faithfully answered their prayers: it continued to rain all around them except at Mentawai. Families also received shoes and sandals. Two suitcases of medicines were sent to people who were affected by the volcano eruption.

View photos of his trip and stay updated on all of the recent needs in Indonesia.

2010.12.01 by Holly Johns

President & CEO Travels to Indonesia

To assess the damages and to help distribute aid, Giving Children Hope’s President & CEO, John Ditty, travels to Indonesia.

The recent tsunami and volcano eruption have claimed more than 600 lives. Ditty will be meeting with partners on the ground to discuss the greatest needs and to dispense aid already in country.

2010.11.12 by Holly Johns

Mount Merapi Erupts Again

As reported by the Associated Press:

“Eruptions at Indonesia’s deadly volcano appeared to be intensifying Thursday as towering clouds of ash shot from the crater with a thunder-like roar, dusting towns up to 150 miles away and forcing motorists to switch on their headlights during the day.

The death toll climbed to 96 — with six more casualties recorded in the last 24 hours — and the government repeated orders to airlines to stay clear of the unpredictable mountain.” Read full story here

1969.12.31 by Harmony Trevino

An Update from Partners in Indonesia

PRAYER OF NATURAL DISASTERS TSUNAMI,
VULCANO ERUPTION AND FLOODS IN
INDONESIA

Dear brother and sister, who beloved in the Christ. Indonesia is experiencing a
natural disasters which struck repeatedly this beloved country. As believers, we are
called to standing in the gap for our nation. We are called to pray and perform acts
of love to help those who experience this natural disaster.

God Bless.

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall neverhold their peace
day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him
no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Isaiah 62 : 6-7

1. Earthquake and Tsunami – MENTAWAI
7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Mentawai Islands at 21:40 GMT,
Monday (25/10) and cause a tsunami. Later aftershock occurred 16 times until
Tuesday morning. The tsunami struck 10 villages. The highest tsunami wave that
struck the hamlet Muntei. Batumonga Village, District of North Pagai, Mentawai,
West Sumatra. Traces of the tsunami as high as 7 meters can be seen in a coconut
tree that almost all the trunk exposed mud.
School buildings, bridges, and other supporting facilities fall apart. The
buildings were damaged, among others, a junior high school building damaged,
4 Home Office, 5 Houses of Worship, and 5 Bridge. Other damage was observed,
among others, 291 Houses for Residents were heavily damaged, 190 Houses for
Residents with minor damage.
Residents who are victims quite a lot. The latest data obtained from the
Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) North Pagai South, the death toll
reached 311 people, 490 people missing victims. The death toll is the highest in 3
villages namely, Hamlet Silabu, New New Munte, Malakopak, Betumonga,
North Pagai South. In Hamlet Munte recorded were 58 people died. While
Hamlet Malakopak, 56 people. The rest scattered in various hamlets in the area.
Evacuation of casualties is still ongoing. The bodies of the victims died while
stationed at a number of houses of worship. Limitations of equipment, slow
down the evacuation process. The bodies of victims are still covered with
makeshift tools. “There are no pockets of dead bodies. If allowed to continue to
rot like this.

Currently, the residents who survived are still in the camps. 4,000 refugees
there are those existing in the area of South Pagai and North Pagai. They need
assistance in the form of medicines for the survivors also need care.
Tsunami Victims in Mentawai District, West Sumatra, currently require
emergency food and tents as shelter. So far indeed help in the form of tents or
food yet there are up to the Mentawai. It is possible transport limitations as well
as ocean waves that are still high. In The condition of the survivors was very
apprehensive. They generally suffer from injuries and has not received medical
help. There was even the victim died of injuries suffered severe and did not get
medical help.
Pray for post-earthquake needs such as food, temporary shelter, medical
help for those who sustained injuries, home improvement, baby needs, and
others.
Pray for the needs of home repair and rebuilding of homes, schools,
religious facilities, means a lot of lost ground transportation as well as
construction of bridges and communication facilities.
Pray for national and local governments work together in order to evenly
distribute aid and delivered to the appropriate person in need.

2. Merapi volcano – erupts
Mount Merapi finally spewed a cloud heat called wedhus gembel. Wedhus
spewed trash along with the lava and smoke. Chronology of the eruption of
Mount Merapi, was recorded of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation.
According to records, a few days of volcanic activity of Mount Merapi continues
to increase significantly, both in quantity and energy of volcanic earthquakes. In
fact, at that time already entered the phase of Mount Merapi eruption.

Until today (October 28, 2010) was recorded at least 32 people died this
Merapi volcano eruption victims. And about 500 people displaced.
Pray for relief measures being carried out national and local governments
Pray for people to understand and will comply with the warnings to evacuate,
because an eruption could happen at any time.
Pray for the people in the camp can be served well and get a decent place,
Pray also for aid mendistribusian so evenly.
Pray for the families of Mount Merapi about 22 people who will be buried
this morning mass for the victims’ families can be given the strength and
fortitude.

3. FLOOD
Flood Wasior
The loss caused by flooding in Wasior, West Papua, on 4 October, reaching
Rp 277, 9 billion. However, the figures were just temporary, because until now
the government is still doing the calculation. The data revealed from the meeting
of the grand design of rehabilitation and reconstruction led by Vice President
Wasior Boediono in the Office of the Vice President, Jl Medan Merdeka Selatan,
Central Jakarta, Monday (25/10/2010).
While this fit the latest data, the number of refugees Wasior, who was in
Wasior, Manokwari, Nabire, Jayapura, as well as other cities around 9,015 people.
In Wasior there about 2,000 people, while thousands more were outside.
Currently, about 4,000 refugees in Manokwari in the shelter began to feel a
variety of diseases such as ISPA, malaria and diarrhea. Beside that other social
impacts, such as a biological problem.
Wasior Disaster couse number of trauma and suffering. There are 905
students who interrupted their education.
While the final number of victims who died a result of flash floods, as many
as 161 people. And who declared missing and still in search of 145 people.
Pray for the flood victims who suffered traumatic loss of his relatives,
Pray also for rebuilding the area Wasior done so evenly.
Jakarta Flood
Flood occur almost uniformly in all areas of Jakarta and its surroundings
caused several rivers to overflow. One of them is the Kali Angke and that makes
some neighborhood in Rawa Buaya, Cengkareng until it reaches the adult’s knee.
And knee-high flooding has submerged hundreds of houses in several RT in
Rawa Buaya. Flooding occurred suddenly when residents were asleep inside the
house. It happened at about 3:00 am in the morning.
The water that flooded the region comes from the Kali Angke and
Pesanggrahan that overflowed from the rain kept pouring in Jakarta since
Monday (25/10) yesterday.
“No team from the government to help us deal with the current floods,” said
one resident. Since the floods came, some residents chose not to work and just in
case in case of flooding aftershocks.
Pray for the government to take decisive steps to solve the problem of
flooding and congestion in the capital of the state.
Pray that no related-party cooperation to do so there is cost efficiency, time
efficiency and resource efficiency.

Thanks for your prayer for Indonesia. Really Appreciate it.

Tety Irwan
Prayer Coordinator MD23-Indonesia Peoples Network (IPN)

1969.12.31 by Harmony Trevino