IBU Foundation
Third Update on Sinabung
Sunday, 05 September 2010 11:47
As the national institution in handling IDPs, Satlak PB (Local Executing Unit for Disaster Management) of Karo has been actively functioning to response Sinabung eruption since appointed by BNPB (National Body for Disaster Management) per 30 August 2010. The Satlak PB works showed through provision of evacuation data requested by any aid organization in the location. Satlak PB has been appointed due to Tanah Karo district has not established BPBD (Regional Body for Disaster Management) yet.Coordination among organization or even government institution is still challenging. There is no clear coordination on the ground. For instance, the NGOs or politic parties directly distribute the aid to camps without do coordination first with Satlak PB. Then it is difficult to identify the operating organizations, type of supports given and designated camps.
In a summary, the IDPs basic need situation is as follow:
Water and sanitation. Generally, the need of drinking water is already covered, but IDPs still need main water tub for covering daily use in the camp.
Provision of temporary latrines is urgently needed to response poor condition of existing latrines. The poor condition has been observed as ranging from limited number of latrines up to malfunctioned latrines (overflowed and clogged) which then is implicated to open defecation. Besides, trash bag provision is also a problem.
Food distribution. The need of food is also covered by government and existing NGOs.
 Sinabung Situation Report #3 | [05 September 2010] | 883 Kb |
