Seventh Day Sitrep on Java Earthquake

Thursday, 10 September 2009 11:16

Highlights

7.3 RS earthquake struck West Java Province at 14.55 local time 02 September 2009
77 killed, 21 still missing, 64.143 houses severely damaged, 88,636 Displaced (BNPB)

General Need Assessment

Due to large number of damaged houses and displaced persons the need of shelters remain the most needed items, while also working tools for cleaning damaged houses. Some of IDPs who have mild damaged houses already come back to their houses, however due to the several aftershock earthquake happened some of them still afraid to come back to their house. Some area reported that IDPs already need food items, such as Rice, Cooking oils etc, however because most of the market is still opened it is generally the food items is considerably secured except for some area where the people are living poor, some of IDPs who have babies also are requesting baby foods and other babies supplies. Access to clean water in the area we work is mostly available however the need to established emergency latrines appear in IDP camps where there are have large number of IDPs.

IBU Foundation has been mobilizing staff and emergency volunteers since the first day of the earthquake and already conducted response since the second days. IBU Foundation is focusing in Garut in pameungpeuk Area, Bandung, in Pangalengan area as well as Cianjur.
Garut District

In Garut area IBU Foundation has established Basecamp in Desa Pamalayanan, Cikelet, to run the emergency relief for 4 Subdistrict, Cisompet, Cibalong, Cikelet and Pameungpeuk subdistricts with Logistic Distribution, Medical assistance and Psychosocial Asisstance

Assessment
Through our basecamp in cikelet IBU has conducted assessment and collected the data below

pameungpeuk-09_sep

IBU Response
IBU foundation focused to response in distribution non-food items and medical services in the area, and also deploying psychosocial team to conduct psychosocial assessment. Below is the summary of Non Food items distributed in this area which come from CRS, Help germany and Mercy Relief Singapore

Tarpaulins 130
Blankets 1550
Saroong 1050
Hygiene Kits 453
Cooking sets: (pans, kettle, pot)
Baby foods : 550 pcs
Water Purification tablets 110 box

Need assessment
Below are the logistic supplies which still needed the most for Garut areas

Tarpaulins/Tents, Blankets, Mattresses
Working tools for cleaning houses: shovel, spade, crowbar, hammers, cart, chisels, saws, forks, cement spoon, buckets etc
Food Items: Rice, Cooking Oils, Sugar etc
Medicine: medicine for children: Cough syrup, antibiotic syrups etc
Emergency Latrines

Bandung District

IBU Foundation is based in Pangalengan, in Sukamanah village since the first day, conducting the response in this sub district which is the most badly hit in Bandung Districts while also serving the neighboring sub-districts such as Kertasari. In Pangalengan frok 13 Villages which has hardly hit,IBU focused sukamanah, margamekar and margaluyu

Assessment
IBU Foundation are trying to collect primer data assessment as the data from BNPB is too small compare to the reality and the data from Subdistrict Satlak is too large, however we still not finished the data collection, although we do not stop distributing supplies and doing mobile clinics in this area.

pangalengan-09sep

IBU Response
IBU provide also static and Mobile Clinics to IDP camps in Pangalengan subdistrict and Distributing Non Food Items which has been donated from Mercy Relief Singapore as well as public donations.

Below are the non food items which has been distributed mostly in Sukamanah, Margaluyu Pangalengan Kertasari :
Pangalengan Subdistricts

Tarpaulins : 305 pcs
Blankets : 410 pcs
Kerosene lamps : 305 pcs
Baby Foods : 44 box@24pcs
Gas Stove : 600 pcs

Kertasari Subdistrict

Tarpaulins: 100
Blankets 100 pcs
Kerosene lamps: 96 pcs
Gas Stove: 100 pcs

Need Assessment:

Medicine to support medical team conducting mobile clinics especially medicine for children
Working tools for cleaning houses: shovel, spade, crowbar, hammers, cart, chisels, saws, forks, cement spoon, buckets etc
Non food items: Tents, Tarpaulins, Blanket, cooking sets, lamps, Hygiene kits
Water and sanitation: and emergency latrines
Food items : Rice, Cooking oils etc and Baby Foods.

Cianjur
IBU team responding to Pagelaran Subdistricts and neighbouring subdistricst through our DRR Team which assisted by DRR CBO which has been established, they have been assessing and responding with NFI distribution.

Assessment

other-09sep