Rapports

General situation The tsunami produced by the undersea earthquake of 26 December 2004 has taken a devastating toll on the coast of Sumatra: to date, according to government figures, the bodies of 126,915 people have been retrieved and buried in…

Save the Children estimates that it will spend a total of $230 million over the next five years on its long-term strategy for children in south Asia. This "Reunite, Recover, Rebuild" strategy focuses large-scale efforts on children in three…

May 25, 2005 - Five months ago tomorrow, the devastating undersea earthquake and ensuing tsunami destroyed lives across East Asia and parts of Africa, leaving shattered communities and a huge recovery and reconstruction agenda. In the hours and days after…

Information provided by ACT members in Indonesia: Yayasan Tanggul Benkana (YTB), CD Bethesda/YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) and Church World Service Indonesia (CWS); activities cover the period of May 16-20 General situation On May 18, the government lifted the year-long civil emergency in…

Overview Seismic activity continues to affect Nanggore Aceh Darussalam (Aceh) and North Sumatra. On 14 May, there was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake 115 km south of Sibolga and on 19 May there was a magnitude 6.8 earthquake 250 km west…

Almost five months after the Asian Tsunami killed an estimated 300,000 people, Concern Worldwide continues to support communities in the hardest hit regions of Indonesia. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster the organisation responded quickly, deploying a team…

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IN TSUNAMI and EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED INDONESIA NIAS ISLAND, NORTH SUMATERA, BANYAK ISLANDS & SIMEULUE ISLAND, ACEH Summary - A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook both Padang and Nias on May 14th at 12:05 Indonesian time. The epicenter of the quake was…

SITUATION: On March 28 2005, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 on the Richter scale struck near Nias, an island off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island. The earthquake took place just three months after the massive quake…

Overview Bakornas, the national coordination body for natural disasters, stopped issuing daily reports on the number of dead, missing and displaced as a result of the tsunami on 26 March 2005. - To 30 April 2005, the total reported dead as…

The Canadian government has committed $425 million over five years toward a comprehensive response to the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. These funds will be used for relief and rehabilitation ($265 million), as well as reconstruction ($160 million) in…