Reports

Methodius Kusumahadi, the executive director of our partner Karina Kas, is even busier than usual. Organising the rehabilitation of families from 32 villages whilst also looking after their immediate needs for shelter, food and water, may have been overwhelming…

Period covered by this Final Report: 26 May 2010 to 10 November 2010 Appeal target (current): CHF 32,667,430 (USD 32,108,718 or EUR 23,844,839) Final Appeal coverage: 105%; Appeal history: - In this final report the appeal is closed as of 30 September 2010.…

KEY developments - Late on October 25, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of West Sumatra, Indonesia, generating a 10-foot tsunami wave that struck 10 coastal villages in the remote and sparsely populated Mentawai islands. The earthquake and…

Ottawa, OntarioThe Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced that Canada would provide humanitarian support for those affected by the series of recent eruptions of Mount Merapi and the tsunami that hit the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia…

HIGHLIGHTS - Mount Merapi spewed out hot clouds of gas and ash again on Friday, 5th November 2010 morning and at around 00:30 am local time with the biggest eruption as yet, sending pyroclastic flows down the mountain. - According to the…

Following the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, central Java and the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Mentawai Islands, in late October, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is launching an appeal for 2.8…

This preliminary Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 2,825,711 (USD 2,865,860 or EUR 2,052,300) in cash, kind, or services to support Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) (known in English, as the Indonesian Red Cross) to assist up to 25,000 beneficiaries in Merapi…

HIGHLIGHTSHIGHLIGHTSh Mount Merapi spewed out hot clouds of gas and ash again on Monday, 1st November 2010 at around 10:05 am local time, but no casualties were reported in Mount Merapi's latest blast. - It was the third time since…

By Ahmad Husein, Muhammad Nashir and Aulia Arriani A further eruption of the Mount Merapi volcano in central Java has sent ash clouds billowing 5 kilometres up into the sky. With this latest eruption, the authorities have relocated local residents -…

HIGHLIGHTS - On 25 October 2010, 21:42 local time, an earthquake registering at magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale has occurred in 78 km south west of Mentawai Island, West Sumatra with 10 kilometers depth. - National Board of Meteorology, Climatology and…