INDONESIA STATUS REPORT - 31 MARCH 2006
Coordination:

FAO is working closely with the Government of Indonesia, line Ministries and NGOs in providing technical and policy guidance to plan and coordinate rehabilitation efforts in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. FAO's emphasis is on optimizing sustainable outcomes and rebuilding livelihood opportunities for vulnerable fishing and farming families to enhance their food security and incomes.

FAO has provided technical guidance and expertise to the Government of Indonesia through its close collaboration

OVERVIEW
The scale of the disaster

With more than 200,000 people killed in 10 countries, millions injured, tens of millions left homeless and without livelihoods and whole communities dislocated, the Asian tsunami was the single biggest challenge ever faced by international aid organisations, including non government agencies (NGOs).

In addition to the human tragedy, it presented a mammoth relief and reconstruction task to which the ten or more national governments and hundreds of international aid agencies have committed their efforts.

Australian NGO emergency response

Since December 2004, Direct Relief International has provided $52,065,017 in medical material aid and cash grant assistance. Through the provision of 44 direct grants and 23 indirect grants, Direct Relief has spent $9,414,312 on health-related projects in Indonesia ($3,290,607), Sri Lanka ($3,094,197), India ($2,779,508), and Thailand ($250,000). The projects include clinic construction, mobile medical unit provision, health service delivery, water and sanitation facility construction, malaria prevention, and psycho-social counseling and care.
Direct Relief has sent 343,226 lbs.

Nonthaburi, Thailand -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Thai National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) to strengthen tsunami warning system capabilities in Thailand. Under this partnership agreement, the U.S. Government and NDWC will launch a join program to develop a Tsunami Alert Rapid Notification System (TARNS) for Thailand. The signing ceremony took place at NDWC headquarters near Bangkok.
Delivering alerts rapidly to coastal

Plus d'un an après le raz-de-marée qui a dévasté les côtes d'Asie du Sud-Est, le Secours populaire mène d'importants projets de reconstruction et de relance de l' économie locale en Indonésie, au Sri Lanka, en Inde et en Thaïlande.
Accès aux soins, à l'éducation, au logement, relance de l'économie locale, restauration des écosystèmes...la phase d'urgence terminée, les objectifs restent nombreux pour venir en aide aux populations sinistrées par le tsunami du 26 décembre 2004. Les projets mis en place par le Secours populaire visent donc désormais à reconstituer les conditions

After having donated US$3 million to the Thai Red Cross to help in tsunami relief and rehabilitation activities, the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) has now informed that it will donate a further US$500,000.
The first donation had been presented to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Executive Vice President of the Thai Red Cross, by Mme Peng Peiyun, RCSC President, when the latter made an official visit to Thailand from 6 to 11 February of this year. The money was used to construct 40 houses and a child care center in a

Contents
- Healing the silent agonies of the Earthquake

- Isabelle's diary

- Thai-Burmese border communities brace for Bird Flu

- Chipping away at Roma discrimination

- Health care worker migration: Why Should We Care?

- Searching for greener pastures - A Caribbean Perspective

- Transnational migration is here to stay

- An interview with Ricky Martin

- Don't let anyone shatter your dreams

- Ample and urgent reasons for combatting human trafficking in Southern Africa

- Dumitru Crudu Author of the "Abandoned People" Play