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08 Dec 2006

Indonesia
Indonesia: Tsunami review - Why Acehnese still wait for houses

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
08-December-2006, Brisbane, Indonesia-Relief -- Progress since 2004 Boxing Day disaster: End-2004 - Tsunamis and earthquakes leave 170,000 people dead or missing in Aceh and half a million homeless. End-2005: With Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) still more than half a million, Indonesia's Bureau of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction for Aceh and Nias (BRR) vows a year of building 78,000 houses and 42,000 in 2007.

The world aid outpouring was to pass US$4.6 billion via the hundreds of organisations, both government and non

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04 Oct 2006

Indonesia
Japan announces partial completion of Tsunami road

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Jakarta, Indonesia-Relief -- The opening ceremony for the partial completion of the West Coast Road Rehabilitation Project was held in Calang on October 4. Mr. Shin Ebihara, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Director of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction NAD, and others dignitaries participated in the ceremony.

Japan has provided assistance for the rehabilitation of the West Coast Road which extends about 130 kilometers from Calang to Meulaboh. On October 4, the road between Calang and Teunom, extending 33 kilometers, was rehabilitated.

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21 Jul 2006

Indonesia
Indonesia: Yudhoyono visits West Java tsunami zone

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Pangandaran, Indonesia-Relief - President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday, 9.50 am, arrived at Nusawiru airport in Ciamis district. The airport is not far from Pangandaran beach resort area, the worst area affected by last Monday earthquake and tsunami.

On visiting Pangandaran area, Yudhoyono asked local disaster agency (Satkolak PBP) to distribute food assistance to the tsunami victims as fast as possible as he heard that a lot of tsunami victims haven't received any assistance. The president also asked them to search for casualties for more weeks, as they did in Aceh.

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19 Jul 2006

Indonesia
Java tsunami death toll almost 400

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Jakarta, Indonesia-Relief - On the third day after last Monday tsunami, according to Indonesian Ministry of Social Affair, total death victims has reached 396 people and another 700 peoples injured. The ministry also said that 187 people still missing.
''We expected more death toll to come as there are still 187 people in missing status,'' said the ministry on a statement on Wednesday morning. The ministry hopes all the missing people will be found as the search and rescue effort has been intensified.

Meanwhile the Ministry of Health on Tuesday

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18 Jul 2006

Indonesia
Indonesia: Java tsunami death toll reach 237

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Jakarta, Indonesia-Relief -- Tsunami that hit southern coast of West Java and Central Java has killed more than 237 peoples. The biggest number of victims, 184 peoples, found in beach resort area of Pangandaran, Ciamis district, West Java, and neigbhoring district of Tasik Malaya, nearest to the earthquake epicentrum, 91 people found death.
In Central Java, the biggest victim recorded at Cilacap where 67 people found death. Another 6 people found death in neigboring district of Kebumen. While in Gunung Kidul, part of Yogyakarta, two peoples found death.
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28 May 2006

Indonesia
Indonesia: Freeport donates 1 billion for Java earthquake

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
The gold mining company PT Freeport Indonesia has provides donation of Rp 1 billion to the victims of Saturday earthquake. Similar amount of donation also provided by Indonesian conglomerate, Prayogo Pangestu. The donation channeled through the Jakarta based Metro TV, which totally has collected more than Rp 4 billion during the first day of the earthquake.
Another companies who already channeled their donation through Metro TV are PT Gudang Garam, the largest cigarette company in Indonesia, and Media Group of companies, media group who own
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30 Sep 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: IOM hands over Dutch houses to tsunami survivors

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Banda Aceh, Indonesia-Relief -- This Friday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) handed over keys for newly constructed homes in Riverside village to the tsunami-devastated community of Dayahraya, in Baitassulam. The units are funded through the generosity of the Government of the Netherlands.

Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) Director Kuntoro Mangkusubroto will accompany the families as they dismantle their tents and relocate to their new homes in Riverside.

Following the move from temporary shelter

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21 Sep 2005

Indonesia
UNHCR to import Mexican timbers for Nias

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Gunung Sitoli, Indonesia-Relief -- A Shelter Working Group Meeting held last week at Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR)'s office in Nias finalized standardization codes for timber for housing reconstruction in Nias. The agreement was achieved after several meetings, organized by the BRR Nias office.

The regulation of timber standards was part of an NGO agreement which in cooperation with UNHCR which has agreed to provide timber for no cost. UNHCR will import legal timber from several countries including Mexico and South America, BRR said in a statement on

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15 Sep 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: Finland to donate 8 million euros to Aceh

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Helsinski, Indonesia-Relief -- After its country men succeeds in bring Aceh peace agreement, the Finnish Cabinet Finance Committee on Wednesday agreed to provide 8 million of euros to help rebuild Aceh.
As reported by Helsingin Sanomat, Finland will contribute the aid to the multi-donor trust fund, which was founded in May and is governed by The World Bank and the Indonesian Government. The Finnish grant will be disbursed between 2005 and 2007.

Last month, a peace treaty brokered in Helsinki by the former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari brought a formal

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08 Sep 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: ILO holds rural infrastructure clinic in Banda Aceh

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Banda Aceh, Indonesia-Relief -- To support the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Aceh, in cooperation with government of Aceh province, International Labour Organization (ILO) will hold a Rural Infrastructure Clinic in Banda Aceh, said ILO statement.
The aim of the Clinic is to review how the experience gained by local government in other areas of Indonesia with rural infrastructure planning (using Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning approach), small-scale contracting and community contracts and rural infrastructure
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07 Sep 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: Triangle completes three fish markets in Aceh Besar

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Lhoknga, Indonesia-Relief -- The Triangle Generation Humanitarie (TGH), a French NGO, has completed construction of 3 out of 4 planned fish auction markets (TPI) in Aceh Besar district. A ceremony to inaugurate the new fish auction markets held on Monday in TPI Lhoknga, along with the handing over of 50 boats to local fishermen.
TGH officer, Simon Lavabre, said in a statement that the completed TPI are located in Lhoknga (in subdistrict of Lhoknga), Lampuuk (Lhoknga), and Saney (Lhoong). TGH has involved in the area since eight months ago to help 262 fishermen.
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30 Aug 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: AWB helps rebuild 1,000 building in Aceh

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
San Fransisco, Indonesia-Relief -- Craig William, director of Architect Without Borders (AWB), said his organization will build or rebuild 1,000 building in Aceh, especially schools and orphanages. To finance the project, AWB has received financial support between $3 and $4 million from Steve Olson, a building developer from Southern California.
''Steve Olson from Southern California, who is a developer, has dedicated a sizable amount of money toward reconstruction activities with us....We anticipate the project will cost $3 or $4 million.
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30 Aug 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: ACTED to start new support phase in Nias

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Jakarta, Indonesia-Relief -- The Afghan veteran NGO, Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), in September will start information and public-awareness hygiene campaign in Lahewa, Nias Island. The program is a complement to its assistance in restoring water distribution system in Lahewa that has been started since June.
ACTED rehabilitation works on the water distribution system in Lahewa scheduled to last in November 2005. The organization started the first phase of the project, cleaning up the lake supplying
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26 Aug 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: AusAID channels fund for Aceh through Asia Foundation

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
San Fransisco, Indonesia-Relief -- The Asia Foundation, the premier non-profit organization devoted to Asia's development since 1954, announced on Thursday that it has received a $4,900,000 AusAID (AUS $6 million) grant from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to fund a local election and democratic governance program in Indonesia. The grant is the largest award the Foundation has received from AusAID.

During his recent visit to Australia, Douglas Bereuter, president of The Asia Foundation, participated in the

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26 Aug 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: Foreign NGOs seek help to fund projects in Aceh and Nias

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Jakarta, Indonesia-Relief - People say there are already huge money pouring into Aceh to help tsunami victims. But recently Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) published a long list of foregn NGOs seeking for help to fund their projects in Aceh.
According to BRR, the projects listed below have been approved by BRR, but require either partial or complete funding.

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15 Aug 2005

Indonesia + 3 others
South Asia: Ernst & Young Indonesia develops tsunami accounting software

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Colombo, Indonesia-Relief -- Ernst & Young Indonesia, as reported by Asian Tribune today, has developed a 'Tool Kit' to help organizations that provide humanitarian aid to Tsunami victims, to establish proper systems of accountability and internal control.
Adlair Goldberg, Ernst & Young, Jakarta, the author of the tool kit named as EYe Tool Kit explained the details of the tool kit at a brief seminar arranged in association with the Consortium for Humanitarian Agencies held at Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka, last week.

Explaining the details about the Tool

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15 Aug 2005

Indonesia + 1 other
South Asia: UAE Sheikh donates $1.8 million to tsunami survivors

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Abu Dhabi, Indonesia-Relief -- The Zayed Foundation for Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation has entered into an agreement with the Uni Arab Emirat Red Crescent Authority to set up charity projects worth $1.8m for tsunami victims in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
The agreement signed by Salim Al Dhahiri, general director of Zayed Foundation, and Khalifa Nasir Al Suwaidi,UAE Red Crescent Society Board Chairman.

As reported by AME Info on Monday, the fund will be used to finance construction of two orphanages and health

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15 Aug 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: Chevron, USAID invite Acehnese youth to attend vocational training

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Jakarta, Indonesia-Relief -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Chevron Corporation are offering scholarships to over 300 Acehnese youth, aged 18-22, to attend three-month vocational skill-building courses in Caltex Polytechnic in neighboring province of Riau.
''These scholarships will help youth sharpen the skills needed to engage in the reconstruction of tsunami stricken communities,'' US Embassy in Jakarta said in a statement on Monday.

On August 14, the second group of 75 students arrived at Politeknik Caltex Riau in Pekanbaru to study computer

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14 Aug 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: Canadian Red Cross rebuilds 700 homes in Aceh Besar

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Jakarta, Indonesia-Relief -- The Canadian Red Cross (CRC) is currently implementing project to rebuild 700 homes in Kreung Raya, subdistrict of Mesjid Raya, Aceh Besar, near Aceh main port of Malahayati. American Red Cross supports the project by providing sanitation and water facilities.
In Kreung Raya, in cooperation with Jakarta branch of Soroptimist International, Netherlands Red Cross (NRC) also involved in construction of 195 of houses, wrote International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in its latest report.

Kreung Raya or Krueng Raya is a neighborhood

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13 Aug 2005

Indonesia
Indonesia: Natural gas company completes construction of school in Lampuuk

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— Indonesia-Relief.org
Banda Aceh, Indonesia-Relief -- Indonesian natural gas company, PT Badak NGL, has completed reconstruction of SMP 2, a middle school in Lampuuk, Aceh Besar. Wahyudi, director of the natural gas company, today handed over the school to Head of Aceh Educational Office Zulkifli, as well as signed an inscription stone in the school yard.
On handing over the school, the East Kalimantan based natural gas company director said he is sorry for the late completion of the school. The school used to be completed on May, but lack of construction material as well as other obstruction has hampered

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