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A. Situation analysis
Description of the disaster
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Pidie Jaya District, province of Aceh in Sumatra Island, Indonesia, around 05:00 local time, on Wednesday 7 December 2016. The national disaster management agency’s (BNPB) and the regional disaster management agency (BPBD) coordinated the response and reported that at least 104 people lost their lives and more than 11,378 houses, including shops, office building, schools, mosques and hospitals, were damaged. A total of 85,161 people were affected, with 857 injured. There was also damage to roads, hampering access to some of the affected areas. Water sources were damaged and people had to depend on water distribution for some time. Health institutions were not spared. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake was centred 17 kilometres northeast of Pidie Jaya – around 121 km southeast of Banda Aceh – with a depth of 10 km.
Summary of response
Overview of Host National Society PMI was on the ground from the onset, with its base units mobilizing volunteers, many of whom are members of the affected communities. In total, PMI mobilized 382 personnel (39 staff and 343 volunteers) for the response, of whom 250 were men and 132 women. At least 232 volunteers supported evacuation, assessment, information centre, public kitchen and distribution activities, 47 volunteers supported health activities, 65 supported WASH activities, 17 volunteers supported disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, and 21 volunteers supported cash transfer programming (CTP) as well as related community engagement and accountability (CEA) activities.
In terms of emergency response, the National Society mobilized seven ambulances and medical crew from Aceh, North Sumatra and Binjai, to provide mobile clinic services, which finished in March 2017. PMI also provided mobility aids, including 51 wheelchairs and 400 crutches. PMI provided psychosocial support, which started after the earthquake up until the end of recovery phase.
The National Society mobilized ten water trucks to affected areas to meet immediate water needs – reaching at least 72,627 people with 5 million litres of safe water – and distributed 200 water tanks in affected villages where PMI was trucking safe water. Prior to distributing the water, PMI cleaned water sources and ensured access for water trucks, this work was supported by other donors. During the operation, 2,000 hygiene kits were distributed to affected families to complement hygiene promotion in communities. The table below sets out the number of people who benefited from PMI services during the operation.
In the emergency phase, PMI distributed shelter materials and non-food items (NFI) including 3,700 tarpaulins, 2,400 family kits, 500 baby kits2 , 9,000 mattresses, 100 family tents, 5 emergency tents and 1,100 blankets. In total, more than 2,400 families from three districts (Pidie Jaya, Pidie and Bireun Districts) got these services. In addition, 1,500 families received conditional cash grants across three sectors: WASH (supported by DREF), and shelter and livelihoods (supported by a DFAT grant). One month after cash distribution, post distribution monitoring was done using Open Data Kit (ODK).
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities – covered by a DFAT grant outside this DREF operation – started in early April, with training for volunteers on facilitating DRR in the community and in schools. In total, 33 villages and 17 schools were reached with DRR activities, including first aid training, that lasted for five days for each village and school. They consisted of one day socialization, two day DRR training and two days DRR simulation.
Also utilizing the DFAT grant, PMI held a one-day workshop on building safer house attended by 120 people from nine villages. PMI also produced 2,000 leaflets on the principles of build back safer. These leaflets were distributed to shelter beneficiaries, DRR beneficiary families, and the remaining leaflets were shared district disaster management office (BPBD) and the Department of Public Works, who are responsible for undertaking the government’s shelter assistance programme, targeting 6,400 families.
A video highlighting the main components of PMI’s response from the emergency phase to this stage can be accessed at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4pOLKGNkZSWQU9udEZBMl9zcms/view?usp=sharing