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Indonesia - Earthquake Fact Sheet #12, Fiscal Year (FY) 2010

Attachments

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)

Note: This is the final fact sheet for this response. The last fact sheet was dated October 27, 2009.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

- On November 16, USAID/OFDA announced the provision of nearly $800,000 to Handicap International (HI) for health, protection, and shelter and settlement activities, as well as the transportation and distribution of emergency relief supplies, benefitting populations affected by the September 30 and October 1 earthquakes in West Sumatra Province.

- From October 28 to November 11, two USAID/OFDA field officers visited partner project sites in Padang to monitor assistance programs and met with donor agencies to ensure coordination. The field officers reported that USAID/OFDA-supported interventions are operating effectively but access to beneficiary populations is likely to decrease as the rainy season progresses and roads damaged during the earthquake continue to erode.

- On November 11, two USAID/OFDA field officers departed Padang, marking the completion of local USAID/OFDA earthquake response operations. The field officers had remained in-country to continue programming assistance following the departure of a USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), which coordinated the U.S. Government (USG) response from Padang from October 5 to 25. USAID/OFDA continues to monitor the situation from the Asia regional office in Bangkok, in consultation with USAID/Indonesia.

- To date in FY 2010, the USG has provided more than $12.1 million to earthquake-affected populations in Indonesia, including nearly $7.9 million in USAID/OFDA assistance. At present, USAID/OFDA supports economic recovery and market systems, health, humanitarian coordination and information management, protection, shelter and settlements, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) activities, as well as the provision of relief supplies and logistical support.

NUMBERS AT A GLANCE
SOURCE
Confirmed Number of Deaths
1,117
GoI BNPB - October 14, 2009
Estimated Number of Affected Persons
1,200,000
U.N. - October 9, 2009

FY 2010 HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROVIDED TO DATE

USAID/OFDA Assistance to Indonesia: $7,892,449
DoD Assistance to Indonesia: $4,266,059
Total USAID and DoD Humanitarian Assistance to Earthquake-Affected Populations: $12,158,508

CURRENT SITUATION

- According to OCHA, during the week of November 15, humanitarian agencies expect a GoI announcement detailing a rehabilitation and reconstruction action plan, anticipated to cost $700 million. OCHA predicted that funds would not become available until after the completion of a GoI budget revision in March 2010.

- As of November 8, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) estimated that the earthquakes had caused approximately $2.3 million in damages and losses, nearly 80 percent of it to infrastructure.

- GoI reports state that the earthquakes reduced employment for approximately 41,000 people as of November 8, particularly in the industry, trade, and tourism sectors. However, the GoI noted that the financial impact is localized and unlikely to affect the national economy.

- The West Sumatra Provincial Disaster Management Agency has released a rehabilitation and reconstruction implementation strategy, including plans to create a task force responsible for rebuilding houses and assisting repairs.

CURRENT SITUATION

- According to OCHA, during the week of November 15, humanitarian agencies expect a GoI announcement detailing a rehabilitation and reconstruction action plan, anticipated to cost $700 million. OCHA predicted that funds would not become available until after the completion of a GoI budget revision in March 2010.

- As of November 8, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) estimated that the earthquakes had caused approximately $2.3 million in damages and losses, nearly 80 percent of it to infrastructure.

- GoI reports state that the earthquakes reduced employment for approximately 41,000 people as of November 8, particularly in the industry, trade, and tourism sectors. However, the GoI noted that the financial impact is localized and unlikely to affect the national economy.

- The West Sumatra Provincial Disaster Management Agency has released a rehabilitation and reconstruction implementation strategy, including plans to create a task force responsible for rebuilding houses and assisting repairs.

The agency plans to provide the assistance through stimulus funds transferred to the accounts of community groups comprising 20 to 25 households each.

- As of November 3, approximately 8,000 people remained displaced in Padang Pariaman and Agam districts, according to OCHA. The GoI and humanitarian partners have constructed three IDP camps, and construction of an additional three camps remains ongoing in Padang Pariaman, where displaced individuals awaiting placement in camps currently reside with host families.

Shelter and Settlements

- Revised district-level data from the GoI BNPB denote a reduction in the estimated number of houses the earthquake severely or moderately damaged. The new estimate of nearly 182,000 severely or moderately damaged houses indicates that approximately 745,000 people remain in need of housing assistance. According to OCHA, the GoI may revise the figures further after releasing village-level data.

- The U.N. Shelter Cluster reported that, as of November 3, at least 451,000 people in 110,000 households have received emergency shelter assistance. Humanitarian agencies have shifted focus to constructing transitional shelter and promoting safe building practices, as shelter cluster members reported the fulfillment of the majority of emergency shelter needs.

- The U.N. Shelter Cluster has targeted approximately 35,000 households for transitional shelter assistance.

Approximately 30 organizations have plans to contribute to transitional shelter activities subject to the availability of funding.

WASH

- Approximately 600,000 people in Padang city will likely continue to require assistance from a U.N. WASH Cluster water trucking operation through the end of December 2009, according to OCHA.

- The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), IFRC, Action Contre la Faim, Mercy Corps, Médecins Sans Frontières-Spain, and World Vision have agreed to continue water trucking until the end of November. The organizations plan to focus on urban and rural communities that remain disconnected from the public network, as well as communities repairing wells and springs.

- The WASH Cluster reported that more than 1,000 severely damaged schools in affected areas will require emergency latrines with hand-washing facilities and separate toilets for boys and girls during the next two years of school reconstruction.

- WASH Cluster members have agreed on a common strategy for the emergency and recovery phases and established a latrine design working group.

- The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) installed six generators in Agam, Padang, and Pariaman cities during the week of November 2 to increase the water pumping capacity of city boreholes and allow a reduction in water trucking.

Agriculture and Food Security

- On November 3, OCHA reported that the governor of West Sumatra Province has requested immediate assistance from the GoI Ministry of Agriculture for the November to December rice planting season. The province requires approximately 1,200 metric tons (MT) of rice seed and 5,000 MT of fertilizer to potentially avert future earthquake-related food insecurity problems, according to OCHA. The earthquake also damaged aquaculture, fishery, and livestock facilities.

- As of November 3, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization had initiated the emergency distribution of agricultural inputs to 2,200 farmers.

Health

- A November 3 U.N. Health Cluster report indicated that the earthquakes damaged 10 hospitals and 272 health facilities in affected areas. The health cluster additionally requested that WASH cluster members construct 62 wells for damaged health facilities.

- As of October 31, PMI had conducted health interventions in 41 villages and conducted more than 80 health service visits reaching more than 6,800 affected people.

- Through USAID/OFDA support, HI is addressing the critical emergency health care and psychosocial needs of individuals severely injured by the earthquake through coordination of physical rehabilitation activities and an identification, monitoring, and referral system at the hospital and community level, as well as health worker capacity building. In addition, since early October, USAID/OFDA has supported IMC programs coordinating response efforts with the Padang Pariaman District Health Department and the Provincial Coordinating Unit for the Management of Disasters to ensure that activities meet GoI and U.N. World Health Organization guidelines for patient care and meet the larger GoI health response framework.

USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

- On October 1, U.S. Ambassador Cameron R. Hume issued a disaster declaration due to the effects of the September 30 earthquake. To date in FY 2010, USAID/OFDA has provided more than $7.9 million to support earthquake-affected individuals.

- On October 5, a USAID/DART arrived in Indonesia to assess humanitarian conditions and coordinate activities with the humanitarian community, the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, USAID/Indonesia, and DoD in support of the GoI humanitarian response to the earthquake. USAID/OFDA activated a Washington, D.C.-based Response Management Team (RMT) on October 1 to support the USAID/DART. The RMT and USAID/DART demobilized on and 25, respectively.

- To date in FY 2010, DoD has provided nearly $4.3 million to support the humanitarian response to the earthquake. DoD assistance includes logistical support to transport emergency relief commodities and personnel to earthquake-affected areas. In addition, DoD deployed a Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team mobile medical unit to augment local medical facilities in Padang.