Indonesia, which is the world's largest island country and located between the Indian and the Pacific Ocean, regularly faces the hardship of many natural disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis,...
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OVERVIEW The 32 countries3 that comprise the EAP region have varying climates, levels of development and capacity, and vulnerabilities to hazards. Many countries in the region undergo seasonal...
The Humanitarian Response Fund (earlier called Emergency Response Fund) mechanism was introduced in Indonesia in 2001 to address emergency needs, by providing humanitarian NGOs, including national...
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Our Strategic Commitments (1) Impartiality – We maintain impartiality in the selection of our staff. The selection of our beneficiaries purely is on a needs basis and not based on race, religion...
Overview The political and socio-economic stability of 2012 continued throughout 2013 and there were no developments which significantly affected the operating environment of PMI (Palang Merah...
Executive summary The work of the IFRC country office focuses on building the capacity of the PMI headquarters to enable it to provide enhanced guidance, support and capacity building to its...
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1. Executive Summary Overall Project/Programme Status: The second half of 2013 was a very important period for the Asia Pacific zone office, where the office proved its value in the response to many...
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Editorial Sometimes it‘s difficult to imagine that another natural disaster could ever happen again, leaving massive destruction in its wake like the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami or the earthquake in...
Summary: CHF 192,990 was allocated from the IFRC Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) in delivering assistance to some 5,000 beneficiaries (1,000 households)...
On July 2, 2013, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Aceh Province, resulting in 42 deaths and displacing more than 53,000 people. In Bener Meriah, one of Aceh’s hardest-hit districts, the...
On 2 July 2013, at 2:37 pm local time a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Sumatra’s Aceh Province. Bener Meriah and Aceh Tengah districts were hit hardest hit, with houses and infrastructure...
Highlights: · Floods and earthquakes have the highest humanitarian impact in the July – August period. · Hotspot blazes in the peatland forests of Sumatra create recurring haze emergencies in Riau...
Highlights Floods and earthquakes have the highest humanitarian impact in the July – August period. Hotspot blazes in the peatland forests of Sumatra create recurring haze emergencies in Riau...
Period covered by this update: 15 July to 31 August 2013 Summary: CHF 192,990 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 16 July 2013 to support Indonesian Red Cross...
Verene Chua, Save the Children in Indonesia On 2 July, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Aceh. Houses, schools and public buildings all over Bener Meriah and Aceh Tengah districts collapsed in the...
By Ahmad Husein and Madeline Wilson, IFRC One month after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Aceh Province, Indonesia, the Red Cross continues to provide support to affected communities. Over 52,000...
Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chairman Jusuf Kalla handed over 20,000 sheets of corrugated iron and clean drinking water to earthquake victims in Aceh on a visit to the quake-hit area in Central Aceh,...
SITUATION OVERVIEW On July 2, 2013, at 2:37 pm local time (3:37 am Eastern Daylight Time), a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Sumatra’s Aceh Province at a depth of 10 km, or 6.2 miles. The...
Dear colleagues, On 2 July 2013 a 6.2 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 10 kilometres struck the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province of Sumatra Island. The epicentre was at the western end of Central...
In the worst affected sub districts of Bener Meriah (Timang Gajah Sub District) and Aceh Tengah (Ketol and Kute Penang Sub Districts) more than 50 per cent of the population has been displaced. The...
