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Indonesia - Earthquake Fact Sheet #8, 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: The last fact sheet was dated October 9, 2009.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

- On October 10, a flight carrying 45 metric tons (MT) of relief commodities, including 340 rolls of plastic sheeting, 7,200 10-liter water containers, 6,720 hygiene kits, and 6 power generators arrived in Padang from the USAID/OFDA warehouse in Dubai. The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is distributing the commodities-valued at more than $383,000 including transport-to earthquake-affected populations.

- The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) continues to coordinate with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to arrange transportation for non-governmental organization (NGO) emergency relief supplies. To date, DoD has transported approximately 66 MT of emergency relief commodities via helicopter to affected areas throughout West Sumatra Province.

- On October 12, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released a Government of Indonesia (GoI) district-level damage assessment. The assessment indicates that the earthquake damaged more than 265,418 houses, 105 health facilities, 52 bridges, 131 irrigation systems, and 81 markets.

- On October 13, USAID/OFDA committed $3 million to Mercy Corps for shelter and water, sanitation, and hygiene activities in earthquake-affected areas surrounding Padang through a NGO consortium. The consortium builds emergency response capacity in Indonesia.

- To date in FY 2010, the U.S. Government (USG) has provided nearly $8.9 million to earthquake-affected populations in Indonesia, including more than $4.8 million in USAID/OFDA funding. At present, USAID/OFDA supports health, protection, shelter and settlements, and water, sanitation, and hygiene activities, as well as the provision of relief supplies and logistical support. The USAID/DART continues to assess humanitarian needs to direct future USAID/OFDA programming.