GLIDE n° TS-2009-000211-IDN
In support of the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI) operation to assist up to 20,000 families (approximately 100,000 people) for a total of 12 months, this revised Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 13,293,583 (USD 12.9 million or EUR 8.8 million) in cash, kind, or services. The overall budget of PMI's operations is CHF 19,627,833 (USD 19.17 million or EUR 12.99 million). The balance is being covered by bilateral contributions made directly to PMI by a number of partner national societies.
With contributions received to date, the appeal is 63 per cent covered in cash and kind, with further pledges in the pipeline. Additional funds are needed to enable PMI to scale up its response and provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by the disaster.
Considering the longer-term needs of the communities and the time needed for service delivery, this revision establishes an appeal duration of a total period of 12 months. The decrease of the Emergency Appeal budget (from the preliminary Emergency Appeal budget) is due to bilateral arrangements with PMI that enabled the national society to cover some of the recovery needs of its operation.
The operation will be completed by the end of September 2010. In addition to the regular updates, a Final Report will be made available by the end of December 2010 (three months after the end of the operation).
Appeal history:
- A revised preliminary Emergency Appeal was launched on 7 October for CHF 19,185,775 (USD 18.64 million or EUR 12.69 million) in cash, kind, or services to support the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI) to assist up to 20,000 families (approximately 100,000 individuals) for six months.
- A Preliminary Emergency Appeal was launched on 4 October 2009 for CHF 6,842,032 (USD 6.60 million or EUR 4.53 million) in cash, kind, or services to support the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI) to assist up to 5,000 families (approximately 25,000 individuals) for six months.
- CHF 235,000 (USD 227,106 or EUR 155,302) was allocated from the International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support this operation.
Summary:
The west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra was struck by two consecutive earthquakes over a 48-hour period. The first quake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, struck at 17:15 local time on 30 September, at a depth of 71 km off the coast, close to the district of Padang in West Sumatra province. The second earthquake, measuring 6.8, struck an inland area 225 km southeast of Padang city on 1 October.
The most recent reports of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) of the Government of Indonesia indicate that 1,117 people died, another 2,902 were injured and more than 4,000 people displaced as a result of the powerful earthquakes. More than 2.5 million people are estimated to be living in the eight most affected districts and cities of West Sumatra, with Kota Padang and Padang Pariaman being the hardest-hit areas, where some 80 per cent of infrastructure was damaged. The BNPB reports that there are 198,200 households in urgent need of emergency shelter, with 135,300 households severely affected and 62,900 moderately affected. Priority needs, in addition to emergency shelter, include food (staple food), education, water and sanitation. The government has estimated the rehabilitation and reconstruction cost at Indonesian rupiah 7 trillion (USD 745 million) and announced 1 November as a start date for recovery activities. It has welcomed any international assistance offered which is to be coordinated through the government agencies. Emergency activities are expected to continue for another two months until the end of 2009.
In response to the humanitarian situation and a request from the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI), this revised Emergency Appeal calls for contributions to enable the national society to meet the recovery needs of the most-affected population. Considering the longer-term needs of the communities and the time needed for service delivery, this revision establishes an appeal duration of 12 months.
PMI, in collaboration with other Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners, plans to provide recovery assistance for up to 20,000 families (100,000 individuals) through the continuation of relief distribution of non-food items, provision of temporary shelters, integrated water and sanitation and health care services, psychosocial and logistics support. In addition, the national society intends to meet the needs of the most vulnerable in West Java by supporting the construction of up to 2,000 houses.
The appeal also focuses on building a stronger branch and human resource capacities within PMI at the local level. In this regard the operation is considering contracting the services of an external capacity development consultant familiar with the International Federation development processes to support the Padang chapter in the early stages of its overall recovery programme planning to ensure that all activities leave behind a well-functioning branch at volunteer, member, governance and staff levels, with refreshed and effective systems, plans and procedures.
Partners which have made contributions to the appeal to date include the American Red Cross, Australian Red Cross, British Red Cross/British government, Canadian Red Cross/Canadian government, Finnish Red Cross, French Red Cross, Hong Kong branch of the Red Cross Society of China, Iranian Red Crescent, Irish Red Cross, Japanese Red Cross, Macau branch of the Red Cross Society of China, Monaco Red Cross, Netherlands Red Cross/Netherlands government, New Zealand Red Cross/New Zealand government, Spanish Red Cross and Swedish Red Cross/Swedish government as well as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund of International Development and Irish Aid.
The International Federation, on behalf of PMI, would like to thank all partners for their generous response to this appeal.
