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Indonesia: West Sumatra Earthquakes Emergency Appeal No. MDRID004 Operations Update No. 8

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GLIDE no. TS-2009-000211-IDN

Period covered by this Operations update: 9 November - 22 November 2009

Appeal target (current): CHF 13,293,583 (USD 12.9 million or EUR 8.8 million)

Appeal coverage: With contributions received to date, the appeal is 85 per cent covered in cash and kind, with further pledges in the pipeline. Additional funds are needed to enable Palang Merah Indonesia (Indonesian Red Cross) to scale up its response and provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by the disaster.

Appeal history:

- The Emergency Appeal was launched on 5 November for 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.

- 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 Palang Merah Indonesia (Indonesian Red Cross) 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 Palang Merah Indonesia (Indonesian Red Cross) 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:

After a brief respite due to low stocks in warehouses, relief distributions resumed soon after the arrival of six containers carrying tarpaulins, shelter kits, jerry cans and mosquito nets on 14 November. The relief team, in coordination with logistics, dispatched relief items to affected communities in Padang, Pariaman, Padang Pariaman, Pesisir Selatan and Agam districts between 17 - 20 November, reaching up to 5,200 families in four days. Health and hygiene promotion activities were carried out in tandem with the ongoing distributions in selected villages.

To start the t-shelter programme on a pilot basis, PMI headquarters released IDR 500 million (CHF 53,620) to support construction work in the sub-district of Pariaman Utara in Padang Pariaman. The pilot project began in the week of 16 November. The first tranche of funds were released to the communities and building has commenced, with an initial target of 65 t-shelters to be built in the next ten days.

As of 22 November, verified numbers of beneficiaries reached through PMI medical action teams and the health unit are 8,355 people. Health activities including follow-ups on previously treated cases as well as hygiene promotion and psychosocial support continue to be carried out in this reporting period. Water distributions as of 22 November 2009 have reached 3,514,000 litres.

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, Norwegian Red Cross/Norwegian government, Spanish Red Cross and Swedish Red Cross/Swedish government as well as the government of Estonia, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund of International Development and Irish Aid.

Bilateral partners supporting PMI include the American Red Cross, British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, Danish Red Cross/Danish government, French Red Cross, German Red Cross, Italian Red Cross, Netherlands Red Cross, Norwegian Red Cross, Singapore Red Cross, Spanish Red Cross, Swiss Red Cross, Turkish Red Crescent and United Arab Emirates Red Crescent. The International Federation, on behalf of PMI, would like to thank all partners for their generous response to this appeal.