CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
SITUATION REPORT: JAVA (INDONESIA) LANDSLIDES
November 10, 2000


SITUATION: At least 52 people have been killed this week in landslides
triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia's Central Java province. The
landslides hit the hilly district of Purworejo in the early hours of
November 5 after three days of heavy rain, according to media reports.
Most residents were sleeping when the mud buried seven villages in the
area, located 240 miles southeast of Jakarta. Last week, landslides killed
36 people in the same region, the Associated Press (AP) reported. That
death toll is expected to climb, officials said.


RESPONSE: CWS Indonesia is providing $20,000 from the CWS Blanket Fund for
blankets, tarps, mosquito nets and mats to assist 1,350 individuals
displaced by the landslides in central Java. CWS is also providing $10,000
from the CWS Directors Advance Fund for jerry cans, cooking utensils, pans
and woks to 1,000 displaced persons for immediate food security needs.


Those wishing to support the effort for this emergency should forward
financial donations to account #6999.

Call the CWS HOTLINE for updates: (800) 297-1516, ext. 111.  For further
information about disasters to which Church World Service is responding,
contact CWS Emergency Response.

Telephone: (212) 870-3151
After-hours emergency pager: (800) 780-0853
Web site: www.cwserp.org


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