OCHA Situation Report No. 12
Indonesia: Earthquake and Mt. Merapi Volcano
9 June 2006


This report is based on information received from the UN 
Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator's Office in Jakarta, Indonesia, and 
the UN team in Yogyakarta.

HIGHLIGHTS

- The Government has increased its funding requirement for emergency 
relief and reconstruction programmes from IDR 1.075 trillion (USD 
114,602,197) to IDR 5 trillion (USD 532,913,766).

- Due to the large number of orthopedic injuries, there is an urgent 
need for orthopedic equipment, orthopedic medicines and orthopedic 
personnel.

- Volcanic activity at Mt. Merapi is increasing.  More people living in 
the Merapi vicinity are being evacuated.

SITUATION

1.  As of 8 June 17:00, the death toll stands at 5,722.  The number of 
injuries stands at 37,924.  122,301 homes have been completely 
destroyed. 415,169 additional houses have suffered earthquake damage. 
All statistics come from BAKORNAS. The Government (MENKOKERNAS) is 
preparing a compensation programme to assist those affected by the 
earthquake using three categories: a) those whose houses were completely 
destroyed, b) those who suffered substantial damages, and c) those whose 
damages were minor. This planning figure for this programme is 1.5 
million as this includes those that fall into all three categories.

2.  An aftershock measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale at II-III MMI 
(Modified Mercalli Intensity), hit Klaten (8 June) 11.44 local time. The 
epicenter was located at 7.8S and 110.3E, approximately 6.48 km north 
Klaten at a depth of 15 km. The quake was also felt in Yogyakarta and 
surrounding areas.

Yogyakarta province

Bantul

3.  As of 8 June, medical trauma cases have been dramatically reduced 
from 12,872 to 261.

4.  In Jetis, the most affected area in Bantul, people are starting to 
clear debris and recycle materials for further re-construction of homes 
with the help of neighbour and relatives.

5.  The district authorities are requesting instant noodles and tool 
kits to clear debris. Items requested should be locally procured.

Yogyakarta

6.  There is a need for heavy equipment to clear debris blocking 
distribution routes.

7.  Reconstruction plans for the area are being developed in cooperation 
with universities.

Central Java province

8.  The Government is inviting organizations to donate tents and shelter 
kits to Cawas, Prambanan and Bayat. Items requested should be locally 
procured.

9.  Communities have begun to clear rubble and earthquake debris. 
Assistance in the form of masonry and carpentry tools will be greatly 
appreciated. Items requested should be locally procured.

Mt. Merapi volcano

10.  Experts are reiterating that Merapi is small compared to other 
renowned volcanoes. It erupts every 2-3 years, but not in a spectacular 
or dramatic way. The local population in the vicinity is used to it.

11.  There are well-practiced drills in place, with villagers being able 
to evacuate homes within 10 minutes. There are also well-established 
camps, which are being re-supplied (supplies were drawn down for 
earthquake relief). Villagers often send the elderly, women and children 
to these camps at night while the able-bodied stay behind to guard homes 
and possessions. The main implication of this for relief assistance is 
that different numbers of people will evacuate the mountain at different 
times, for different periods, making it difficult to plan and prioritize 
relief supplies.

12.  The Centre for Vulcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation reports 
increased levels of lava flows and pyroclastic clouds.  The alert is 
still at the highest level.  The lava dome suffers up to 80 minor 
collapses per day.

13.  District authorities report that as of 15.00 (8 June), 12,074 
people from five sub-districts in Magelang have been evacuated to 30 
camps. 3,084 people have been evacuated to eight camps in Sleman. 3,507 
people have been evacuated to three camps in Klaten.

14.  District authorities in Boyolali say no evacuation orders have been 
issued as yet. However, the authorities, communities and the camps are 
on standby for evacuation should the situation worsen.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

15.  The Government has increased its funding requirement for emergency 
relief and reconstruction programmes from IDR 1.075 trillion (USD 114 
million) to IDR 5 trillion (USD 533 million).

16.  Based on the BAPPENAS framework, post-disaster recovery programmes 
are divided into three phases:

    a. Emergency response phase (1st - 2nd month). Activities include 
search and rescue, emergency medical aid, provision of temporary 
shelter, and debris clearing.

    b.  Rehabilitation (the 2nd - 12th month). Activities include 
restoration of public services, basic social services, economic 
facilities recovery, housing reconstruction and mental rehabilitation.

    c.  Reconstruction (the 7th - 24th month). Activities include 
rebuilding the economy (production, trade and banking), the 
transportation system, the telecommunication system, social and culture 
recovery, and institutional recovery.

17.  The provincial government has provided 150 classroom tents in 
affected areas in Central Java. The Government is also working with 
Department of Psychology of University of Gajah Mada to provide 
psychosocial support. The government plans to provide free uniforms, 
backpacks, and other school supplies to encourage students to start the 
new school term on 17 July.

CLUSTER AND SECTOR UPDATE

Health:

18.  Due to the large number of orthopedic injuries, there continues to 
be an urgent need for orthopedic equipment, orthopedic medicines and 
orthopedic personnel. The hospital sub-group will be asked to provide 
and communicate a list of needs for orthopedic supplies. This will be 
coordinated in Yogyakarta.

19.  Large amounts of donated drugs are arriving for the health sector, 
many of them unfamiliar in Indonesia. Storage, distribution and 
management of the medicines represent a challenge for the Provincial 
Health Office. All material will be registered and requests channeled 
through a central agency. Meanwhile, the strong recommendation is that 
future medical supplies be procured locally. During a coordination 
meeting chaired by the head of Provincial Health Office it was agreed 
that all supplies will be registered in a pharmacy warehouse before 
distribution.

20.  It is strongly recommended by the Ministry of Health that donated 
drugs should have at least one year left before they expire. WHO will 
assist Provincial Health Office to develop an information system, 
capacity building and provide IT equipment. AusAID will also help 
provincial government improve their supply management system.

21.  Outpatient health services are being provided through mobile 
clinics by medical personnel from Indonesia and 26 assisting countries. 
The Government has announced that no more additional medical personnel 
are needed except for orthopedic specialists, orthopedic medical 
supplies and equipment.

22.  Measles immunization, distribution of tetanus tablets, and a 
vitamin A campaign are ongoing. Five cases of tetanus have been reported 
among adults including one death. WHO teams are keeping a close watch on 
the tetanus situation. Ministry of Health guidelines on the prevention 
of tetanus, prophylaxis and treatment of tetanus were provided to all 
health facilities and stakeholders

23.  IRD coordinated the shipment and delivery of 1,600 doses of 
anti-Tetanus medicine in response to a growing number of Tetanus cases 
reported in the quake-affected area of Yogyakarta. IRD received 
USD18,000 worth of Human Tetanus Immunoglobulin as an in-kind donation 
from Northwest Medical Teams and has coordinated its immediate 
distribution with the Yogyakarta Provincial Health Office (PHO). IRD has 
allocated the medicine for use in 18 medical mobile units provided by 
the PHO.

24.  The Provincial Health Office and UNICEF agreed to joint mental 
health and psychosocial groups. Each group will report to the Ministry 
of Health and Ministry of Social Affairs. The first mental 
health/psychosocial coordination meeting will be on 10 June, 09.00 at 
Provincial Health Office. Six suicide cases have been reported. Another 
66 people have been hospitalized for severe mental disorders and 
depression.

25.  WHO is facilitating a mapping survey on "who works on what and 
where". WHO and Gajah Mada University have set up a website to provide 
all information related to health services and supplies. 
www.disaster-java-06.simkes.org

26.  IOM has returned 1,352 newly release patients and accompanying 
family members from hospitals back to their homes. IOM has also assisted 
in the transport of surgical patients from the US Marine and JICA field 
hospital to district recovery centres.

27.  Five health sub-groups have been established in Yogyakarta and are 
meeting regularly (hospital and medical services, surveillance and 
communicable disease control, immunization, logistics and health 
supplies, psychosocial support and mental health ). Daily meetings of 
the Yogyakarta health cluster take place at the Provincial Health Office 
at 17.00.

28.  A Japanese pharmaceutical company, PT EISAI Co donated IDR 1 
billion to the Ministry of Health for the provision of medical supplies 
and equipment. A team has also been sent to help hospitals in 
Yogyakarta.

Shelter:

29.  Emergency Shelter security is not as good as original estimates 
suggested. The aggregate number of houses rendered totally or partially 
uninhabitable appears to have risen threefold from the original figure 
of 140,000 to an estimated 470,000. However, it should be noted that, 
given the socio-cultural situation, the number of damaged buildings does 
not equate to 'households' and it is not possible to quantify the 
population 'at risk' in shelter terms at this time. Estimates of 
emergency shelter coverage are only currently available from 12 of the 
approximately 80 Sub-Districts in the two affected Provinces. Average 
coverage for these Sub-Districts is 65%.

30.  A 'Rapid Shelter Security Assessment' is being planned in 
conjunction with a national NGO consortium and Engineering Department of 
the University in Yogyakarta. Baseline data will be available on 15 
June.

31.  Mapping of 'who / what / where' is underway. Initial geographic 
'gap analysis' will be available in the next days.

32.  The Emergency Shelter Coordination Group has established a 
'Strategic Planning Group' consisting of representatives from all 
concerned stakeholders. This group has drafted an outline 'Strategic 
Framework' document that has been distributed to the wider membership 
for feedback prior to presentation to GOI. A 'Technical Working Group' 
is in the process of being established.

33.  There are currently 68 NGO members of the Emergency Shelter 
Coordination Group. Of these, three members represent national NGO 
associations with upwards of 300 members.

Water and Sanitation:

34.  There is an increase in the demand of sanitary facilities. There is 
a gap of approximately 9,000 units of the 31,000 toilets required.

35.  Water storage remains a problem. There is a gap of 10,000 units of 
the required 200,000 jerry cans. An estimated 20% of wells are damaged.

36.  The AusAid assessment team, in close collaboration with UNICEF, is 
working on a more systematic assessment of the damage to water and 
sanitation infrastructure. Initial analysis shows that most people still 
have access to a water source (though storage is a problem) and that 
even in destroyed houses toilets are, occasionally, still working.

37.  The working group on hygiene promotion and another group on school 
sanitation will be formed jointly under the Education cluster.

Food:

38.  WFP has provided rice and fortified noodles and biscuits for 
100,000 people, but no oil, fish or meat. WFP plans a formal household 
food security and situation assessment beginning next week.

39.  Some isolated communities have not yet been assessed and needs may 
increase. Needy communities have been identified and there are agencies 
which UNICEF can coordinate with to distribute supplies and advocacy.

40.  There is currently a lack of appropriate food for infants, young 
children and their mothers. There have been many requests for milk 
formula. UNICEF advocated against supply of infant formula or baby milk 
at meetings of donors and partner agencies in Jakarta and Yogyakarta.

41.  UNICEF shares the policy on infant feeding in emergencies:

  - Breastfeeding becomes even more important during emergencies.

  - Breast milk substitutes increase the risk of diarrhoeal disease,
malnutrition and infant death.

  - If breast milk substitutes are distributed, their distribution and
use should be monitored by trained staff, according to the principles as
stated in the guidelines.


Child Protection:

42.  A mapping of the protection activities has been completed. Key 
activities include child friendly spaces, counselling, psycho-education 
and the distribution of supplies including food items. Protection 
activities have been conducted in all affected sub-districts in Bantul, 
except Sedayu and Kasihan. In Klaten, protection activities have been 
conducted in four affected sub-districts - many affected sub-districts 
have not received any protection assistance.

43.  A total of five Children's Centres, as well as two outpost 
community centres, have been established in partnership with the 
Department of Social Welfare and a local NGO Kakak. These centres are 
conducting recreation and psychosocial activities for children.

44.  The training of ten national and provincial health officials and 
five Save the Children registrars on the registration of vulnerable 
children took place on June 2.  Eight children have been identified for 
registration. An additional 40 children (identified by the CARDI) meet 
the vulnerability criteria.

45.  UNICEF has begun a common assessment and mapping exercise to 
identify priority issues that need to be addressed in the protection 
cluster, as well as gaps in geographic and programming coverage.

Education:

46.  4,000 children return to school today in twenty UNICEF emergency 
school tents.

47.  It is anticipated that Japan will supply 3,000 to 4,000 school 
tents.

48.  Plan International will provide 100-120 temporary learning spaces 
for primary and junior high school including school supplies, teacher 
training, and psycho-social support.

49.  Save the Children UK will provide 300-400 school tents including 
teaching and learning materials for 100 schools and psycho for the 
schools they schools that they support.

50.  USAID will provide technical assistance and emergency assistance 
through their country wide program and special programs in some of the 
quake affected districts.

51.  UNICEF plans to provide technical support in terms of the 
organization, content and training of psycho-social support for teachers 
and students, 1,000 school tents with teaching and learning materials 
for about 250,000 students and teachers.

Early Recovery:

52.  The Central Java government wants to restore livelihoods as soon as 
possible, leading to a general poverty alleviation programme, setting 
housing standards and providing village building supervisors.

53.  A disaster risk reduction programme for recovery has been discussed 
in the cluster group. Several organizations will start producing 
leaflets to promote safer building practices.

54.  The Government of Japan has sent a mission to conduct a needs 
assessment for rehabilitation and reconstruction. USD 5 million out of 
USD 10 million of grant assistance from Japan is earmarked for 
rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes.

Logistics:

Surface/Air Transport

55.  As decided in Heads of Cluster Meeting, the logistics coordination 
mechanism has been upgraded to a "Logistics Cluster" .

56.  The current demand for surface transport amounts to between 10 and 
20 trucks daily for government distribution; plus trucks for the 
humanitarian community at large; and trucks for standby at Solo and 
Yogyakarta for inbound airfreight.

57.  ATLAS Logistique has 15 trucks, and some pick-ups on daily hire to 
respond to daily requests. Capacity was designed to match demand.  As 
part of their service to the community, ATLAS Logistique is preparing 
all documentation associated with trucking (packing lists, way bills, 
etc).  95 local NGOs and 20 International NGOs are now using ATLAS 
Logistique.

58.  IOM providing truck delivery services and is also providing 
mini-vans and buses for the District Health Office (DHO). A convoy 
system is in place to support IFRC needs between Medan and Yogyakarta.

59.  IOM has transported 500 tonnes of rice. Trucks are making 
deliveries to Klaten and Bantul. IOM has also delivered an additional 
581 tonnes of relief supplies to quake-affected areas on behalf of the 
government, international relief agencies and foreign donors.

60.  A matrix of truck rates is being prepared by IOM and ATLAS 
Logistique. The emergency logistics response has had no apparent impact 
on the cost of trucking or fuel.  Fuel stocks are similarly unaffected, 
and supply has been uninterrupted.

61.  Organizations in need of land transportation support for relief 
items should contact IOM or Atlas Logistique in advance to avoid a 
delay.

62.  Relief flights in general are on the decline. The air bridges at 
Solo and Yogyakarta airports continue to receive humanitarian aid in a 
well coordinated manner. The DHL DRT will withdraw in a few days, but 
the TNI Air Force personnel will continue to offload and document 
supplies and move them out without delay. Please contact Major Alan Toh 
(+62(0)8139224135, alanwokie@yahoo.con) on the coordination of the 
arrival of charter aircraft or the collection of supplies from the 
airports.

Warehousing

63.  There are two operational mobile warehouses at Bantul. WFP intends 
to have five more available from 10 June. WFP is also seeking mobile 
climate-controlled storage units, given that its warehouses currently do 
not provide adequate climate control.

64.  ATLAS Logistique has 400 square meters of closed warehouse space in 
North Yogyakarta.

65.  Logistics information will be shortly available on the Relief Web 
(www.reliefweb.int) including details of customs clearance procedures, 
potential bottle necks and contacts for warehousing and other logistics 
matters.

COORDINATION & SECURITY

66.  Disaster Management Team meetings in Jakarta will henceforth be 
called Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) meetings, in light of 
regular IFRC and INGO participation.

67.  The next field coordination meeting will be held 12 June (Monday) 
in Yogyakarta.

68.  Coordination meetings (Tue, Thur, Sat) and Cluster Heads meetings 
(Mon, Wed, Fri) are being conducted in Yogyakarta every other day.

REQUIRED ASSISTANCE

The Government has asked that all assistance be procured locally 
whenever possible.

69.  Heavy equipment is required to clear earthquake debris.

70.  There is an ongoing need for orthopedic supplies and equipment. The 
hospital sub-group will be asked to provide and communicate a list of 
needs for orthopedic supplies. This will be coordinated in Yogyakarta.

71.  9,000 units of emergency toilets are needed.

72.  10,000 jerry cans are needed.

73.  There is an immediate need of 4,500 tents or temporary learning 
spaces, a large amount of schools supplies and teaching-learning 
materials (i.e. textbook, chalkboards, etc), generators, sanitation 
facilities, and construction of 1,528 permanent learning spaces to 
replace schools.

74.  Psycho-social support for students and teachers is also needed. 
Those interested in providing education support should indicate their 
intention to the Governor of Yogyakarta, copy to the Head of the 
Provincial Education Department.

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