THE CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
CWS  SITUATION REPORT: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE
December 18, 2006


SITUATION: An earthquake early Monday on Indonesia's Sumatra Island -- 
the site of the devastating 2004 tsunami and earthquake -- has resulted 
in deaths and damaged scores of buildings.

Initial reports indicate that at least four and perhaps as many as seven 
were killed, and that the tremor was either 5.5 or 6-magnitude.

Church World Service Indonesia reports that at least 160 homes were 
damaged and blocked a major road between Padang, West Sumatra, to Medan, 
North Sumatra, the site of a CWS warehouse.


RESPONSE: Church World Service Indonesia has sent a team to the affected 
area to conduct an assessment, coordinate a response and prepare for 
distribution of materials. Part of the planned response includes 
distribution, by Tuesday (Dec. 19), of 273 tents and tarpaulins and 600 
packages of CWS Baby Kits.

CWS is working in coordination with local and provincial disaster 
response units and with fellow members of the Action by Churches 
Together (ACT) network in the region, including YAKKUM Emergency Unit 
(YEU) and Yayasan Tanggul Bencana Indonesia (YTBI).

Further updates on this situation and response are expected this week.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is 
responding please visit www.churchworldservice.org or call the CWS 
Hotline, (800) 297-1516.

CWS Emergency Response Program special contacts: (212) 870-3151
Program Director: donnajderr@churchworldservice.org
International: flumeya@churchworldservice.org
Domestic: lreedbrown@churchworldservice.org

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