CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
EMERGENCY APPEAL: JAKARTA FLOOD RESPONSE
March 16, 2007


SITUATION: The worst flooding in at least a generation hit the 
Indonesian capital of Jakarta last month, killing at least 94 people. 
Overall, swiftly rising waters affected 280,000 in the region, forcing 
at least 60,000 from their homes.

An estimated 140 million people live below the poverty level in 
Indonesia, a condition exacerbated by flooding. The cheapest land and 
shelter available to indigent populations in the region is often 
low-lying, or near a stream or tributary that can easily flood. Rising 
costs of fuel and other goods have launched an inflation boom of 18 
percent (by last available measure) in Indonesia, matched by a rising 
poverty rate.

Floods are common in and around Jakarta but the February crisis damaged 
nearly three-quarters of the capital city. Rising waters have crippled 
infrastructure while apparent price gouging is adding to the cost of 
cleanup.


CWS RESPONSE: In concert with Action by Churches Together (ACT) members 
Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU) and Yayasan Tanggul Bencana Indonesia 
(YBTI), Church World Service received a $50,000 rapid response grant 
from ACT to provide immediate assistance to affected families following 
the February storm.

CWS has so far provided assistance in the area of Cipinang, helping 
affected people (including the children in the CWS street children 
program, their families and the community) in the form of medical 
assistance (first aid and provision of medical supplies), mineral water, 
instant noodles, hygiene kits and emergency lamps. CWS is providing 
first aid for those who are sick and whose access to assistance is 
limited.  Many women and children are suffering from high fever, 
diarrhea and acute respiratory infections as a result of contact with 
polluted floodwaters.

In the two weeks immediately following the flooding, CWS and its 
partners provided the following assistance:


Non-Food Items

* Distribution of hygiene kits to 1,310 households (HH) in Cipinang

* Distribution of blanket to 350 households in Cipinang

* Distribution of buckets and jerry-cans to 1,310 households in Cipinang


Food Items

* Distribution of instant noodles

* Distribution of mineral water to 1,310 households


Health

* Medical first aid assistance


Outlined below are plans for assistance in the next four to five months:

Non-Food Items

* Distribution of mattresses to 5,596 households in Cipinang, Bukit Duri 
and Karet Tengsin

* Distribution of blankets to 5,596 households in Cipinang, Bukit Duri 
and Karet Tengsin

* Distribution of mosquito nets to 5,596 households


Water and Sanitation

* Distribution of water storage equipment (buckets/jerry-cans) to 3,886 
households in Cipinang, Bukit Duri and Karet Tengsin

* Distribution of hygiene kits to 3,886 households in Cipinang, Bukit 
Duri and Karet Tengsin

* Distribution of 560 packages of debris and mud cleaning tools to the 
neighborhood clusters in Bukit Duri, Karet Tengsin and Cipinang.


Capacity Building in Disaster Preparedness

* 50 community workshops and information sessions on flood preparedness

* 2 training sessions on flood preparedness for local partners and 
community/youth leaders.

* Internship for local partners


Beneficiaries of this response include poor labourers, street vendors 
and others in Cipinang and other areas who were heavily affected by 
flooding but lack means to recover independently.

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.

Church World Service
P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515


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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