OCHA Situation Report No.  9
Indonesia - Earthquake - Update
Central Java and Yogyakarta Provinces
5 June 2006


This report is developed by HC/RC Office in Indonesia based on 
information provided by the National Coordinating Board for the 
Management of Disaster (BAKORNAS PB), Provincial Coordinating Unit for 
the Management of Disaster of Central Java, Ministry of Social Affairs, 
Ministry of Health, UN agencies, NGOs, Donors and media reports.

I.  SITUATION

1. Death toll estimates range from 4,992 to 6,234. Injury estimates 
range from 33,699 to 57,790. The number of people displaced ranges from 
200,000 to 650,000.

2. The local media reports that after meeting with the Governor of 
Yogyakarta, the Minister of Foreign Affairs reiterated that the 
government is no longer accepting foreign medical volunteer teams. The 
life-saving and search and rescue phase are over, but medical treatment 
of surviving victims continues. The Minister of National Development 
Planning/Chairperson of the National Planning Agency said that the 
government will channel funds for housing reconstruction by group. Each 
group should consist of up to 30 families, and will receive IDR 900 
million (USD 97,000). Each family will get IDR 30 million (USD 3,239). 
The funds will be channelled to the bank account of each group. The 
community will monitor and manage its own funds. Only local contractors 
will be used for housing reconstruction. Data collection should be 
finished by June 10 and reconstruction will start on 1 July.

II.  NATIONAL RESPONSE

3. MENKOKESRA has issued guidelines on the emergency response for the 
earthquake in Yogyakarta and Central Java:

- The next of kin of victims who perished in the quake will receive IDR 
2 million (USD 216). The compensation will be distributed through the 
head of village/area. The list of the recipients will be prepared by the 
head of village/area.

- Food assistance will be provided in the form of 10 kg of 
rice/month/person, and IDR 3,000 (USD 0.3) of emergency relief per 
person/day.

- IDR 100,000 (USD 11)/family will be provided for victims to buy 
kitchen utensils.

- Free medical treatment in state-owned and private hospitals.

- Temporary shelters in temporary camps/IDP areas will be established.

- The Central Government will provide assistance for rehabilitation and 
reconstruction of affected communities. Details of implementation will 
be worked out once data compilation by the Department of Public Works is 
completed.

III.  INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

4. At the request of BAKORNAS, IOM will provide 100 trucks for the 
distribution of rice to affected communities in Bantul and Klaten. IOM 
continues to provide extensive transport and logistics services to the 
Government of Indonesia and various donor shipments arriving at the 
airport. 209 tons of food and non-food items have been delivered to 
date. The IOM fleet currently consists of 58 trucks. As of 3 June, IOM 
has returned 727 patients and accompanying family members from hospitals 
in Yogjakarta, Bantul and Klaten to their home villages.  The District 
Health Office in Yogyakarta has asked IOM to extend both these services 
to cover all government hospitals.

5. International Relief Development (IRD) has received and begun 
distribution of $45,820 worth of medical supplies and medicines from 
Direct Relief International to hospitals and provincial health centers 
throughout Bantul. In addition, noodles have been distributed to 36,220 
people in the sub-districts of Bayat and Cawas in Klaten. IRD will 
continue to distribute noodles to survivors in sub-districts throughout 
Klaten and Bantul.

6. The Tunisian Government has sent a cargo plane of food, medicine, 
tents, and clothes for earthquake victims.

For detailed information, please contact:

Mr. Abdul Haq Amiri
UN HC/RC Office in Jakarta

Tel. 62 21 314 1308 ;
Fax. 62 21 319 00 003
Mobile   62 811 108 72 77

Laksmita Noviera
UN HC/RC Office in Jakarta
Tel.   62 21 314 1308,
Fax.   62 21 319 00 003
Mobile   62 811 840 820

Tel.:  +41-22-917 1234
Fax: +41-22-917 0023
E-mail: ochagva@un.org

In case of emergency only:
Tel. +41-22-917 2010

Chief, Asia and Pacific Section CRD Geneva
Ms. Merete Johansson
Direct tel: +41 22 917 1694
Mobile: 079 217 30 53

Press contact:
  GVA - Ms. Elizabeth. Byrs, direct Tel. +41-22-917 2653
  NYC - Ms. Stephanie Bunker, direct Tel. + 1-917 367 5126


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