OCHA Situation Report No. 20
Indonesia: Earthquake and Mt. Merapi Volcano
27 July 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

1. Some 102,807 households have not yet received any form of emergency 
shelter assistance.

2. More assistance is required for the recovery of health facilities in 
Central Java.

3. "School/development" fees appear to be an issue, possibly preventing 
children from going to schools.  The Provincial Department of Education 
and District Heads of Education are working to find the solution.

4. Replacement of tools and equipment damaged in the earthquake, 
provision of agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, water 
pumps, and repair of irrigation systems are needed for livelihood 
revitalization.

5. Equipment is needed to enable the communication between communities 
and health offices.

SITUATION

6. As of 20 July, the death toll stands at 5,778.  The number of 
seriously injured stands at 37,883. 139,859 homes have been completely 
destroyed. 468,149 additional houses have suffered earthquake damage. 
All statistics come from the National Coordinating Board for the 
Management of Disaster (BAKORNAS PB).

General

7. The central and local governments have agreed on a cost-sharing 
scheme to complete the outstanding payment of rice and side-dish 
allowances to beneficiaries.

8. The National Technical Team for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction 
together with the provincial governments of Yogyakarta and Central Java 
are discussing the feasibility of increasing the housing reconstruction 
fund to IDR 15 million per house by distributing funds to only 30% of 
the total number of households with destroyed homes.

Yogyakarta

Bantul

9. The hygiene campaign needs to be strengthened to prevent communicable 
diseases in Bantul. At present, there are not enough effective 
communication tools between communities and the health office. This is 
mainly because radio stations were severely damaged during the 
earthquake.

10. Dengue fever cases in Bantul are on the rise.

Central Java

Klaten

11. The district government plans to reallocate funds from the district 
budget for housing reconstruction. The funds from the central government 
covers only 93,000 damaged houses - that is only 30 % of all damaged 
homes.

12. Trucuk sub-district needs assistance from international NGOs, 
particularly in terms of shelter and livelihood programmes. Only a few 
national NGOs are working in this area.

Mount Merapi

13. Mount Merapi volcano has been quiet since 12 July. The alert level 
has been reduced to the cautious level.

14. Taking advantage of the remaining momentum from the last Merapi 
response, the UN is exploring the possibility for one-day strategic 
workshop with stakeholders.

Dam assessment

15. The Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit, in close cooperation with the 
European Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre, has received 
from the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works, a request for technical 
assistance to assess the integrity of four large (irrigation) dams in 
the Yogyakarta Earthquake affected area. The EC MIC will deploy two 
experts to assist the Ministry in their assessment activities.

CLUSTER UPDATE

Health:

16. The local government says that follow-up treatment is free of charge 
at the health facilities that treated patients previously. For new 
patients, only selected hospitals can provide free medical services.

17. Health facilities in Bantul have been benefiting from national/local 
government resources, help from UN agencies and NGOs. However, 
assistance is needed for the recovery in Central Java.

18. Methods of disposing expired and damaged medical supplies are being 
discussed. One possible way is through a cement factory in Bogor, which 
has proper disposal facilities.

19. Printed materials for public information on breast-feeding, wound 
care, disability and medical rehabilitation have been developed and will 
be distributed to the community. The tetanus immunization campaign will 
be broadcasted through public service announcements on TV and radio 
shortly.

20. No new outbreaks of disease in the disaster area have been reported 
this week. Tetanus is under control. Two new cases were found last week.

21. IOM has returned 4,829 people from 14 different hospitals in 
Yogyakarta, Bantul and Klaten to their home villages and helped 300 
patients go back to hospital for follow-up medical care.

22. IOM has distributed 160 boxes of Basic Hygiene and First Aid Kits 
including two baby-kits to beneficiaries or members of their families 
who are pregnant or have babies up to six-months old.

23. IOM is planning to distribute baby kits for 208 pregnant women in 
four sub-districts of Bantul on Friday 28 July with assistance from the 
District Health Office in Bantul.

24. The first Phase of Mental Health Training, Training for Trainers 
(TOT) was held on 18 -21 July. Fifteen psychiatrists and five nurses 
participated. The second Phase of Training for General Practitioners and 
Nurses will follow on 1 August.

25. IOM is finalizing its health promotional leaflet on Wound Care and 
Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation that will be distributed soon 
in coordination with the health promotion sub-cluster working group.

26. Final Meeting on the Medical (Orthopaedic) Follow-Up Program in Solo 
was carried out successfully among key players like Solo Orthopedic 
Hospital, Moewardi Hospital, IOM and Handicapped International. 
Patient's Database was given to IOM and Handicapped International by 
both hospitals in Solo.

Water and Sanitation (Watsan):

27. Public Works (PW) organized the Klaten Watsan Coordination Meeting 
on 26 July. 12 participants attended it. It has been decided that the 
meeting will be held every fortnight starting on 9 August.

28. PDAM will continue water trucking services:

29. Two Public Hydrants and one water bladder were phased out on 17 
July.

30. 573 wells have been cleaned by PW Klaten and the activity is 
continuing. PW Bantul has provided data on well-cleaning, and PW 
Yogyakarta is preparing a proposal for well-cleaning. Other 
well-cleaning proposals from AAI, YKMI, Bina Bakat and YKY are being 
processed.

31. 1,970 toilets have been constructed or are under repair. Out of 
which 353 are individual household toilets and the others are communal 
facilities.

32. IRD supported by UNICEF plans to construct 100 school latrines. It 
will start by early August.

Food and Nutrition:

33. World Vision is planning to provide supplementary food through 
Posyandu. The programme will target 3,000 malnourished children in five 
sub-districts (Sewon, Jetis, Dlingo, Imogiri and Pleret) of Bantul 
District and five sub-districts (Gantiwarno, Trucuk, Cawas, Bayat and 
Prambanan) of Klaten District. Food provisions include porridge (MP-ASI) 
for children between 6 months to 24 months of age and biscuits for 
children between 24 months to 60 months of age. An assessment of the 
situation prior to the implementation of the programme will be completed 
this week. Distribution will begin the first week of August 2006 and 
last till November 2006.

34. UNICEF and HKI conducted a training on Vitalita distribution on 
Monday 24 July. It was attended by the participants from eight puskesmas 
in Bantul and 12 puskesmas in Gunung Kidul. Upon completion of the 
training, Vitalita will be distributed to 5,000 children under the age 
of five. The last training session was conducted on Tuesday 25 July for 
the 16 participants from Yogyakarta, Sleman and Kulonprogo districts. 
27,000 sachets of Vitalita will be distributed to children under the age 
of five.

Education:

35. "School / development" fees appear to be an issue, possibly 
preventing children from going to schools.  The Provincial Department of 
Education has come to an agreement with all district Heads of Education 
that if a family is unable to pay the fee (either because of the chronic 
poverty or earthquakes), it is suggested that schools coordinate to 
collect the fee from a "wealthier" family. Alternatively, the Provincial 
Department of Education will subsidize the cost.

36. Reconstruction of schools has started at a few sites. Bantul 
District Department of Education reported that 137 primary school 
buildings have plans for reconstruction in the near future.

37. Save the Children trained 800 teachers in educational complementary 
methods concerning teaching in 1) emergency preparedness; and 2) 
psychosocial awareness and strategies regarding how to deal with post 
earthquake problems in daily life.

38. 50 schools each in Bantul and Klaten received from Save the 
Children:

- 95 school-tents and 59 Kindergarten-tents

- 5 200 plastic mats for the primary schools and 1,690 for the 
Kindergartens

- 600 blackboards

- 400 Cooperative games kits

- 200 school kits

- 53 clean-up kits

39. Save the Children rehabilitated latrines and wells in the 67 schools 
in partnership with OXFAM/LPTP.

40. Save the Children rehabilitated a small bridge, assisted by PMI, to 
enable children to access school. They are currently seeking funds for 
temporary schools.

41. PMI, financed by Netherlands RC, distributed 3,000 school kits in 
Bantul in Kota YY, Sleman, Bantul, Gunung Kidul, and Kulon Progo. 
Distribution of 11,938 school kits will take place in Klaten shortly.

42. World Vision built five bamboo temporary schools in Bantul and 
provided seven school tents with watsan facilities, student furniture, 
text books, uniforms, and bags.

43. Japanese Government distributed 3,700 school tents in Bantul and 
Klaten, as district Dinas planned.

44. AMURT Completed construction of four temporary schools benefiting 
542 children with basic teaching and learning materials and 
psycho-social program. 15 volunteers who assist in psycho-social program 
were trained for 30 hours, and 65 teachers in five schools were trained 
for three hours.

45. The construction of two temporary schools by AMURT is in progress 
and will be ready by 3 August. The construction of another four 
temporary schools will start by 1 Aug.

46. AMURT plans to start psycho-social programmes in four schools on 31 
July, and to provide basic teaching and learning materials to six 
schools.

47. 63 schools in Bantul and 34 schools in Klaten received from UNICEF:

- 114 School tents

- 10,138 student backpacks with stationeries (Bantul) and 4,752 in 
Klaten distributed

- Rehabilitation/reconstruction of latrines and watsan facilities for 
100 schools on-going

- 200 Blackboards and rulers

- 100 Recreation Kits

48. UNICEF identified additional 25 schools in Bantul (list to be 
finalized) and 13 schools in Klaten (1,920 backpacks) to receive 
backpacks and notebooks.

49. UNICEF is currently preparing for psychosocial support/emergency 
preparedness activities and the provision of temporary schools.

50. The Rapid Assessment of Learning Spaces has begun to assess current 
conditions of learning spaces at 2,600 schools in Bantul and Klaten.

Protection:

51. A one-day strategic planning meeting will be held on 27 July. The 
objective is to fill in the geographical and programmatic gaps as 
identified in the Who-What-Where mapping. This will enable organizations 
working within the four key areas of intervention (Child Protection, 
Gender, Psychosocial and Gender) to address the geographical and 
programmatic disparities and gaps identified in Klaten and to formulate 
the monitoring framework for the Cluster.

52. A total of 155 safe spaces for children, including 80 in Bantul and 
75 in Klaten, have been established by international and national NGOs 
to date, while 13 mobile teams are operating in Bantul and seven mobile 
teams in Klaten. 249 vulnerable children have been registered by DepSos.

53. UNICEF is conducting a Child Protection Assessment with local 
authorities, and the Child Protection Working Group, to help inform 
programme direction and priorities within the sector. Data collection 
will be conducted at the sub-district level with the participation of 
local authorities and a wide range of both INGO's and local NGO's. 
Results from the assessment are expected to be released by 18 August.

54. Gaps remain in addressing the protection needs of elderly. There are 
no agencies within the Protection Cluster covering this need.

Early Recovery:

55. The Cluster has been preparing the strategic framework for both the 
Transitional Shelter and the Livelihood Working Groups. The framework 
includes the terms of reference, strategies, and identification of 
government partners. The framework documents will be finalized with the 
Working Group members shortly.

56. The Cluster organized the workshop on 26 July in Bantul to discuss 
the livelihood recovery activities by the governments and the 
organizations and agencies in cooperation with Ministry of Trade and 
Industry, and Ministry of Agriculture, Marine and Aquatic Resources.

Emergency Shelter:

57. The Emergency Shelter Cluster is now merging its planning and 
coordination functions with the Transitional Shelter Working group of 
the Early Recovery Cluster under an umbrella 'Shelter Coordination 
Group'. Both Clusters have a joint meeting twice a week and they are 
co-chaired by IFRC, UNDP (or UN-Habitat), and the GOI Yogyakarta 
Department of Public Works.

58. As of 25 July, some 102,807 households have yet not received any 
form of emergency shelter assistance from known sources.

59. Distribution coverage of emergency shelter roofing materials has 
reached 69% of affected households. A further 98,933 tarpaulins are 
confirmed in the pipeline. Coverage is projected to reach 98% by 20 
August when tents/tarpaulins confirmed in the pipeline are distributed. 
Given that additional inputs from national civil society and unknown 
international NGOs are assumed to be 20%. A hundred percent coverage is 
assured before the onset of the rainy season.

60. Final-phase planning currently focuses on coordinated in-filling of 
outstanding emergency shelter needs, coherence of public messaging for 
application of technical best practices, monitoring outcome and impact, 
and advocating to GOI on the implications of housing policy on 
transitional shelter provision.

61. The Cluster members are currently operational in 69 of the 71 
earthquake affected sub-districts out of total 104 sub-districts in the 
two affected provinces.

62. A workshop "Two months on: working with Government Recovery Policy" 
will be chaired and co-chaired by Bappeda and Ministry of Public Works 
facilitated by OCHA on 2 August.

63. Recommendations on transitional shelter materials guidelines have 
been finalized under the facilitation of IFRC. Technical guidelines and 
standards are under production in poster form under facilitation of GMU 
as follows:

- Bamboo technical guidelines: completed

- Bamboo shelter construction: completed

- Key Messages: to be completed by 30 July

- Core Room construction: work in progress

64. Data capture for the "Shelter Security Needs and Vulnerability 
Assessment Survey" was completed on 10 July. The initial analysis is 
being undertaken with the Cluster Strategic Advisory Group. Preliminary 
findings should be available on 29 July.

65. A critical issue at hand is how the humanitarian community best 
integrates its transitional shelter solutions with GOI initiatives based 
on partial allocation of compensation grants. The Cluster continues to 
advocate with district authorities of Bantul and Klaten for transitional 
shelter policy that sees an overlap of emergency and recovery operations 
through newly established GOI sectoral focal points.

66. Coherent guidelines for permanent 'core room' shelter construction 
have been drawn up by Gajah Mada University with inputs of the Cluster 
members. The copy of the guidelines by the Ministry of Public Works is 
not yet available.

67. The implications for community mobilization in terms of brick-making 
and cash-for-work, and the assessment of self-recovery capacities and 
supply-side need further exploration and discussion.

The Full Report from the Shelter Cluster can be obtained from the 
ReliefWeb Website.

Agriculture:

68. A livelihoods assessment for Yogyakarta and Central Java will be 
conducted from 31 July to 4 August. The results of which will feed into 
a Strategic Planning Workshop with key stakeholders to be held on 7 and 
8 August in Yogyakarta.

69. FAO completed a workshop on the agriculture damage assessment on 20 
July. It was attended by senior officials of the Ministry of Agriculture 
from Jakarta and Agriculture Department officials, BAPPEDA Yogyakarta 
and Central Java, DPRD Klaten, BPTP Yogyakarta (Agriculture Applied 
Technology Research Center), UN agencies, Universities, and NGOs. Key 
recommendations from this workshop include:

- the results of assessments from other organizations should be combined 
to develop strategies for the rehabilitation of livelihoods within the 
agriculture sector

- agencies should quickly develop a common assessment/survey methodology 
that is comprehensive and could be implemented quickly

- a national level workshop on agriculture with key stakeholders should 
be conducted to raise an awareness of the actual situation in the 
earthquake affected areas and to propose a common strategy for future 
recovery programming

- a joint task force based in Jakarta that consists of the key 
stakeholders and donors, should be formed to coordinate with the 
existing agriculture sector group in Yogyakarta (includes FAO, 
provincial and district level Dinas Offices, NGOs and universities).

70. Damages to the agriculture sector were not identified as a serious 
problem as most of the crops were still growing in the field.  However, 
this does not mean that agriculture damages are minor.

71. Key elements for revitalizing livelihoods are the replacement of 
tools and equipment damaged in the earthquake and also the provision of 
agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, water pumps, and the 
repair of irrigation systems.

72. "Multiple negative impacts" will cause a complex disruption of 
livelihoods activities. Necessary support must be provided quickly 
before the next rainy season through the provision of direct 
agricultural inputs to targeted farmers.

73. If no assistance is provided, approximately 1.5 million people will 
be faced with food security problems, and more than 150,000 farmer 
households will be trapped in a vicious circle of poverty

74. It is critical to develop livelihood strategies with key 
stakeholders that address the immediate needs of the affected farmer 
households.

Logistics:

75. The logistics cluster is in the process of closing down as agreed to 
by the Cluster Heads on 12 July.

76. Fleet currently consists of 86 trucks and 44 light vehicles 
operating at capacity.

77. IOM has delivered 17,000 tons of food and non-food items for a total 
of 93 organizations, including the Government, UN agencies and 
international and local NGOs.

COORDINATION

78. OCHA Yogyakarta holds regular Coordination Briefings at 8 am every 
Monday.

79. The schedule of the Coordination Meetings in Klaten is:

- Shelter Meeting: 14pm, Thursday in PU Klaten.

- NGO General Coordination Meeting: 16pm, Thursday in Bapeda Klaten

- Education Cluster Meeting - Central Java - Klaten: 10am, Friday in 
Dinas Pendidikan.


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