OCHA Situation Report
Indonesia: Earthquake and Mt. Merapi Volcano
5 October 2006


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

UPDATE

Early Recovery:

Shelter and Reconstruction Cluster

- The Shelter and Reconstruction cluster and the Yogyakarta Province 
presented to the donor community on 28 September their joint cluster 
'roof first' strategy and the provincial strategy for addressing the 
inadequate gap in shelter in the coming months.

- The cluster is developing a Training of Trainers manual for technical 
facilitation in the Provinces of Yogyakarta and Central Java. The manual 
will be finalized by mid October.

- The cluster, with support from the OCHA Information Management Unit, 
is analyzing the Inter-Cluster Survey data, which will serve as a 
comparative benchmark to government data. Final results are expected by 
mid October.

Yogyakarta Province

- The policy issued by the Yogyakarta Provincial Government states that 
all affected households (destroyed or heavily damaged houses) would be 
granted IDR 15 million; however, the first round of funding will only 
cover approximately 30% of households. The funds will be disbursed to 
community groups consisting of 10-15 households, who will then decide 
which are the most vulnerable families and should receive the money 
first.  Community groups will receive the grants in two stages - 40% and 
60%.

- The Provincial Government has started disbursing the money to 
community groups that have already submitted the required documents 
including a Memorandum of Understanding between the Head of Village and 
community groups, and a certification of an opening of a bank account.

- The Provincial Government has recruited 514 technical facilitators. In 
total, 725 facilitators are needed; meanwhile, no social facilitator and 
coordinator have been selected. Community facilitation teams (one 
technical facilitator, one social facilitator and one coordinator) will 
provide advice to local communities on housing reconstruction, planning 
and budgeting.

Central Java

- The Central Java Provincial Government plans to provide all 97,000 
affected households with IDR 4.4 million in a first round of housing 
compensation planned for mid November.  This will be followed by a 
second allocation of IDR 4 million per household in early 2007. The 
total assistance package will be IDR 8.4 million per household.

- The government has recruited 774 facilitators (258 each as senior, 
technical, and empowerment facilitators) and 682 junior facilitators. 
Each team consists of seven facilitators (one senior, one technical, one 
empowerment and four junior facilitators).  Still, an additional 350 
junior facilitators need to be recruited. The facilitators will be 
deployed to the villages shortly to assist community groups in 
developing proposals.

- Three management consultants have been recruited to facilitate 
trainings for facilitators.

Livelihoods Cluster

- On 28 September, the Livelihoods cluster and the Yogyakarta Province 
presented to donors their joint cluster and government strategies on 
livelihoods recovery. An estimated USD 483 million is required for 
livelihoods recovery; however, the government has only allocated USD 7.5 
million and the cluster USD 2.9 million.  The remaining gap stands at 
USD 473 million.

- Special attention needs to be paid to linkages between shelter and 
livelihoods rehabilitation. Shelter is a key issue for many people who 
lost working space for businesses.

Health:

- The second round of the Tetanus campaign in the Provinces of 
Yogyakarta and Central Java has been completed. The Klaten District 
targeted 422,515 persons and covered 46%.  The Bantul District targeted 
422,444 and temporary results indicate 29% coverage.  The coverage of 
measles immunization in both Provinces also increased tremendously, with 
88% of the targeted population in Klaten and 97% in Bantul vaccinated.

- On 23 September, WHO supported a workshop to strengthen the 
surveillance systems organized by the Field Epidemiology and Training 
Programme of Gadja Madah University in collaboration with the Public 
Health Office of the Provinces of Yogyakarta and Central Java.  The 
workshop was attended by 100 policy makers from all districts in the two 
Provinces.  Training for surveillance officers from all Puskesmas 
(Community Health Centers) in Bantul and Klaten followed the workshop.

- Eight hospitals, seven pharmacy warehouses in the Provinces of 
Yogyakarta and Central Java, the Food and Drug Administration (BPOM), 
and IFRC have submitted to WHO and the District Health Office (DHO) the 
list of drugs that need to be disposed.  WHO and IOM will facilitate the 
necessary procedures and arrange for the transportation for drugs 
disposal.

- The Bantul DHO confirmed that all 93 destroyed and damaged health 
facilities have received support for rehabilitation and reconstruction.

The complete Cluster report can be obtained at 
http://ochaonline2.un.org/Default.aspx?tabide33.

Water and Sanitation (Watsan):

- 7,349 (74% of the cluster target) wells and 3,765 (38%) household 
latrines have been repaired or constructed.  In addition, 1,017 communal 
toilets and 1,303 bathing facilities have been constructed.

- With the existing capacity and available funds, cluster members will 
cover by the end of November 10% of the total water and sanitation 
damaged facilities, estimated at 155,000 wells and 155,000 
latrines/bath.  Some organizations plan to extend their assistance 
beyond November. Stakeholders will discuss at the coordination meetings 
how to address the large gap and further assistance by the government 
and organizations.

- Rehabilitation and reconstruction of water pipes in Bantul District is 
ongoing with the district budget of IDR 1.3 billion. The government has 
requested the Central and the Provincial Governments for IDR 19 billion 
for rehabilitation and reconstruction of water and sanitation 
facilities.

- Construction of latrines and water facilities has been competed in 130 
schools (25% of the cluster target stated at 600) with an additional 211 
in the pipeline.  UNICEF also plans to support construction of water and 
sanitation facilities for 69 temporary schools to be constructed under 
its education programme.

- The coordination role has been transferred to the District 
governments. However, UNICEF continues to support the government in 
coordinating recovery and reconstruction efforts of the various 
stakeholders in water and sanitation.

Education:

- The result of a Rapid Assessment for Learning Space (RALS) indicates 
that 474 schools (approximately 370 are elementary schools) were 
destroyed or heavily damaged in Klaten and 654 schools (approximately 
360 are elementary schools) in Bantul. The report highlights that school 
construction is a priority intervention. Psychosocial support and 
equipment distribution to students and teachers are also needed.

- Approximately 76% of the destroyed or damaged schools in Klaten and 
78% in Bantul, have received assistance of either tents, temporary 
schools or permanent schools. Uncovered schools have been merged with 
neighboring schools. The government will soon make available detailed 
information for Klaten on the type of assistance and the construction 
status of each school.

- Six UNICEF implementing partners (AAI, AMURT, ASB, CARDI, Relief 
International, and Save the Children, UK) have started construction of 
temporary schools with locally available materials. They plan to 
construct 163 temporary schools by the end of November.

- A training of trainers for Psychosocial Support and Emergency 
Preparedness is being held in Bantul and Klaten with participation of 
forty local government education officers. By the end of October, 300 
primary school teachers in both districts will have been trained as 
trainers.

- The cluster is planning its closure based on its progress made against 
the ERP targets. UNICEF will facilitate the hand-over process to a 
government led coordination mechanism.

The complete Cluster report can be obtained at 
http://ochaonline2.un.org/Default.aspx?tabid=8301.

Protection:

- The cluster phased down and its coordination role has been taken over 
by relevant government authorities, with UNICEF technical support. 
Most ongoing activities will be phased out by the end of November. Over 
the next two months, the main focus will be on capacity building of 
communities, local NGOs and local authorities in order to increase 
coverage and sustain protection efforts and mechanisms beyond the 
emergency phase.

Agriculture:

- Based on the results of a Rapid Livelihoods Assessment, the cluster is 
developing strategic plans to present them at a donor workshop seeking 
further funds for interventions over the next eighteen months.

- Remaining needs include repairing damaged irrigation systems, 
replacing livestock, and supplying agricultural machinery, tools, and 
capital to restart livelihoods businesses.

- FAO will distribute 793MT of NPK fertilizer, 396.7MT of Urea 
fertilizer and 99MT of rice seeds to 132 farmer groups (9,786 
beneficiaries) in Bantul and Klaten, respectively covering 60% and 10% 
of the most affected farmers in each district.  A first distribution 
will take place in October and a second one in November.  Additional 
support is required for fertilizer and seeds distribution.

COORDINATION

- The Provincial Government of Yogyakarta, UNDP and OCHA facilitated a 
donor meeting on 28 September at the Bappeda Yogyakarta Office.  Eight 
donor organizations participated in the meeting as well as five 
government and four UN agencies representatives.  The shelter cluster 
coordinator gave a presentation on the shelter and reconstruction, and 
livelihoods, platforms.  Donors are currently consolidating the 
information on damage and needs, and based on those results, will 
consider the feasibility of funding these two areas.

- No further UN Coordination Briefing will be held at the UN office in 
Yogyakarta due to a shift of the coordination mechanism to the 
government and the phasing out of several clusters.  Future briefings 
will be convened on an ad hoc basis.

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Some Abbreviations

|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| Bupati        | District Administrator                      |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| CARDI         | Consortium for Assistance to Refugees       |
|               | and Displaced in Indonesia                  |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| CC            | Crisis Centre                               |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| GAM           | Free Aceh Movement                          |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| ICMC          | International Catholic Migration Commission |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| PBI           | Peace Brigade International                 |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| JRS           | Jesuit Refugee Service                      |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| JSC           | Joint Security Committee                    |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| GAM           | Free Aceh Movement                          |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| SATKORLAK PBP | Provincial Coordinating Unit for the        |
|               | Management of Disaster and IDPs/Refugees    |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| SATLAK PBP    | District Coordinating Unit for the          |
|               | Management of Disaster and IDPs/Refugees    |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| TNI           | Indonesian Armed Forces                     |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| UNRC          | United Nations Resource Centre              |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| CC            | Crisis Centre                               |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| PDMD          | Military Emergency Administrator            |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| PHD           | Provincial Health Department (PHD)          |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|
| PMI           | Indonesian Red Cross                        |
|---------------+---------------------------------------------|


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