CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
CWS SITUATION REPORT: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE
May 29, 2006


SITUATION: The death toll from Saturday's 6.3-magnitude earthquake in 
Indonesia now stands at 5,137, officials said today, and Church World 
Service Indonesia reports that some 1,700 persons are injured and more 
than 13.000 houses are damaged.

In all, more than 200,000 are homeless, the government said, many of 
them in and near the ancient city of Yogyakarta.

The quake has intensified activity at the nearby Mount Merapi volcano, 
the Associated Press (AP) news agency reported today, and avalanches 
could be seen 2 1/2 miles down the side of the mountain, the AP 
reported.


SUMMARY OF RESPONSE THUS FAR: With local staff throughout Indonesia, 
Church World Service responded almost immediately following the 
earthquake, sending an initial supply of nearly 3,000 bottles of water 
and blankets to Bethesda Hospital, in Jogyakarta, which is receiving 
many of the injured. Church World Service has distributed water and food 
rations to 500 households in four sub-districts of Bantul: Kretek, 
Parangtritis, Tambang Dipuro, and Pundong.

A Church World Service Indonesia emergency team is currently assessing 
needs in six other sub-districts in Bantul district: Sabdodadi, Jetis, 
Plered, Imogiri, Sewon, and Kasihan. Two tons of family tents, Health 
Kits, and CWS Blankets were to have arrived today from the CWS warehouse 
in Medan, North Sumatra; and, 11 more tons of emergency supplies will 
follow later this week.

CWS is also working in coordination with its partners to help meet needs 
in affected parts of Klaten and Boyolali. CWS partner Yakkum Emergency 
Unit (YEU) has been evacuating injured children to Tegalyoso hospital in 
Klaten and is conducting needs assessment in Klaten, while partner 
Yayasan Tanggul Bencana (YTB) is providing staff to help coordinate the 
distribution of food and medicine.

In all, as of today, items distributed include:

7,940 bottles of mineral water; 104 packages of biscuits; 1,000 packages 
of instant noodles;  180 hygiene kits;  45 baby kits; 80 blankets.


COORDINATION: Church World Service and its two partner agencies, YEU and 
YTB, are coordinating efforts and a preliminary appeal, based on their 
assessments and issued by the Action by Churches Together (ACT) 
International network, is expected by Tuesday, May 30. That appeal is 
expected to be revised and expanded later given ongoing assessments by 
CWS and its partners.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is 
responding please visit the Church World Service Website at 
www.churchworldservice.org or phone (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


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Appropriate Donations for International Disaster/Humanitarian Needs
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Center for International             web: www.cidi.org
    Disaster Information         listserv: www.cidi.org/listsub.htm
                               guidelines: www.cidi.org/donate.htm
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Indonesian Earthquake               www.cidi.org/incident/ins.06e27