OCHA Situation Report No. 26
Indonesia: Earthquake and Mt. Merapi Volcano
20 October 2006


INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE and Mt. MERAPI Volcano

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

=B7 Preliminary conclusions of the Inter-Cluster Assessment, which covers
Water Sanitation and Shelter, indicates that 40% of all those who lost
their housing remain in insufficient shelter to last the rainy season.
This translates into a gap of approximately 50,000 families in need of
urgent shelter assistance.  Full assessment results will be published at
the beginning of November.

=B7 To address the gap in adequate shelter provision, a joint 'roof first'
strategy has been adopted by the Shelter Cluster and the Provincial
governments of Yogyakarta and Central Java.

=B7 23,000 roof structures have been constructed by the cluster and
additional 61,000 are planned to be delivered by early 2007. This
represents a 27% delivery upon the total commitment and 8% of overall
needs.

=B7 The UN / Shelter cluster has been negotiating with World Bank and
Donor Community for additional funding to meet the gap in shelter needs.
The multi-donor "Java Reconstruction Fund" is expected to be established
by the end of October and there is a strong indication that resources
from the fund will be made available to support additional roof
structures.

=B7 IOM, UNDP and Gadjah Mada University have developed several training
modules on policy and technical aspects of the housing reconstruction
program.  A "training of trainers" programme for the technical
facilitation teams in the Central Java Province has started and is
focusing on increasing understanding of the "roof first" programme and
permanent housing construction.  Similar training support is being
planned for Yogyakarta Province.

=B7 Discussions are ongoing between the cluster and GOI on how to improve
understanding about GOI reconstruction policy and cluster activities.
Several cluster members are now working in partnership with WHO and
Handicap International to ensure that shelter is provided to vulnerable
groups including those with disabilities, health problems and
psychological trauma resulting from the earthquake.

Yogyakarta Province

=B7 The Yogyakarta Provincial Government has started to disperse housing
funds to those community groups that have submitted the required
documents (Memorandum of Understanding between Head of Villages and
community groups, and verification of bank account). The Management
Consultant for Bantul District has confirmed that 80 community groups
have received initial allocation of funds.

=B7 Yogyakarta housing policy states that all affected households
(destroyed or heavily damaged houses) will be provided with a grant of
IDR 15 million; however, the first round of funding will only cover a
portion of the total number affected.  Community groups must decide -
based on vulnerability - which families will receive funds first.
Initial disbursement will be at 40%.  The 60% balance will be provided
after 75% of the initial funds are spent.

=B7 Facilitators to advise local communities on housing reconstruction,
planning and budgeting started their work on 16 October.  In Bantul, 771
facilitators out of the needed 1,456 have been recruited for the 7,075
(out of 9,542 planned) community groups.  Bantul community groups
consist of one technical and one non-technical facilitator.  In the
other Yogyakarta districts facilitation team consists of three persons
(two technical and one non-technical).

Central Java Province

=B7 The Central Java Provincial Government plans to provide all 97,000
affected households with IDR 4.4 million in a first round of housing
funds planned for mid November.  This will be followed by a second
allocation of IDR 4 million per household in early 2007.

=B7 1,522 facilitators out of the planned 1,806 have been recruited for
Central Java. One team consists of seven facilitators (one senior, one
technical, one empowerment and four junior facilitators). The
facilitators will be deployed to the villages shortly to assist
community groups in developing proposals.

=B7 Three management consultants have been recruited to manage
facilitators.

Livelihoods Cluster

=B7 The cluster is developing its strategies and guidelines.  The main
focus of strategy is:  (i)  to support house construction-related
activities and (ii) rehabilitation of small-industry. A third
longer-term priority will focus on vulnerability.  In order to better
quantify needs and modality of intervention, UNDP is gathering baseline
data and will conduct rapid assessments in the following weeks.

=B7 An economic recovery strategy at district level is being developed by
the GoI.  However, the budget allocation (IDR 47 billion for the
Yogyakarta Province and IDR 21 billion for the Central Java Province) is
limited and the GoI is requesting support from cluster members in
supporting livelihoods recovery.

=B7 Several programmes designed within the emergency the framework are
coming to an end and few organizations have committed funds for
longer-term economic recovery. Fund raising for longer-term recovery
activities are therefore a priority.

Health:

=B7 406 spinal cord injury patients who need health and social recovery
support were identified by Handicap International. Cluster members are
providing rehabilitation services including training for simple
exercise, assistive device such as wheel chairs, and support for
livelihood recovery.

=B7 To mitigate health risks associated with the rainy season, shelter
construction programmes for the disabled have started.  Programmes
include: Yakkum (88 shelters) and Caritas (19 shelters).

=B7 The second Disaster Preparedness Task Force Meeting, which aimed at
identifying existing resources for disasters as preparation for a
contingency plan, was held on 5 October.  The meeting was supported by
WHO and included representatives from Provincial Health Office (PHO),
District Disaster Management Implementing Unit (Satlak), and NGOs.

=B7 A WHO supported training of public health and post disaster
surveillance was conducted on 26-29 September by Gadjah Mada University
in collaboration with PHO.  It was attended by Community Health Center
(Puskesmas) officials from the six disaster affected districts.  A
follow up training will be held in November.

Various mental health trainings aimed at improving the capacity of
Community Health Center (Puskesmas) medical personnel and volunteers in
treatment of and counseling for mental health problems have been held in
Central Java. IOM organized a training of trainers for twenty medical
doctors and 52 volunteers. Save the Children conducted trainings for 170
volunteers, 40 medical doctors and nurses in seven sub-districts.  In
addition, a training for government officials from eleven sub-districts
was organized by Central Java Health Office and the Klaten Mental
Hospital.

Water and Sanitation (Watsan):

=B7 UNICEF has handed over coordination to the District governments but
will continue to provide secretariat and other support.

=B7 8,928 (89% of the original cluster target) wells and 7,359 (49%)
household latrines have been repaired or constructed. In addition 1,936
communal toilets and bathing facilities have been constructed.

=B7 In support of the government's efforts to address the large-scale gap,
some organizations plan to extend their programmes of well-cleaning and
latrine rehabilitation/construction beyond November.

=B7 Construction or repair of latrine and water facilities in 145 schools
has been completed. An additional 211 toilets have been repaired or
constructed in schools.

=B7 1,410 NGO workers/volunteers have received training on hygiene
promotion and more than 268,000 people have received hygiene awareness
information through community workshops and materials. John Hopkins
University is currently working on information dissemination through
radio and TV.

Protection:

=B7 The preliminary findings of the Inter-Agency Child Protection
Assessment indicates a number of important child protection trends in
earthquake affected areas including:

Increased levels of violence against children within households and
communities stemming from loss of livelihoods and continued poor living
conditions resulting

a. in disempowerment, anger, frustration and low tolerance. Violence is
reported to have increased, not only in frequency but also in severity.

b. Increased number of children dropping out of school to engage in wage
labor such as domestic help, or being recruited to scavenge recyclable
materials, which is attributed to loss of livelihoods and the need to
supplement household income.

c. Limited capacity within the National child protection sector, i.e.,
no consistent and disaggregated data, and monitoring system or holistic
approach to prevention and response.  Furthermore, few NGOs are working
on child protection issues.  Those NGO's working on protection's
expertise is mainly limited to thematic areas.

d. The high number of institutions/ orphanages points to the limited
range of response to child protection options.

=B7 To follow up on the assessment findings, the Child Protection Working
Group is developing a strategy, which will include capacity building
efforts both at the community level and within the social welfare system
to strengthen monitoring, prevention and response to child protection.

Education:

=B7 UNICEF and its implementing partners (AAI, AMURT, ASB, CARDI, Relief
International and Save the Children-UK) plan to build 163 temporary
schools by the end of November, 18 of which will be completed by the end
of October.

=B7 A training of trainers for 208 headmasters and teachers on
psychosocial support and emergency preparedness has begun in the Bantul
District.  A teacher's training programme for some 100 headmasters and
teachers in Klaten will follow.

=B7 The Bantul District Education Office plans to conduct a survey on the
number of schools that have been constructed but are still using tents.
402 destroyed or damaged schools out of 515 (78%) have received
assistance, in terms of of either tents, temporary schools or permanent
schools.

=B7 The cluster is preparing for closure based on progress made against
the ERP targets.  UNICEF will facilitate the hand-over process to
government.

Agriculture:

=B7 A strategic plan is being developed based on the result of a Rapid
Livelihoods Assessment.  The plan will be presented at a donor workshop
to seek further funds.

=B7 FAO estimates the loss of approximately 310,000 tonnes of paddy within
one year (1) ., taking into consideration two to three harvests per
year. This situation is expected to increase the vulnerability of
farmers to higher food security risks, forcing them to rely on
Government and food assistance. Distribution of urgently needed to
support farmers from the affected areas to resume rice seeds and
fertilizers are regular normal farming activities. FAO with their
implementing agency (OISCA) has started distribution of rice seeds and
fertilizers in Bantul and Klaten Districts for cultivation during the
rainy season.

=B7 In close cooperation with the Provincial and District Livestock
Offices, FAO will soon distribute approximately 1,000 goats to
vulnerable and landless livestock farmers in Gunungkidul, Kulonprogo and
Klaten Districts.

COORDINATION

=B7 On 12-14 October, the National Coordinating Agency for Disaster
Management (BAKORNAS PB) held an evaluation meeting on emergency
response. The workshop drew lessons from the earthquake response. The
meeting was attended by the government officials at national, provincial
and district levels, donors, international and national NGOs and UN
agencies.  OCHA made a presentation on "International support for
earthquake emergency response in the Yogyakarta and Central Java
Provinces".  The recommendations adopted at the meeting include:

- A standard operating procedure (SOP) for emergency response needs to
be developed, and the responsibilities of different levels of the local
authorities;

- The capacity of information management including through a Media
Center needs to be enhanced;

- The capacity of rapid assessment by the government needs to be
strengthened;

- Coordination among the government, volunteers, NGOs and all
stakeholders needs to be improved to avoid overlaps.

(1) This figure was taken from the physical damage assessment conducted
by the FAO Special Programme for Food Security in Indonesia from June to
July 2006



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