CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
INITIAL EMERGENCY APPEAL: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE
May 30, 2006


SITUATION: The death toll from the May 27 earthquake that hit south of 
the ancient city of Yogyakarta, on the Indonesian island of Java, now 
stands at nearly 5,700, with many of the survivors living in shacks near 
the ruins of their homes, the Associated Press (AP) news agency reported 
today. About 200,000 people lost their homes, though exact figures 
related to loss of life, injuries and damages are still being compiled.

Jan Egeland, the UN's top humanitarian official, praised the current aid 
effort as having made "enormous progress," the AP reported.


RESPONSE: This preliminary appeal outlines work Church World Service 
plans during the initial response of up to six months, focusing on 
relief and immediate rehabilitation needs. Church World Service is 
working as a member of a team of Action by Churches Together (ACT) 
International implementing partners that also includes YAKKUM (Yayasan 
Kristen untuk Kesehatan Umum - Christian Foundation for Public Health) 
Emergency Unit (YEU) and Yayasan Tanggul Bencana di Indonesia ( YTBI).

The CWS response includes food and non-food items, shelter, potable 
water, sanitation, health and medical services, psycho-social 
assistance, disaster preparedness and advocacy.

The assessments - including the water and sanitation needs in 
co-ordination with ACT member Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) - are still 
ongoing.

This is a preliminary relief appeal. It will be revised later to reflect 
longer-term rehabilitation activities.


SPECIFICS: Church World Service is responding to the needs of some 
16,100 households in the districts of Bantul; Klaten; and Boyolali.

Already, in the immediate response, CWS has provided, in the Bantul 
district: hygiene kits for 2,000 households; family tents for 100 
households whose houses were totally destroyed; baby kits for 750 
babies; blankets for 200 households.

Planned activities include distribution of food aid and non-food items, 
including biscuits, mineral water, noodles, hygiene kits, baby kits and 
blankets; initially to provide jerry cans, water containers, and access 
to adequate water and sanitation facilities; shelter and communal 
infrastructure, including distribution of family tents and possible home 
repair assistance;  ; education & psychosocial support, including early 
child development programs; psychosocial first aid, including HIV/AIDS 
education; community-based rehabilitation in collaboration with YAKKUM 
and local CWS partner Interaksi.

Also: a livelihood recovery program that includes distribution of small 
Grants in collaboration with local groups such as CWS partner Kembang.


PRELIMINARY BUDGET:

$1,170,444 in direct assistance, includes food aid and non-food items; 
water and sanitation; shelter; psychosocial support; supporting 
activities; $56,133 in transport, storage, handling, personnel and 
operational costs.

TOTAL BUDGET: $1,226,578.


Church World Service
Indonesia Earthquake #6980
P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN 46515


For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is 
responding please visit us online or call the CWS Hotline, (800) 
297-1516.

CWS Emergency Response Program special contacts: (212) 870-3151
Program Director: donnajderr@churchworldservice.org
Domestic: lreedbrown@churchworldservice.org
International: flumeya@churchworldservice.org


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