KB,€¥€`C 4€¬Personal Knowbase Data File€€€+€€€™€€ €I€€€€€€€€"#€€'(„€€€€./5$0123h467€8<=>?4ABCDE;GHIJ@LMNOPQFSTUVWXYZK\]^_`abcdefR:gklmno[qrstujwxyzp€€€Y=mipdgplindaanfdhcjegmndkckidobdehfdbaiiganlpgjcgcaencbcnfkhbÚ, €s2n®¹2ärr2Lª1News from Reuters Alertnet and others 29/30 May:,   {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 News from Reuters Alertnet and others 29/30 May:\par \par See two maps for download from ACknowledge.\par Antara said earthquake epicentre 8.26 degrees southern latitude and 110.23 degrees eastern logitude at a depth of 33kms in the Indian Ocean a €€ż¯®­¬€¤£€€”“€‘€Œ‹ € %)*+9ãäå  {|}~€€ˆ˜€VW‘’€ 8ÝEFGHðô€ supplies, €Bantul/others hard hit4 €Indonesian help € utilitiesch of the area's infrastructure, including communications towers, sewage facilities, and government offices were left largely intact.\par As with the December 2004 tsunami that devastated villages in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, many of the first groups to provide help to the Java quake survivors were nongovernmental organizations.\par As after the Oct 05 Pakistan earthquake - Islamic political groups are stepping in to help, already establishing camps housing as many as 600 people.\par \par The magnitude 6.3 temblor that rocked the island of Java [on Sat 27 May] has left more than 5,000 dead and at least 150,000 people homeless, according to UN and Indonesian official estimates.\par \par Since Saturday, more than a dozen national governments have pledged assistance. The \ul US Govt \ulnone has committed $2.5 million in aid and is sending 100 doctors, nurses, and medical technicians from a base in Okinawa, Japan. The \ul UK Govt\ulnone has pledged $5.6 million to be channeled through UN relief efforts. \ul The EU\ulnone pledged $3.8 million, \ul China \ulnone is sending $2 million, and \ul Japan \ulnone almost $1 million plus medical teams.\par \par By nightfall Monday, thick rains fell on thousands of the displaced, sheltering in tent settlements, parking lots, and rice fields.\par Indonesia's \ul President \ulnone Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who spent Saturday night sleeping in a tent with quake surivivors, said relief efforts reflected a "lack of coordination."\par \par International aid agencies met in Geneva Monday to coordinate relief and brief donor nations on the specific kinds of help needed.\par \par \ul Hospitals\par \ulnone The International \ul Red Cross\ulnone said it has already sent a field hospital and 2,000 tents, with 8,000 more on the way. But as of Monday, most of the aid had yet to be distributed beyond the capital.\par The \ul Indonesian Government's\ulnone attention appears to be focused on overwhelmed hospitals where doctors have been triaging patients crammed into hallways and courtyards. Hundreds of victims are lying on newspapers, plastic tarpaulins, and even banana and palm leaves. Nurses were forced to set up intravenous drips using trees in car parks as props.\par Budi Mulyono, a spokesman for the Sardjito Hospital, says they needed more of everything, including doctors, medical supplies, and tents.\par At Yogyakarta's Muhammadiyah Hospital, which is filled to seven times its normal capacity, paramedic Gunawan says, "Our doctors and nurses were included among the victims. So you can imagine our situation. This is the best I can do at the moment."\par \par \par \ul Airports\ulnone\par The rumble of C-130 cargo planes over the ancient Indonesian city of Yogyakarta Monday marked the slow but increasing flow of emergency aid \ul supply\ulnone to survivors of Saturday's quake. Yogyakarta airport is functioning [Monday].\par \par \b\par } ?󢘊€&~‰™'X”!9=@sÞoñ꜇€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€2K2Ks said.\par \par Indonesian media reported that outer sections of Yogyakarta's centuries-old royal palaces had also collapsed.\par \par (Additional reporting by Achmad Sukarsono, Diyan Jari, Yoga Rusmana and Michelle Nichols in Jakarta and Paul Tait in Sydney)\par } ?ó, €s2±s2±r2¸¯9Government responses and first air lifts - The Guardian.$ !"#$%&€@http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5852898,00.html>{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Government responses and first air lifts - The Guardian.\par \pard\par \par \ul Air lifts\ulnone\par Two Singapore military cargo planes arrived at Yogyakarta airport with doctors and medical supplies.\par \par \ul Japan \ulnone said it would dispatch an undetermined number of land, sea and air forces to help with relief efforts. \par \par \ul US Govt\ulnone\par The United States has allocated $2.5 million in aid and the U.S. military plans to send 100 doctors, nurses and medical technicians from a base in Okinawa to Indonesia, U.S. Pacific Command spokesman Lt. Col. Bill Bigelow said Sunday.\par \par \ul France \ulnone said Monday it would send medical equipment and personnel. Spain was to send 12 tons of tents, blankets and medicines and other aid, while \ul Germany \ulnone said German aid groups were moving water purification equipment and a mobile medical clinic to Java.\par \par \ul UK Govt, The EU\ulnone\par Britain, the European Union, \ul China \ulnone and the Japanese Red Cross Society together had given, or pledged to give, more than $14 million.\par \par The government said the quake left an estimated 200,000 people homeless, most of whom now are living in shacks close to their former homes or in shelters erected in rice fields. Hospitals overflowed with bloodied survivors.\par \par The area affected by the quake stretches across hundreds of square miles of mostly farming communities to the south of the ancient city of Yogyakarta.\par } ?ó€OCHA , €s2&øs2&ør2ÊôOFour Malaysian Air Force planes bring medical supplies and armed services help -6€8http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=200681X{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Four Malaysian Air Force planes bring medical supplies and armed services help\par \par KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 (Bernama)\par \par \ul Naval/military\ulnone\par The \ul Malaysian Government \ulnone will send a medical team of 76 armed forces personnel to help victims of last Saturday's earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Tuesday.\par \par \ul Air lifts\ulnone\par He said the team, comprising eight officers and 68 other ranks, would leave with \ul medical supplies\ulnone in four Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft at 4 pm from the RMAF base in Subang.\par \par \pard The RMAF return air flights were made available to ferry Malaysian students who wanted to return to Malaysia.\par \pard\par \ul Hospitals\par \pard\ulnone Malaysia moved to establish a field hospital and a mobile hospital in Yogyakarta.\par \pard "We realise that the number of victims is huge and there is a great need for medicines as the local hospitals there are unable to cope with the large number of quake victims," Najib told reporters after presenting armed forces veteran entrepreneurs awards and launching a book, "Pahlawan Tanahair".\par \par Najib gave the breakdown of the medical personnel as one anesthesiologist, three medical officers, two dental officers, 40 paramedics and several support staff.\par \par "We will also send two ambulances and a landrover," he added.\par The medical team is headed by Col Dr S. Jegathesan.\par \tab\par \par } ?ó€ADB€Canada, €s2eüs2eür2*ø\US Govt sends cargo planes, ship and $5m, while Canada to give Cdn$2m and ADB about Cdn$66m 69:€/http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060530/w053082.html>{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\ul\fs18 US Govt\ulnone sends cargo planes, ship and $5m, while Canada to give Cdn$2m and ADB about Cdn$66m\par \par \ul Naval/military\ulnone\par A USAID disaster assistance response team is being readied and the amphibious assault ship USS Essex, which has extensive medical facilities, is en route to the area, White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said.\par \par The United States also increased its aid contribution to $5 million US\par \par \ul Air lifts\ulnone\par Two U.S. marine cargo planes carrying a mobile field hospital landed in Yogyakarta, closest to the quake area in central Java, after cracks in the airport runway were patched.\par \par \ul Canada\ulnone has pledged $2 million Cdn for relief efforts, of which $500,000 will go to the International Red Cross.\par \par \ul ADB\ulnone\par The Asian Development Bank announced a total equivalent to about $66 million Cdn in grants and low-interest loans to rebuild the earthquake zone.\par } ?ótivity.\par \par On Sunday a quake of 6.7 magnitude struck the South Pacific island of Tonga and the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea felt a 6.2 magnitude quake, the U.S. Geological Survey said.\par \par A prime tourist attraction, the Yogyakarta area is home to ancient heritage sites like \ul Borobudur\ulnone , the biggest Buddhist monument on Earth. It survived the quake.\par \par But the Prambanan Hindu temple complex suffered some damage, as did the roads and houses near it, a Reuters witnes€ Baptist Aid, €s2œ¯¹2¥hr2¯iBaptist World Aid has three partners responding to the disaster in Jogjakarta [sp] and around Mt Merapi. €@http://www.shareanopportunity.org/default.asp?contentID=1000238”{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Baptist World Aid has three partners responding to the disaster in Jogjakarta [sp] and around Mt Merapi. \par \par Indonesian \ul Baptist Aid\ulnone and Indonesian Holistic Ministries have come together to respond to the immediate \ul medical \ulnone and relief needs of survivors. The response includes a medical team, public kitchen providing food and \ul water\ulnone , plastic tarps for \ul shelter \ulnone and blankets for warmth. They are also assisting in the evacuation process to move villagers away from the unstable area. Respiratory masks and blankets are being provided to those affected by volcanic ash from \ul Mt Merapi.\par \ulnone\par Baptist World Aid Australia's response: Baptist World Aid Australia is planning to send an initial AU$50,000 to the relief efforts of our three partners. In news from its partner: "Indonesian Baptist Aid has 12 churches located around \ul Mt Merapi\ulnone , with over 1,200 members. Given their clear linkages to the communities here, they are currently in a position to assess the needs of more than 10,000 refugees who have fled their homes in the four regions. \par \par Baptist World Aid (BWAid) and Hu€ air lifts €The EU€UK Govt  working fully,'' ElShinta radio reported, citing Rohiman Sukarno, head of corporate communication at PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia.\par \par } ?óto the building through cracks opened up by the earthquake.\par \par Hospital volunteer Andrew Jeremijenko said: "There's a lot of severe injuries ... there are not enough nurses or doctors to cope with the load."\par \par Saturday's was the third major tremor to hit Indonesia in 18 months. The worst, the Dec. 26, 2004 quake and its resulting tsunami, left some 170,000 people dead or missing around Aceh. Indonesia sits on the Asia-Pacific region's "Ring of Fire", marked by heavy volcanic and tectonic acke is very large," said Social Minister Bachtiar Chamsyah. "We need time ... hopefully, in a week or 10 days the emergency period can be over."\par \par The quake struck while many were still in bed. The wooden roofs of flimsy houses fell in on them.\par \par Fearful of aftershocks, thousands camped outside for a second night despite rain.\par \par Hospitals struggled to cope. Hundreds of people crammed into the corridors and grounds of Yogyakarta's Bethesda \ul hospital\ulnone . Rainwater streamed inuck region, authorities struggled to deliver aid.\par \par "The problem now is that we are still short of tents, many people are still living on the streets or open areas," said Suseno, a field officer of the Yogyakarta disaster task force.\par \par \ul Water\ulnone\par Clean water was another problem, officials said. In Bantul, all 12 water distribution systems had been either knocked out completely or were not working properly, \ul UNICEF\ulnone 's Budd said.\par \par "The area destroyed by the qua were flattened, makeshift plastic tents dotted the roads.\par \par \par \ul Basic needs\ulnone , \ul medical supplies\ulnone\par In the afternoon heat, Sugiyo picked through the remnants of his brick home. He had been trapped with his family before being rescued by neighbours. His mother was killed.\par \par His face lit up as he spotted a pink box containing diapers and baby clothes. "This is for my 2-year-old daughter," he said, holding it tightly in his arms.\par \par Throughout the disaster-strke had heightened volcanic activity at nearby \ul Mount Merapi,\ulnone which experts believe may be about to erupt. Merapi has been rumbling for weeks and sporadically emitting hot lava and highly toxic hot gas.\par \par PICKING OVER THE WRECKAGE\par \par \ul People killed\ulnone\par The official death toll jumped to 4,611 on Sunday night, said the Social Affairs Ministry's disaster task force.\par \par In \ul Bantul\ulnone , which accounted for more than 2,000 of the deaths and where most buildingsctor general of aid management for the national social department, told Yogyakarta radio.\par \par Medical supplies and body bags arrived at the \ul airport \ulnone of Yogyakarta, about 25 km (15 miles) from the Indian Ocean coast. Saturday's quake was centred just offshore.\par \par The international community has offered medical teams and emergency supplies. Indonesian \ul President \ulnone Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has moved his office temporarily to Yogyakarta.\par \par A vulcanologist said the qua 2,155, but \ul UNICEF \ulnone (U.N. children's fund) spokesman John Budd said 20,000 had been injured and more than 100,000 were homeless (\ul displaced persons\ulnone ).\par \par \ul Trucks \ulnone full of volunteers from Indonesian political parties and Islamic groups, as well as military vehicles carrying soldiers, headed south from the ancient royal city to Bantul, the area hardest hit.\par \par "Thousands of houses are damaged and people may still be trapped beneath them," Ghozali Situmorang, dire.\par \par "The funds needed are about 1 trillion rupiahs ($100 million) ... for repairing homes and facilitating people's needs. This figure can change. It comes from the state budget and international aid."\par \par An estimated 35,000 homes and buildings had been destroyed and 50,000 people needed help, Kalla said.\par \par \ul Electricity\ulnone\par He added that the quake had destroyed power facilities worth 200 billion rupiahs.\par \par Government figures put the \ul number injured\ulnone at€China\ul Yogyakarta city \ulnone were reduced to rubble when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck at the crack of dawn on Saturday.\par \par After a cabinet meeting late on Sunday, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the \ul emergency period \ulnone would last three months and the goverment aimed to complete "reconstruction and rehabilitation" within a year.\par \par "We will have an emergency period for three months, May till August. The objectives are providing food, health care and shelter," Kalla told reportersantul, near Yogyakarta, May 28, 2006. \par \par \ul Pic\ulnone : Indonesian soldiers treats a villager at a tent hospital in Bantul, near Yogyakarta, May 28, 2006. \par \par By Muklis Ali and Lewa Pardomuan\par \par BANTUL, Indonesia, May 29 (Reuters) - Indonesia's government declared a state of emergency after a quake killed more than 4,600 people, and rescue workers raced against time on Monday in the hope of finding survivors under the debris of razed homes.\par \par Some 35,000 buildings around ds of injured, a day after an earthquake left more than 4,600 \ul people killed\ulnone on Indonesia's Java island.\par \ul\par Pic\ulnone : Villagers move food on to a truck, for distribution, at the Imogiri district in Bantul, near Yogyakarta, May 28, 2006. \par \par \ul Pic\ulnone : Villagers move food on to a truck, for distribution, at the Imogiri district in Bantul, near Yogyakarta, May 28, 2006. \par \par \ul Pic\ulnone : Villagers queue for treatments for their injuries at a tent hospital in B€ Aust Govt€NZ Govt€UN, €s2|´s2|´r2$±1CNN about UN and government arrangements, 29 May0"#'()*+,€9http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/un.quake.ap/{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue255;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 CNN about UN and government arrangements, 29 May\par \par \ul UN\ulnone \par UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland has proposed boosting relief efforts with money from the U.N.'s central emergency relief fund, which stands at US$178 million (euro139 million), Byrs said.\par \par \pard Some 22 countries have now contributed or pledged assistance to the Asian country, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or \ul OCHA\ulnone . \par \par The humanitarian office said it has released an US$100,000 (euro78,000) in emergency funds to get the relief effort going, but said it will need much more to send additional‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰i€€€¥€€€-€€€•–—U…›,žŸ ¡€€€¨©ª«õ€€€€±²³´v¶·¸¹º»°€¾¿ÀÁÂÃĵ€ÇÈÉÊËÌͽÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÆØÙÛÜ€×ö€ßàá_š€€€Öèéæëìíîòó€€ú÷øù ûüýþÿ, €s2±©¹2Çvp2È¥5Indonesia declares emergency after quake kills 4,600@ ]{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Indonesia declares emergency after quake kills 4,600\par Reuters Alertnet 28 May 2006 18:52:51 GMT\par \par Rescue workers dug desperately for survivors on Sunday and \ul hospitals \ulnone struggled to cope with the thousan€ hospitals, €people killed€emergency period€UNICEF €trucks €medical supplies( €water € Borobudurh survivors.\par } ?ór As night fell tens of thousands of people prepared to sleep on streets, in rice fields and in backyards, fearful of aftershocks.\par \par \ul Electricity\ulnone\par Power was out across much of the region, adding to their terror.\par \par As an international relief operation got under way, \ul President \ulnone Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered the army to help evacuate victims and arrived to oversee rescue operations, telling people "at a time like this we have to unite". He slept in a tent camp witng across hundreds of square kilometres of mostly farming communities in densely populated Yogyakarta province.\par \par One tourist from Holland was among the dead but there were no reports of British casualties.\par \par The worst devastation was in the town of \ul Bantul\ulnone , where 80% of the homes were destroyed and more than 2,000 people killed. Residents started digging mass graves almost immediately, family members sobbing and reading the Koran beside rows of corpses awaiting burial.\par \pa, €s2µ¥¹2ësp2Õ¤>Indonesian president camps with some of the 200,000 displaced€0http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=789142006L{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Indonesian president camps with some of the 200,000 displaced\par \par The Scotsman 28 May 06: \par \ul Displaced persons\ulnone : More than 200,000 people were left homeless in a disaster zone stretchirt aircraft, it said in a statement. It also planned to send a 43- member team from its civil defense forces, as well as $50,000 worth of emergency supplies, the government said yesterday.\par \par International Aid\par \par \ul South Korea\ulnone is dispatching a 15-member medical team to Jakarta today. European Commissioner Louis Michel in a statement pledged 3 million euros ($3.8 million) in immediate funding.\par \par \par The World Food Program (\ul WFP\ulnone ) is sending 80 tons of fortified , €¹2l¹2lq2skFImmediate actions - World Food Programme (WFP) and national responses {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue255;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Immediate actions - World Food Programme (WFP) and national responses\par \par \par \ul Singapore \ulnone today sent an advance party followed by a 35- member medical team from its armed forces in two C-130 transpoarea was made difficult because of damage to the runway and other facilities at Yogyakarta airport, forcing the airport's closure, said Transport Minister Hatta Rajasa on ElShinta radio. Flights are being diverted to Solo, 60 kilometers from Yogyakarta.\par \par \ul Trains \ulnone to Yogyakarta were advised to stop services for fear of landslides, Rajasa said. \par \par \ul Telecommunications\ulnone\par Telephone lines that were cut off by the earthquake ``are back to normal, but mobile phones are notas heightened the activity of the volcano with rising fears of two massive natural disasters at once. \par Nearby villages have received rainfalls of the toxic ash presenting health implications for the villagers, but no deaths have been recorded so far.\par During Mount Merapi\rquote s last eruption in 1994, most of the 70 deaths were caused by such rainfalls of ash and other volcanic materials, not by lava.\par [Find more in other articles by keyword.]\par \par \ul Airports\ulnone\par Travel to the d more in other articles by keyword.]\par \par \ul Mt Merapi\ulnone\par About 400 kms from Jakarta, the city is about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Mount Merapi, a volcano where the government had evacuated the area on concern it may erupt. \par Indonesia has been placed on Code Red alert, the highest emergency status, since Saturday, 13th May, due to the deadly potential of the 10,000 ft volcano. The Saturday 28th May earthquake which has caused devastation throughout Java\rquote s southern coast hcation along the Pacific Ocean's so-called Ring of Fire zone of active volcanoes and tectonic faults. Its 18,000 islands have 129 active volcanoes.\par \par There are about 200,000 \ul displaced persons\ulnone from the earthquake, according to the International \ul Red Cross\ulnone , AFP reported. \par \par \ul Borobudur\ulnone - temples toursim site\par A prime tourist attraction, the Yogyakarta area is home to ancient heritage sites like Borobudur, the biggest Buddhist monument on Earth. \par [Fin city\ulnone - initial reports said about 90 percent of those found dead were in \ul Bantul\ulnone , the hardest hit area of Yogyakarta according to Gozali Situmorang, an official at the Ministry of Social Affairs. The death toll was at least 4,285, Agence France- Presse reported.\par \par This is the worst natural disaster in the Southeast Asian nation since the tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004, and a reminder to the world how prone Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is to earthquakes because of its lo, €s2¹¤¹2Švp2!LQuake hit Sat 27 May near Yogyakarta and Mt Merapi and temples tourism site  €Lhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aJgFMZA_TM0c&refer=asiaŽ {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Quake hit Sat 27 May near Yogyakarta and Mt Merapi and temples tourism site\par \par The quake hit [at 5:54 a.m. local time near \ul Yogyakarta€ Mt Merapi€Yogyakarta city  this, to prevent the spread of water-borne diseases."\par \par \par \par } ?ó CA 90024 800-573-3332 \cf3\ul www.ri.org/articles.php?ssid=105\cf0\ulnone\par \par SAWSO (Salvation Army World Service Office) South Pacific & East Asia Disaster Fund 615 Slaters Lane Alexandria, VA 22314 800-SAL-ARMY \cf3\ul www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_sa.nsf/vw-news/\cf0\ulnone\par \par Save the Children USA Indonesian Earthquake Children's Emergency Fund 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880 800-728-3843 \cf3\ul www.savethechildren.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) International Disaster Response, Advance #982450 P.O. Box 9068 New York, NY 10087 800-554-8583 \cf3\ul http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/newsroom/releases/archives06/20060528/\cf0\ulnone \par \par US Fund for \ul UNICEF \ulnone Indonesia Earthquake Emergency Response 333 E. 38th Street New York, NY 10016 800-4-UNICEF \cf3\ul www.unicefusa.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=duLRI8O0H&b=39306&ct=2508939\cf0\ulnone \par \par World Concern Earthquake Relief Fund 19303 Fremont Avenue North Seattle, WA 98133 800-755-5022 \cf3\ul www.worldconcern.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par World Emergency Relief 2270-K Camino Vida Roble Carlsbad, CA 92013 888-484-5437 \cf3\ul www.worldemergencyrelief.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par World Hope International Indonesia Earthquake Relief P.O. Box 96338 Washington DC 20090-6338 888-466-4673 \cf3\ul www.worldhope.net/worldhope/aboutnew.htm\cf0\ulnone\par \par World Relief Java Earthquake 7 E Baltimore St Baltimore MD 21202 800-535-5433 \cf3\ul www.wr.org\cf0\ulnone \par \par \ul World Vision\ulnone P.O. Box 9716 Attn: Indonesia Earthquake Federal Way, WA 98063-917 888-56-CHILD \cf3\ul www.worldvision.org\cf0\ulnone \par \par \b 3. Details of IA members' intended earthquake assistance\par \b0\par ADRA International (May 29, 2006) ADRA's initial response in Indonesia includes working with local partners to provide emergency shelter, and ADRA medical teams are on the way to take care of the injured. Additional response staff have arrived in the region to expand ADRA's response.\par \par American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. (JDC) (May 29, 2006) Together with its partner organization, the DwiYuna Foundation, JDC has provided 10 tons of rice, 10,000 water containers, 100 tents and 3,000 crates of protein-enriched biscuits. In addition, funds are being distributed to community centers destroyed in the region.\par \par American \ul Red Cross\ulnone (May 29, 2006) The American Red Cross, as part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's (Movement) has contribute€ Singapore€ South Korea€displaced persons € Red Cross  €WFP €US Govt  €About Knowbase, €.2V¤¹2¹{–2ÝŒAbout using knowbase files<€9http://www.acknowledge.com.au/nextavailable.htm#79216077 {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\b\f0\fs20 Top tips:\b0\par Order the titles by date, earliest first.\par \par To get an Indexed List, simply drap any keyword(s) from the Index into to the centre column. \par This will filter all the titles in the right column (Titles List), leaving only those for articles registered with the keywords(s).\par \par Each *.kno file opens on the Index, having the keywords put to articles by the editor. \par Keywords can be ordered A-to-Z or Z-to-A by clicking "Index".\par \par \b Find List\b0\par This works like the Indexed List, except the user types any word(s) in "Find what".\par "Find what" comes in the box brought by clicking the Find (binoculars) icon, or going Edit/Find in Knowbase's header controls.\par Find filters the titles to articles having the word(s) entered in "Find what".\par \par It's good for finding articles with names of companies/organisations or place names.\par \par It will find all articles having particular words irrespective of keywords assigned to the articles by the knowbase editor.\par \par Clicking "\ul F\ulnone ind" beside "Find what" reduces the Titles List to these articles, presenting the first article for immediate viewing. \par \par \b Seeing the File List\par \b0 To see the Find List, close the Find box, then close the article.\par \par \b Returning to Titles List to see all the titles\b0\par To return the Titles List to all articles, drag the keyword in inverted commas (the knowbase's "topic") into centre column.\par Dragging any keyword to centre column then back into the Index will have the same effect.\par It will also show this "About Knowbase" article and any others on the knowbase file not registered with the "top€Germany€France€Japan, €¹2(g¹2ësq2 f7Big aid organisations were ready (300) by Alan Carroll, 5=B€+http://www.acknowledge.com.au/whatsnew.htm {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Big aid organisations were ready (300) by Alan Carroll\par \par \ul Red Cross\ulnone /Red Crescent society members were able to respond immediately after the force 6.3 earthquake hit on Saturday, calling on supplies sufficient for up to 25,000 people that IFRC (International Federation) already had in Jakarta, Surabaya and Padang warehouses, due to fear that \ul Mount Merapi\ulnone might soon erupt. \par \par With the Indonesian government placing the danger at alert level four and estimating as many as 80,000 could be displaced by a big eruption, Indonesia\rquote s Red Crescent had also been busy with access and exit arrangements to quickly move people from their homes.\par \par \ul Oxfam\ulnone\rquote s first requirement for trucking the 400 kms to Yogyakarta from Jakarta was for 5000 buckets and jerry cans. The NGO\rquote s emergency response teams first set up \ul water \ulnone bladders to truck water to the \ul hospital \ulnone in \ul Bantul\ulnone , the densely populated district closest to the quake\rquote s epicentre. \par \par Then they set about distributing distributed hygiene kits with soap, sanitary towels and sarongs to an estimated 30,000 households displaced by the earthquake. Many of the people were sleeping outside as some 90 percent of mostly mud-brick homes were demolished in the worst-hit districts.\par \par "Luckily the contingency planning we'd been doing for a possible eruption of the Merapi volcano has meant we have immediate access to these stocks of equipment stored locally," said David Macdonald, Oxfam's Country Programme manager for Indonesia. \par \par Oxfam had 20 staff there when Indonesia\rquote s latest big earthquake hit on Saturday morning. Additional staff were immediately called in from Aceh, Jakarta and Bangkok. \par \par \ul World Vision\ulnone was ready on the scene too, with 15 staff based in Yogyakarta including relief officers and doctors. The NGO was the first with a \ul truck \ulnone of emergency aid to arrive from Jakarta on Sunday morning, which brought 380 tarpaulins and supplies of blankets, sarongs and velt beds. These went to inhabitants of Jetis village, the worst-affected part of \ul Bantul \ulnone district. More velt beds were expected from Jakarta today (Monday) in trucks which would also bring kitchen kits, hygiene kits and more tarpaulins. At least 1,500 packages of non-food relief aid were planned for delivery to 1,500 families.\par } ?ó€ERUs, €¹2f¹2ës¹2´c@ERU reports from British Red Cross and Catholic Relief Services ?Aã{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Four British \ul Red Cross\ulnone logistics experts went in an emergency response unit (\ul ERU\ulnone ) to coordinate Yogyakarta area incoming Red Cross relief supplies. This was in support of the Indonesian Red Cross, with more than 500 staff and volunteers mobilised to distribute \ul shelter \ulnone tents, blankets, tarpaulins, food and \ul water\ulnone . A field \ul hospital \ulnone has been established and 10 medical action teams are treating people injured by the disaster. The British Red Cross has launched an appeal to support the relief effort. 29 May Alertnet.\par \par Catholic Relief Services \ul CRS \ulnone is focusing its interventions in 3 sub-districts within the most affected areas: Kretek and Pundong in the district of \ul Bantul\ulnone , and Prambanan in the district of Jogjakarta. This includes funding \ul medical supplies\ulnone to a local NGO tending 10,000 people in Pundong and \ul shelter \ulnone for 1,800. Contact Paul W. M. Armour, CRS Indonesia Country Representative, mob (62) 816-187-6701.\par \par \par \par \par \par \cf1\fs24\par \cf0\fs18\par \par } ?ó€ AC report d $219,000 to help families affected by the earthquake in the critical days and weeks that lie ahead. Additionally, an aerial and on-site damage assessment was conducted on May 28, and a psychosocial team has been deployed to train volunteers who will provide emotional support to families affected by the disaster. Additional teams have been offered to help with relief supply distributions. \par \par \ul Baptist World Aid\ulnone (May 28, 2006) Baptist World Aid (BWAid) & Hungarian Baptist Aid has redeployed a Rescue 24 Medical Team from Nias to Yogyakarta to work with local teams and two medics from Singapore. BWAid has made an initial grant of $20,000 available and are working through their local affiliates in Indonesia. Brother's Brother Foundation (May 29, 2006) Brother's Brother Foundation, working with partner agencies will soon be sending requested pharmaceuticals, medical and other resources to the survivors of the earthquake in Indonesia. Brother's Brother Foundation is accepting gifts-in-kind in the form of medical supplies and pharmaceuticals.\par \par \ul CARE \ulnone (May 29, 2006) A group of CARE disaster relief experts has joined a U.N. assessment team in the earthquake-stricken region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. CARE is focusing particularly on the needs of remote rural areas. CARE is prepared to distribute water purification solution to help prevent water-borne diseases that spread quickly in the aftermath of such emergencies and will take additional actions after the assessment.\par \par Catholic Relief Services (\ul CRS\ulnone ) (May 29, 2006) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has committed an initial $200,000 to the relief effort and has staff on the ground working with local partners to distribute shelter material and other emergency relief supplies to those left homeless. CRS staff, on the ground since the quake struck, continue to assess damage and humanitarian needs for the most vulnerable.\par \par Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) (May 29, 2006) CRWRC has already distributed emergency food and water to more than 8,400 survivors and is acquiring family tents and camp locations. CRWRC will work with partners to provide ongoing water, shelter, food, health care and other emergency needs, including longer-term housing reconstruction.\par \par Church World Service (\ul CWS\ulnone ) (May 29, 2006) 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. Two tons of family tents, health kits and blankets are being distributed in affected areas and 11 more tons of emergency supplies will follow. CWS accepts "Gift of the Heart" Kits as specified on \cf3\ul www.churchworldservice.org\cf0\ulnone .\par \par Direct Relief International (DRI) (May 29, 2006) Direct Relief International has committed an initial $100,000 in cash and $500,000 in medical material to assist survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Indonesia on May 27. Direct Relief has been coordinating with colleague U.S.-based international groups with staff members in Indonesia, with partner companies, and with the National Chairman of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's largest civic organization whose hospital in the quake affected area is already overwhelmed €š€€€€ 1€€€€Ž!"$%&€()*R,-./023a567¡€:;<€>?€ABCD€€€€€JKLMNOPQŽST€€€ Zy\]^§€“bcÎefghijklmn€pqr¦tuvwx[z{|}€€âwith victims. The initial cash commitment will be used to provide emergency cash assistance to Muhammadiyah and potentially to other organizations providing emergency urgent medical and support services to the quake survivors and for transport of requested medical material. DRI is accepting gifts-in-kind in the form of medical supplies.\par \par Food for the Hungry (May 29, 2006) Food for the Hungry's Indonesian Emergency Response and assessment teams are responding to the survivors of the Java earthquake by providing emergency shelter, basic supplies and hygiene kits, and medical care and supplies.\par \par Habitat for Humanity International (May 29, 2006) Habitat for Humanity and its affiliate in Jogyakarta are currently conducting housing needs assessments. Habitat is providing emergency shelter assistance to affected families and plans to participate with direct housing assistance in the reconstruction phase.\par \par International Aid (May 29, 2006) International Aid is sending a medical clinic with capacity to meet basic health needs of up to 15,000 survivors. An assessment team is on the ground in the Bantol area and additional aid will be sent as needed. International Aid is accepting gifts-in-kind in the form of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.\par \par International Medical Corps (IMC) (May 29, 2006) IMC, in close cooperation with the Government of Indonesia, has mobilized Rapid Response Teams of about 100 personnel from its resources in Jakarta and Banda Aceh to provide immediate medical care and assess the immediate-, medium- and long-term needs of devastated regions in the Yogyakarta and Bantul districts. IMC, which has been working in Indonesia since 2000, is working with local emergency response team, Ambulan 118, to provide critically needed paramedic and surgical services, drugs, and supplies in 30 operating theatres, and is providing operational support to hospitals throughout Yogyakarta and Bantul. IMC, with the help of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, has also begun delites such as Borobudur, the biggest Buddhist monument on earth, dot the area. Borobudur survived the quake but the Prambanan Hindu temple complex suffered some damage. Local media said parts of Yogyakarta's centuries-old royal palaces had also collapsed.\par \par Jakarta Post said 30 May: \par Hours after the devastating earthquake, archaeologists surveying the Prambanan Temple complex in Yogyakarta found extensive damage to the ancient site, with stone blocks and statues scattered about the ground.\par The palace's Bangsal Trajumas pavilion to collapse on a sacred set of gamelan instruments. The pavilion is a popular tourist attraction that pays tribute to the royal family, whose line can be traced back to the Mataram era in the 16th century. Since the 1970s, the pavilion has been used to store the palace's sacred treasures. \par \par A palace official, Gusti Hadi, said one pavilion housing several treasures, including traditional musical instruments and a carriage used by Yogyakarta's first sultan, had been destroyed.\par The palace was built in 1755 by an Indonesian prince who gave himself the title sultan. His descendants have continued to rule the province, now a self-governing district answerable to the modern capital, Jakarta, 440 km (270 miles) to the west.\par \par \par \ul Mount Merapi\ulnone\par The IRC has also brought in 2,000 masks to protect people from the dust and ashes resulting from the increased volcanic activity of nearby Mount Merapi.\par \par \ul Utilities\ulnone\par Telephone lines, electricity cables and cable networks have already been restored across the city, and most schools and many shops were open on Monday.\par \par \par } ?ó€shelter/basic needs  €WHO € engineeringn Air flight disaster occurred last year), but was only closed yesterday morning. Because of the long runway length it can still be used by most aircraft. It is now being used to ferry relief aid into the area. \par \par Imron Sathir, an Indonesian airforce officer at the airport, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that only four Hercules aid flights could land at the Yogyakarta airport at one time, and nine aid flights had arrived at the airport on Monday - from the government, local aid organizations, \ul Malaysia\ulnone , \ul Singapore \ulnone and a USAID flight [\ul US Govt\ulnone ], carrying mattresses, tents, [\ul shelter\ulnone ] generators, clothes, medicine, water and other \ul supplies\ulnone .\par \par Another airforce officer said priority to land was being given to visiting dignitaries, despite the limited capacity of the airport.\par \par \par } ?ó, €s2%·¹2ºsr2‹¶Road conditions affect supplyÄ{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Road conditions affect supply\par \par From ABC news 30 May: There are huge traffic jams in the area worst hit by Saturday's Indonesian earthquake as relief supplies arrive from all over the world. \ul Trucks \ulnone carrying much anticipated \ul supplies \ulnone are travelling the narrow and often unsealed roads in Yogyakarta carrying tons of supplies.\par \par 30 May: But rough roads in mountainous central Java and new cracks in the runway at the region's main airport hampered delivery efforts.\par \par In \ul Jamprip\ulnone , a village of 300 families, Edi Sutrisno, 37, helped unload aid from a military truck: two bags of rice, nine boxes of dried noodles and two boxes of bottled \ul water\ulnone .\par \par ``It's the first we've gotten since the quake,'' he said.\par \par The government said an estimated 200,000 people were homeless, most living in improvised shacks close to their former homes or in shelters erected in rice fields. \ul Hospitals \ulnone overflowed with bloodied survivors. Power was still out in much of the quake region, which covers hundreds of square miles.\par } ?ó€TNT € Airports oordinating with its partners - \ul Oxfam\ulnone , the International \ul Red Cross\ulnone , PDM, the local water board and the \ul Indonesian Government \ulnone public works department - to supply clean water to Bantul at emergency distribution points.\par \par In water tanker operations Monday morning, UNICEF contributed 5 tankers, Oxfam 5, PDM 2 and Red Cross 1. A total of 40,000 litres a day will be supplied. Also Monday, UNICEF set up 15 emergency distribution points using collapsible water bladders.\par \par \ul Child centres\ulnone\par UNICEF is setting up a child centre in Bantul to provide trauma counselling and recreation for children. The Children\rquote s Agency will establish within 24 hours a child centre in Bantul to provide trauma counseling and recreation for children. UNICEF commenced assessment/tracing of separated children but he anticipated that trauma would be the bigger issue.\par \par \ul Demographics of displaced persons:\par \ulnone Initial assessments put about 40pc of the total number of displaced people as children, 15pc under five years of age. Most homeless people are remaining near their residences with about 15 small camps established near public buildings, housing between 100-200 people each.\par \par \ul\b Supplies\b0\par \ulnone\par \ul Air lift\ulnone \par Arrived in the first air lift were:\par \bullet 15 collapsible water bladders\par \bullet 10 large tents\par \bullet 50 family tents\par \bullet 800 tarpaulin sheets\par \bullet 350 cooking sets\psia early on Tuesday 30 May. The aircraft's cargo - seven tonnes of WFP high-energy biscuits, 32 tonnes of blankets, tents, generators, gerry cans, water pumps & purification units from \ul Italy \ulnone from the Italian Development Cooperation organization.\par \par \pard A \ul TNT\ulnone -chartered flight from Medan in Sumatra was to bring 10 mobile warehouses (wiikhalls) during May 30.\par \pard\par Food aid delivered\par \par \b By trucks\b0\par In total, by the end of May 29 -- three days after the quake struck -- WFP had moved 70 tonnes of high-energy biscuits and 75 tons of noodles to the disaster area. This included five \ul TNT trucks\ulnone , which arrived today from Jakarta carrying 50 tonnes of fortified noodles, and 22 metric tonnes which also left Jakarta on Monday on three more trucks.\par \par TNT is a global provider of express, mail and logistics services and a long-standing humanitarian partner of WFP.\par \par The International Organization for Migration (\ul IOM\ulnone ) has also offered to help with transport.\par \par Distribution is taking place in the villages and sub-districts of \ul Bantul \ulnone and \ul Klaten\ulnone , through health centers, local authorities and non-government organizations.\par \par Markets in Bantul and Klaten are still closed, meaning that many people who lost their own food stocks in the earthquake will be relying on emergency food rations for survival.\par \par This number could grow as more and more earthquake survivors run of out of whatever they had on hand.\par \par On Sunday night, it rained in Bantul and, according to the assessment team, people are still sleeping in the open. \ul Hospitals \ulnone are a grim sight, treating people under tents in parking lots and on the hospital grounds.\par \par } ?ó, €s2Îès2Îèq2Tç5IOM Delivering Aid, Assisting in Medical Evacuations(2€/http://www.iom.int/en/news/pr2006-008_en.shtml. {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue255;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 IOM Delivering Aid, Assisting in Medical Evacuations\par \par \ul Trucks\ulnone\par YOGJAKARTA, INDONESIA - The International Organization for Migration \ul IOM \ulnone this morning began loading its trucks in Yogjakarta, Indonesia, with 35 tons of food, \ul water \ulnone and \ul medical supplies\ulnone to be distributed to the areas worst hit by Saturday\rquote s earthquake.\par \par \ldblquote I expect we will have 30 trucks operating by the end of the day today some of which will transport supplies to the district capitals and others which will be used to distribute these items to the villages,\rdblquote said IOM logistician Ronnie Bala, a veteran of the emergency response in Aceh and Nias.\par \par \ldblquote It is clear that the government agencies have learned many lessons from responding to the tsunami, and they understand the importance of coordination and how to deliver materials in a timely manner.\rdblquote\par \par Bala said IOM trucks are being dispatched to the \ul airport \ulnone in Surakarta (Solo) north of the affected area to transport an additional 32 tons of aid, including generators, medical kits and tarpaulins donated by \ul Italy\ulnone , and items provided by \ul USAID \ulnone and others responding to the emergency.\par \par \ldblquote One of the issues we face is that the roads into these villages are quite narrow and there are thousands of people trying to get into the area to search for their loved ones,\rdblquote he said.\par \par \pard\par \pard A six-member IOM medical team has met with \ul hospital \ulnone administrators in Yogjakarta and the town of \ul Klaten \ulnone near the earthquake\rquote s epicenter to assesbout 37.6 kms south-west of Yogyakarta.\par \par The world's fourth most populated country, Indonesia's two affected provinces are in the most populated heartland - Central Java and Yogyakarta.\par \par \ul Yogyakarta City\par \ulnone The tremor early on Saturday was centred just off the Indian Ocean coast near \ul Yogyakarta\ulnone , the former Javanese royal capital 16kms from the coast.\par \par "Only 10 percent of Yogyakarta city was affected, including the palace, which only suffered little damage. The most affected areas are outside," said Provincial Secretary Bambang Susanto Priyohadi. Report by By Achmad Sukarsono, YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, May 29 (Reuters)\par \par Yogyakarta, a city of approximately 800,000 people and Indonesia's ancient royal capital and one of its biggest cities, is about 440km south-east of Jakarta. \par \par Though some larger buildings in Yogyakarta, like shopping malls and university halls, suffered serious structural damage, activity in the city has largely returned to normal as stores reopened and residents returned to their jobs. Electricity has been fully restored. NYTimes 30 May.\par \ul\par Indonesian help\ulnone\par The Indonesians themselves have mobilised wonderfully. You've got a lot of soldiers on the ground, even the Indonesian Special Forces are here, the Indonesian Red Cross, Islamic organisations. You've got political party members, hoards of volunteers have been coming in. But they really do need that infrastructure and those urgent medicines and beds and tents. (ABC report Monday, 29 May , 2006 12:10:00)\par \par \ul People killed\ulnone\par The social affairs ministry said 5,427 were confirmed to have died, 30 May.\par \par \ul Supply\par \ulnone Reuters reported the United Nations will ship three 100-bed field hospitals, tents, medical supplies and generators in the next three days.\par \par Yogyakarta's provincial secretary, Bambang Susanto Priyohadi, said the pace of aid needed to be stepped up.\par \par "When I checked this morning, the amount is very minimal," he said. "For such a large number of victims, we at least need 5,000 tents. At the moment we only have less than 100."\par \par Many devastated villages in central Java had yet to receive aid three days after a powerful earthquake rocked the area, residents said today (Tues 30 May). Yogyakarta \ul airport \ulnone reopened Monday, and land traffic was rerouted today to ease congestion caused by the large numbers of aid workers arriving in the \ul Bantul \ulnone and \ul Klaten \ulnone districts, the two most severely devastated areas south of Yogyakarta. NYTimes 30 May.\par \par A steady flow of aid, however, did continue to arrive today, as relief agencies and other groups surveyed the area and started distributing supplies. \ul Helicopters \ulnone buzzed above ruined towns for the first time since the quake. Ambulances continued to race between villages and overcrowded \ul hospitals\ulnone .NYTimes 30 May.\par \par \par \ul Borobudur\ulnone\par Ancient and protected heritage s€ Thailand, €s2ý¹2asr2iüLPeople killed 5698, reports on shelters, supplies and other nations helping#;€/http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/060530/w053082.html¼{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 People killed 5698, reports on shelters, supplies and other nations helping\par \par \ul People killed\ulnone\par The \ul Indonesian Government\ulnone Social Affairs Ministry said the official death toll rose Tuesday to 5,698 as officials account for bodies buried quickly in mass graves after the quake.\par \par The head of a Malaysia search and rescue team said hope had faded of finding more survivors or bodies, and his group had turned to clearing rubble from streets instead. "The collapsed homes were all so small that anyone who was trapped would have been extracted by their family members," Abdul Aziz Ahmad said, adding his team found only one body Monday.\par \par \par \ul Shelters\ulnone\par Most survivors were still living in improvised shacks or group shelters erected in rice fields. Groups of families cooked together, each contributing scavenged food.\par \par \ul Supplies\ulnone\par Despite government promises of aid, shortages of food and fresh \ul water \ulnone remained a pressing concern, and thousands of people used cardboard boxes to beg for cash and supplies from passing drivers.\par \par Other nations helping - \ul China\ulnone , \ul Thailand\ulnone , \par \par A 44-member team of Chinese doctors, search and rescue workers and seismologists also arrived with 4 1/2 tonnes of supplies, including a field hospital, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported.\par \par Thailand said it would send 48 military medical personnel, medicine and equipment.\par \par Teams from Malaysia, Singapore, Norway and other countries already are working in the area.\par } ?ó, €s2ùÿ¹2ësr2LþCHospitals help - Singapore sends second medical and logistics team €Nhttp://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/211065/1/.html@{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\ul\fs18 Hospitals \ulnone help - Singapore sends second medical and logistics team\par \par A Singapore \ul Red Cross\ulnone team comprising 3 doctors, 7 nurses and a logistician, is Singapore's second to be despatched.\par \par Forty medical personnel and volunteers from Alexandra Hospital, the Singapore Red Cross and Mercy Relief left for Yogyakarta on Tuesday morning 31 May.\par \par The 18-member team from Alexandra Hospital had orthopaedic surgeons and surgeons from the operating theatres.\par \par It will be stationed at the \ul Klaten \ulnone and Sarjito hospitals in Yogyakarta to help with relief operations.\par \par They will bring with them antibiotics, painkillers and other medical equipment.\par \par They will be working from a makeshift casualty station in a field camp in \ul Bantul \ulnone alongside their Indonesian counterparts, the Palang Merah Indonesia.\par \par They expect different challenges from those in the tsunami aftermath.\par } ?ó, €s25s25r2ûUAust Govt lifts aid to A$7.5m, with medical, logistical and engineering team members)*N{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\ul\fs18 Aust Govt\ulnone lifts aid to A$7.5m, with medical, logistical and engineering team members\par \par "Australia Mobilises Personnel for Indonesia Earthquake Aid Effort"\par The Australian Government will send over 80 disaster experts to Yogyakarta as part of a hugely expanded emergency response to Saturday's devastating earthquake.\par \par This will increase Australia's commitment for critical humanitarian assistance to survivors of the quake to $7.5 million.\par \par \ul Hospital \ulnone help\par \par A 27-person medical team comprising surgeons, anaesthetists, operating staff, disaster medicine specialists and logisticians, led by a representative of Australia's international aid agency AusAID, will leave from Sydney today (Tuesday).\par \par The team will take 12 tonnes of equipment with them.\par \par \ul Medical supplies\ulnone\par Medical, hospital and relief supplies, including $200,000 of orthopaedic instruments are also being provided.\par \par The extra $4.5 million follows Australia's prior commitment of $3 million for immediate humanitarian assistance to survivors of the quake which devastated the historic Indonesian city on Saturday.\par \par Yesterday Indonesia-based medical personnel mobilised to conduct needs assessments and pave the way for the arrival of the medical and surgical personnel.\par \par AusAID has been working in Yogyakarta since Saturday assessing priority health and logistical needs. An AusAID team including AusAID's health sector manager will be in place in Yogyakarta today.\par \par Funds are also being provided to Muhammadiyah, an Indonesian NGO, as well as Australian NGOs and United Nations agencies to support medical and feeding programs in the worst affected areas.\par \par Australia is closely monitoring developments and stands ready to offer additional assistance if necessary.\par \par Media inquiries:\par \par Tony Parkinson (Minister's Office) 0409 536 410\par \par AusAID (Public Affairs) 0417 680 590\par } ?ó€ World Vision€CWS€CRS€CAREs how best to implement an emergency evacuation system for survivors in need of medical treatment.\par \tab \tab\par The Organization has already identified 18 newly-released patients and their family members in Yogjakarta who are in immediate need of assistance to return home, a service IOM provided in the wake of the tsunami and March 2005 Nias earthquake.\par \par The health system in Central Java province and Yogjakarta is struggling to cope with the thousands of victims suffering from broken bones and lacerations.\par \par \ldblquote There are many elderly victims at Sarjito \ul hospital \ulnone in Yogjakarta with serious fractures and injuries and there is a great deal of concern about their chances of survival without proper medical attention,\rdblquote says IOM information officer Shima Roy who is traveling with the medical team.\par \par \pard Pic: An eldery man is treated at Sarjito hospital in Yogjakarta. \'a9 IOM 2006 (Photo: Shima Roy)\par \pard\par Paul Dillon\par National Press Officer\par Banda Aceh, Indonesia\par Tel: +62 812 698 8035\par E-mail: \cf1\ul pdillonaceh@iom.int\cf0\ulnone\par \par Shima Roy\par Information Officer\par Yogjakarta, Indonesia\par Tel: 0811.947.143\par E-mail: \cf1\ul sroy@iom.int\cf0\ulnone\par } ?ó€child centres €Oxfam , €s2¬ï¹2ësr2(éWBantul operations: UNICEF sets up water and child centres and supplies by air and road, 45€9http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/indonesia_34195.html {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\ul\fs18 Bantul\ulnone operations: UNICEF sets up water and child centres and supplies by air and road\par \par \ul Water\par \ulnone UNICEF is c food, medicine and other supplies.\par \par "We have developed a response strategy," OCHA spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said after representatives of U.N. agencies -- as well as the international \ul Red Cross\ulnone and other aid organizations -- met behind closed doors to coordinate a relief plan.\par \par The UN later briefed donor governments on what types of funds and assistance are needed. An emergency appeal by the global body is expected later this week.\par \par \ul WHO\ulnone\par The World Health Organization said it was sending emergency equipment, will set up a disease-surveillance system to control outbreaks of infectious diseases and help organize vaccination campaigns against measles, "which can be a major killer and spreads rapidly in crowded areas."\par \pard\par \ul Supply\ulnone\par The UN will ship three 100-bed field hospitals, tents, medical supplies and generators in the next three days. (\cf1\ul http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=796512006\cf0\ulnone )\par \par \uthquake 121 Habitat St Americus, GA 31709 800-HABITAT \cf3\ul www.habitat.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par International Aid 17011 W. Hickory Spring Lake, MI 49456 800-251-2502 \cf3\ul www.internationalaid.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par International Medical Corps Indonesia Earthquake Relief Fund 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA 90404-1950 800-481-4462 \cf3\ul www.imcworldwide.org/loc_indonesia_earthquake.shtml\cf0\ulnone\par \par International Relief and Development (IRD) 1621 N. Kent Street Suite 400 Arlington, VA 22209 877 844 5644 \cf3\ul www.ird-dc.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par International Relief Teams Indonesia Earthquake 3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C San Diego, CA 92108 619-284-7979 \cf3\ul www.IRTeams.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par International Rescue Committee (IRC) PO Box 5058 Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874 877-REFUGEE or 733-8433 \cf3\ul www.theIRC.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par Latter-Day Saint Charities Indonesia Earthquake 50 East North Temple Street, Floor 7 Salt Lake City, UT 84150-6800 800-453-3860 Ext 23544 \cf3\ul www.lds.org/humanitarian\cf0\ulnone\par \par Lutheran World Relief (LWR) Indonesia Earthquake P.O. Box 17061 Baltimore, MD 21298-9832 800-LWR-LWR2 \cf3\ul www.lwr.org\cf0\ulnone \par \par MAP International P.O. Box 215000 Brunswick, GA 31521 800-225-8550 \cf3\ul www.map.org\cf0\ulnone \par \par Mercy Corps Indonesia Earthquake Fund Dept. NR PO Box 2669 Portland, OR 97208-2669 800-852-2100 \cf3\ul www.mercycorps.org\cf0\ulnone \par \par Mercy-USA for Aid and Development Indonesia Earthquake Relief 44450 Pinetree Drive, Suite 201 Plymouth, Michigan 48170-3869 800-556-3729 \cf3\ul www.mercyusa.org/IndonesiaEarthquake0506.cfm\cf0\ulnone \par \par \ul Oxfam \ulnone America Indonesia Earthquake Fund PO Box 1211 Albert Lea, MN 56007-9865 800-77-OXFAM \cf3\ul www.oxfamamerica.org\cf0\ulnone Plan USA Asia Disaster 155 Plan Way Warwick, RI 02886 800-556-7918 \cf3\ul www.planusa.org/indonesiaquake\cf0\ulnone\par \par Relief International 1575 Westwood Blvd., Suite 201 Los Angeles,ic". \par \par \b Research method\b0\par Use this article's attached link to ACknowledge website's "Next Available" page.\par \par \par \f1\fs24\par \cf0\fs18\par } ?órea. M-USA will be providing the survivors with emergency relief supplies like food, water, tents, plastic sheeting, etc.\par \par \ul Oxfam\ulnone America (May 29, 2006) Oxfam and its local partner organizations are providing emergency shelter materials, clean water and sanitation facilities, hygiene kits, and sarongs to survivors of the earthquake.\par \par Plan USA (May 29, 2006) Plan International was on the ground when the quake hit and has been providing emergency relief, including distribution of shelter, sleeping mats, hygiene kits, and medicines to impacted communities in Yogyakarta, Bantul, and Gunung Kidul. Plan International will be expanding its relief response and will include a feature on temporary education for children in affected areas.\par \par Relief International (May 29, 2006) Relief International responded to the devastating earthquake in Indonesia by deploying emergency relief and assessment teams from Jakarta to provide immediate assistance to survivors and to ensure that families' urgent needs are met. With more than 15 years of international disaster response experience, the Relief International response will be scaled to meet the needs of the disaster as it unfolds. Decisive action and financial support is urgently needed to provide ongoing relief to survivors.\par \par SAWSO (Salvation Army World Service Office) (May 29, 2006) Key Salvation Army emergency services personnel are being deployed to the affected area, where The Salvation Army already operates a church and a boys' home. The Salvation Army's International Headquarters has released an immediate grant of $20,000 to help the people in affected areas who are in desperate need of food, shelter, medicine and clothes. A medical/health tent is being established in Bantul village.\par \par Save the Children USA (May 29, 2006) Save the Children, which has operated child-focused programs in Indonesia for 30 years, is moving quickly to provide basic necessities to thousands of children and families left homeless by the powerful earthquake that struck central Indonesia on May 27. Save the Children will seek to provide families water, food, medicines, hygiene kits and temporary shelter, with a special focus on ensuring that children are protected and safe.\par \par United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) (May 29, 2006) UMCOR is working with partners on the ground to provide emergency supplies, medicines, fresh water, and other near-term needs. UMCOR has operations in Indonesia and experience in rebuilding following earthquake damage; the agency is evaluating further long term response. UMCOR is accepting gifts-in-kind in the form of health kits, school kits, and layettes.\par \par US Fund for UNICEF (May 29, 2006) UNICEF is providing emergency supplies: tarpaulins; essential health supplies, hygiene kits; small tents; large tents; lanterns; collapsible water tanks; school kits; school tents; recreation kits and school-in-a-box school supplies - to help survivors of the earthquake in Central Java, Indonesia. UNICEF is also commencing a water tanker operation to bring clean water to survivors of the disaster. The UN's Children Agency has deployed staff to Yogyakarta, hard hit by the earthquake to assess the immediate needs of survivors.\par \par World Concern (May 29, 2006) World Concern is supporting a consortium of partner agencies in Kabupaten Klaten. Initial activities include food, essential non-food items, and water as well as organizing volunteers from local Indonesian churches outside of the high impact zone.\par \par World Emergency Relief (May 29, 2006) World Emergency Relief's initial response is to airfreight pharmaceuticals for 23,000 survivors for two months, from England, to local partners on the ground. Food, new clothing and additional medicines will follow, as requested. A post trauma stress training team is expected to be sent from Hong Kong. World Emergency Relief is accepting gifts-in-kind in the form of medicines and long-term food aid.\par \par World Hope International (May 29, 2006) World Hope International is operating an emergency shelter in nearby Magelang regency where the Indonesia office is located. Food, water, tarpaulins, cooking stoves and fuel are being distributed to survivors in the affected area as well.\par \par World Relief (May 29, 2006) World Relief is assessing damage and responding through a network of local churches on the island of Java. Working with its local partners, World Relief has already started food distributions, housing damage surveys, and provision of tents for temporary shelter.\par \par \ul World Vision\ulnone (May 29, 2006) World Vision has begun delivering emergencies supplies to help affected families survive these first critical days\u65533?items such as blankets, tarps for shelter, clothing, hygiene products, medical supplies, and cooking utensils. World Vision is also sending medicine, tents, and supplies to support overwhelmed local hospitals.\par \par IA Press Contact: Nasserie Carew (202-667-8227 x141 or \cf3\ul ncarew@interaction.org\cf0\ulnone )\par \par } ?ó$ÿÿÿÿ@http://www.acknowledge.com.au/acehaftertsunamishit.htm#75401325, €¹2Pa¹2Paq2µ^;CARE doctor describes the scene in Klaten where 2000 diedÃ{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 CARE's Health Programme Director Dr. Endang Widyastuti gave a first-hand account as a member of an emergency assessment team in \ul Klaten\ulnone , with nearly 2,000 \ul people killed\ulnone .\par \par "I'm passed ten villages. All are destroyed. They are combing through the rubble trying the find survivors and their belongings. I passed three or four men who were very stressed. They didn't want to talk. They are very affected. It is very sad. We are seeing some dead bodies. They covered the bodies and wanted to get rid of them, but they can't reach two dead people in one house. They are calling for help, looking for big equipment to dig through the rubble to remove the bodies.\par \par \ul Medical supplies\ulnone\par "I am at the poskesmas (health clinic) right now. The poskesmas is all under control. It's not like yesterday (Sunday), when it was very overwhelmed with patients, injured people. They still need doctors and the mobile clinic. After they have treatment of injured, they have to change the stitches, change the dressing. They need to follow up.\par \par \ul Shelter\ulnone\par "Every family is in their house, or a temporary tent in front of their house. People are terrified to sleep inside because they think their house will collapse. Most houses have collapsed already. It's very sad. Tents and plastic sheeting are needed desperately.\par \par \ul Water\ulnone\par "In this village, the people do not have access to fuel after the earthquake, so they can't boil their water to make it safe to drink. We have started distributing Air Rahmat, the water purification solution, to the people here, and showing them how to use it. They are very happy to have this, so they can have clean water. It is very important to provide clean water after emergencies like, €s2¼¹2|wq29US-based InterAction (IA) members compared with Aus NGOs$45=>?@€&http://www.interaction.org/indonesia/;S{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green127\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 US-based InterAction (IA) members compared with Aus NGOs from tsunami relief experience (1), then IA's names/websites (2) and details of their assistance in earthquake relief (3).\par \par InterAction is a coalition of more than 160 US-based private relief, international development and refugee assistance organizations.\par \par \b 1. Comparison with major Aussie NGOs and aid orgs\b0\par The NGOs and aid organisations that are also leading ones in Australia are underlined and keyword-indexed. The are the\cf1 top NGOs that got A$329.9m out of A$379.9m in total \cf2\ul\protect tsumai relie\cf1\ulnone\protect0 f donated - see ACknowledge report \cf2\ul March 2006: \cf1\ulnone Aust Red Cross A$117.8m, World Vision Australia A$110.3m, Care Australia A$45.7m, Oxfam Australia A$28.7m and Caritas Australia A$23.4m.\cf0\par \par \b 2. IA's list of US names/websites\par \b0\par ADRA International Indonesia Earthquake Fund 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 800-424-ADRA (2372) \cf3\ul www.adra.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. Indonesia Earthquake P.O. Box 372 847A Second Avenue New York, NY 10017 212-687-6200 \cf3\ul www.jdc.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par American Red Cross International Response Fund P.O. Box 37243 Washington, DC 20013 800-RED-CROSS \cf3\ul www.redcross.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par \ul Baptist World Aid\ulnone Asia Earthquake Appeal 405 North Washington Street Falls Church, VA 22046 703-790-8980 \cf3\ul www.bwanet.org/bwaid\cf0\ulnone\par \par Brother's Brother Foundation 1200 Galveston Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15233 412-321-3160 \cf3\ul www.brothersbrother.org\cf0\ulnone CARE 151 Ellis Street NE Atlanta, GA 30303 800-521-CARE \cf3\ul www.care.org/newsroom/articles/2006/05/20060527_indonesia.asp\cf0\ulnone Catholic Relief Services (CRS) P.O. Box 17090 Baltimore, MD 21203-7090 877-HELP-CRS \cf3\ul www.catholicrelief.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) Indonesia Earthquake 2006 2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49560 800-55-CRWRC \cf3\ul www.crwrc.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par Church World Service (\ul CWS\ulnone ) Indonesia Earthquake PO Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 800-297-1516 ext. 222 \cf3\ul www.churchworldservice.org\cf0\ulnone\par \par Direct Relief International Java Earthquake 27 South La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-964-4767 \cf3\ul www.directrelief.org/sections/our_work/indonesia_quake.html\cf0\ulnone\par \par Food for the Hungry, Inc. 1224 E. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85034 800-2-HUNGERS (800-248-6437) \cf3\ul www.fh.org/focus_tsunami\cf0\ulnone\par \par Habitat for Humanity International Indonesia Earl US Govt\ulnone\par The United States has allocated US$2.5 million (euro1.95 million) for assistance to victims.\par \par \ul China \ulnone offered US$2 million (euro1.6 million), and Japan pledged US$10 million (euro8 million) and said it is preparing to send land, air and naval troops.\par \par Chinese report said 30 May: a 44-member emergency rescue team left Beijing Monday afternoon for Indonesia, carrying five tons of medical rescue materials.\par \par SMH 31 May had - A plane carrying a 40-member Chinese medical team and five tonnes of medical supplies landed early yesterday at Solo, about 60 kilometres north of Yogyakarta province, China's Xinhua news agency reported.\par \par \ul UK Govt\ulnone\par The British government has pledged 4 million pounds (US$7.5 million; euro5.8 million). France said it would send medicine, medical personnel and perhaps an emergency hospital.\par \par The Dutch government pledged euro1 million (US$1.28 million). Spain, Germany and other European countries also joined in.\par \par \ul NZ Govt\ulnone\par NZ has pledged NZ$500,000 delivered via Red Cross/Red Crescent.\par \par \ul Aust Govt, utilities\ulnone\par Aust made it's offer A$3m and has a medical and health team going with experts to assess and repair electricity, water and sanitation services; and a structural \ul engineering \ulnone team that could assist local authorities determine the status and safety of public buildings. The teams will link closely with existing AusAID programs in these sectors, drawing on staff with language skills and a deep knowledge of the region.\par \par Alexander Downer told ABS Radio 30 May that AusAID has sent a seven-person AusAID team that will be in place in Yogyakarta today to establish a support base for co-ordination, logistics and the medical support presence, "and we are sending a health team in there of 27 medical and surgical personnel.\par \par "They are coming from New South Wales and they will be leaving for Indonesia today," he said. "There will be surgeons, anaesthetists, operating staff, disaster medicine specialists and so on. \par \par AusAID will provide the funding through the Indonesian Red Cross and Red Crescent Society and the International Federation of the Red Cross as well as other key relief agencies to enable them to meet the urgent needs of victims such as medical assistance, food and shelter.\par \par \par } ?ó€Malaysian Govt€‚ƒ€†€ €Š‹Œ—瀀€’•–€€€#›œžŸd€¢£¤¥€, €s2|¶¹2asr2‰´3Air transportation reports by Indonesian officials$  -€4http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=8862_0_1_0_M™{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Air transportation reports by Indonesian officials\par \i\par 1. Report by Thamrin B. Bachri\par \pard Director General for Marketing, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia May 28 \par \par \ul\i0 Airports, air lifts\ulnone\par The Adi Sucipto airport in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province resumed operation Monday, two days after being closed due to infrastructure damage during Saturday's earthquake.\par \par Yogyakarta's airport was re-opened to commercial traffic despite a heavily damaged terminal. The passenger terminal was blocked off with big sheets of tin and the roof had caved in.\par \par Two passenger planes landed safely at the airport in the morning, followed by cargo planes belonging mostly to the military.\par \par \ul Medical supplies\ulnone\par Local authorities have said top priority would be given to cargo planes carrying relief supplies and medicine for the victims. \par \par Yogya airport suffered a 3m wide by 1m deep hole in the runway, and the walls of the newly opened terminal building are leaning at 30 degrees and are propped up with steel posts.\par \par The Solo airport has some damage at the western end near the cemetery (where the Liongarian Baptist Aid redeployed a Rescue 24 Medical Team from Nias to Yogyakarta to work with local teams and two medics from \ul Singapore\ulnone .\par } ?ónoodles and biscuits and a team to assess how many people will need food aid in the region, Barry Came, the program's spokesman, said.\par \par Pledges of monetary aid are streaming into Indonesia, boosting the recovery efforts. The \ul US Govt\ulnone offered $2.5 million late Saturday. Canada has offered $1.8 million and China has offered $2 million, AFP reported. \par \par \par \ul Italy \ulnone is preparing to send an airplane with 155,000 euros of humanitarian aid, including blankets, first-aid equipment, water pumps and generators for electricity, according to the Italian Foreign Ministry. France offered condolences and said it's ready to send medical staff and humanitarian aid if needed.\par \par To contact the reporters on this story:\par Denise Kee in Singapore at \cf1\ul dkee2@bloomberg.net\cf0\ulnone .\par Aloysius Unditu in Jakarta at \cf1\ul aunditu@bloomberg.net\cf0\ulnone .\par \par \pard\par } ?ó, €¹2~q¹2asq2¡mXComparisons made with other disasters in Christian Science Monitor report Monday 29 May(!"#&€4http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0530/p01s03-woap.html| {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Comparisons made with other disasters in Christian Science Monitor report Monday 29 May \par \par Unlike Aceh, most roads were undamaged. In fact, mu€UNDP , €s2N¸¹2ësq29·FTrucks and planes rush to quake-hit Yogyakarta (300), by Alan Carroll('(01B€+http://www.acknowledge.com.au/whatsnew.htm¹ {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Trucks and planes rush to quake-hit Yogyakarta (300), by Alan Carroll\par \par Killing at least three thousand and making more than 100,000 homeless, Indonesia\rquote s latest big quake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale last Saturday has brought \ul trucks \ulnone rushing across Java from Jakarta. \par \par Worst hit was Central Java around Yogyakarta, the city gateway for world tourists visiting the famous Hindu-Buddhist temples at Borobudur. It was Indonesia\rquote s worst earthquake since the tsunami-producing force 9.2 quake on Boxing Day 2004.\par \par Included in the emergency deliveries are \ul supplies \ulnone made ready in mobile warehouses after last year\rquote s disaster assistance to tsunami-hit Aceh and Nias in Indonesia\rquote s far north.\par \par World Food Programme (\ul WFP\ulnone ) quickly assumed its usual lead in major disaster response, calling in emergency food rations which started arriving just 36 hours after the earthquake.\par \par A WFP-chartered plane arrived first, bringing an emergency medical team from Aceh. It landed in Solo, about three hours by road from areas worst affected by the earthquake, bringing about two tonnes of medical supplies.\par \par It preceded a WFP-led UN emergency assessment team consisting of personnel from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (\ul OCHA\ulnone ), UN Children's Fund (\ul UNICEF\ulnone ), UN Development Programme (\ul UNDP\ulnone ), UNFPA and the World Health Organization (\ul WHO\ulnone ) and several non-governmental organisations (NGOs).\par \par Arriving later on Sunday were three trucks from WFP\rquote s road haul contractor, \ul TNT\ulnone , which brought 30 tonnes of high-energy biscuits - sufficient to feed 20,000 in Yogyakarta worst-hit suburbs \ul Bantul \ulnone and \ul Klaten \ulnone for seven days.\par \par \ul WFP \ulnone Executive Director James Morris said five more \ul trucks \ulnone were en route from Jakarta carrying fortified noodles and the plan was to continue trucking in supplies every day. "This is a terrible tragedy for so many people, in a country which has already suffered so much," he said.\par \par The latest big quake has re-awakened world sympathy for ar \bullet 1 generator\par \bullet 3 recreation kits\par \par UNICEF needed to raise $2 million to replenish the plane for a second supply lift.\par \par \ul Trucks\ulnone\par Together with supplies by trucks, UNICEF's total supply to end Monday was:\par * 10 large tents\par * 100 family tents\par * 1,000 tarpaulin sheets\par * 20 collapsible water bladders\par * 10 recreation kits\par * 1,100 cooking sets\par * 1 generator\par * 20,000 hygiene kits.\par \par A further 12,0000 hygiene kits were among more \ul medical supplies\ulnone which left by truck from UNICEF\rquote s Medan warehouse in North Sumatra.\par } ?ó€naval/military €India, €s2¶ó¹2Âwq2Ñï[Naval/military aid: India despatches suppies and personnel by naval ship and air freighter67€-http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/9239.asp{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\fs18 Naval/military aid: India despatches suppies and personnel by naval ship and air freighter \par \par India despatched over 40 tonnes of medical and other aid starting with an IL-76 Indian Air Force [IAF] transport aircraft, to rush \ul shelter\ulnone tents and tarpaulins, \ul medical supplies\ulnone and other supplies like rice, sugar and tea and jerry cans.\par \par The Indian Navy diverted its warship INS Rajput from a task force presently in South China seas, carrying six tonnes of relief material, also two medical teams.\par \par A second Indian Navy warship INS Tabar was being loaded with relief material at Chennai and would set sail for Indonesia Tuesday.\par \par "We are ready to send hospital ships and medical teams to help in quake relief," an Indian Defence Ministry spokesman said, noting India last year deployed five warships including a 46-bed hospital ship for Aceh tsunami survivors. \par \par \par \par } ?óthe people of to the world's largest archipelago, so prone to earthquakes - having 129 active volcanoes and tectonic faults on their 18,000 islands.\par } ?ó€IOM , €s2Éæ¹2ësq2ãã8Air lifts and trucks - WFP and TNT bring vital supplies$ 02v{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang3081{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\ul\fs18 Air lifts\ulnone and \ul trucks \ulnone - WFP and TNT bring vital supplies \par \par \b By air\b0\par WFP's Ilyushin aircraft left Brindisi UN Humanitarian Response Depot Monday morning at 3am (Italian time), scheduled to arrive in Solo, Indoneivering hundreds of emergency health kits throughout the affected region. IMC is accepting gifts-in-kind in the form of food, tents, water, drugs, surgical gowns, and IV bottles.\par \par International Relief and Development (IRD) (May 29, 2006) IRD, who has offices in Yogyakarta, is already on the ground distributing food and medical supplies. We need funds to contribute food, shelter and more medical supplies to those in Yogyakarta and Bantul. IRD is accepting gifts-in-kind.\par \par International Relief Teams (May 29, 2006) International Relief Teams is collecting cash donations to send emergency medicines and supplies, and possibly emergency medical personnel, critically needed in the regions devastated by the recent earthquake in Indonesia.\par \par International Rescue Committee (IRC) (May 29, 2006) The IRC has dispatched an emergency team to Yogyakarta, Indonesia, to provide urgent aid to survivors of the May 27 earthquake. Dr. Atilio Rivera-Vasquez, who oversees IRC's health care programs in Indonesia's Aceh Province, immediately began treating survivors upon arrival in Yogyakarta and delivered drugs and first aid supplies for some 2,000 people. The IRC also brought in 2,000 masks to protect people from the dust and ashes resulting from the increased volcanic activity of nearby Mount Merapi. Meanwhile, the IRC is participating in an inter-agency rapid assessment to determine immediate needs. The IRC is accepting gifts-in-kind.\par \par Latter-Day Saint Charities (May 29, 2006) Latter-day Saint Charities, one of the first responding agencies in Indonesia, is providing medical supplies and essential hygiene items for earthquake survivors. Latter-day Saint Charities is accepting gifts-in-kind in the form of medical supplies.\par \par Lutheran World Relief (LWR) (May 29, 2006) Lutheran World Relief (LWR) has committed an initial $25,000 to relief efforts in the aftermath of the Indonesia earthquake. LWR and ACT have already begun to assist survivors with medical care and emergency food provisions. Funds will be channeled through the global aid alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) of which LWR is a member. LWR's country representative to Indonesia, Elhadi Abdalla, is currently in Yogyakarta, the hardest-hit-area, coordinating with Government of Indonesia officials, with other relief agencies, and with ACT coordinating members on preparing a response.\par \par MAP International (May 29, 2006) MAP International currently has an assessment team on the ground and is providing essential medicines and logistical support to local partners on the ground. MAP is also looking at expanding this medical supply program depending upon funding.\par \par Mercy Corps (May 29, 2006) At this stage, Mercy Corps is providing affected communities with temporary shelter supplies, as there are an estimated 200,000 people made homeless by the earthquake.\par \par Mercy-USA for Aid and Development (May 29, 2006) Mercy-USA for Aid and Development's office in Indonesia has sent a disaster response team to the affected a€Italy