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Thu, 10/08/2009 - 18:21
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IFRC RAISES W SUMATRA AID APPEAL TO 19 MILLION SWISS FRANCS
Jakarta, Oct. 8 (ANTARA) - The Geneva-based International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has revised upwards the amount of its preliminary appeal for emergency aid for victims of the West Sumatra quake.
IFRC was now seeking a total of 19 million Swiss francs (18.5 million US dollars/12.57 million euros) to assist 100,000 survivors of the devastating earthquake in West Sumatra, Indonesia, over the next six months, according to information published on the IFRC official website.
The launch of the revised appeal follows one week of simultaneous emergency relief work and assessment of the damage and needs of the affected population, it said.
The original, preliminary emergency appeal had sought 6.8 million Swiss francs. According to the latest reports, more than 700 people have died, some 2,400 were injured and hundreds are still missing.
Nearly 800,000 people are believed to have been affected by the two earthquakes which struck West Sumatra on 30 September and 1 October.
"Staff and volunteers from Indonesia Red Cross were among the first on the scene, and since then they have been working tirelessly providing emergency relief and medical care to survivors," Bob McKerrow, head of the IFRC country office in Indonesia, said.
"We have tried to get a better overview of the destruction through aerial assessments, done in a grid pattern with all damage being logged with satellite positioning. This will considerably improve our assessment data and allow us to reach the affected populations more efficiently and with more appropriate assistance," he said.
"We are especially concerned about getting aid to remote villages," he added
The focus of this operation, led by the Indonesia Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI), will be on relief, temporary shelter, restoring water and sanitation facilities and providing medical care as well as psychological support.
Nearly 200,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged. The worst-affected areas are Padang and Padang Pariaman. Two aerial assessments conducted by the IFRC and PMI report the overall radius of damage of greatest impact is approximately 80 kilometres. ***
IFRC was now seeking a total of 19 million Swiss francs (18.5 million US dollars/12.57 million euros) to assist 100,000 survivors of the devastating earthquake in West Sumatra, Indonesia, over the next six months, according to information published on the IFRC official website.
The launch of the revised appeal follows one week of simultaneous emergency relief work and assessment of the damage and needs of the affected population, it said.
The original, preliminary emergency appeal had sought 6.8 million Swiss francs. According to the latest reports, more than 700 people have died, some 2,400 were injured and hundreds are still missing.
Nearly 800,000 people are believed to have been affected by the two earthquakes which struck West Sumatra on 30 September and 1 October.
"Staff and volunteers from Indonesia Red Cross were among the first on the scene, and since then they have been working tirelessly providing emergency relief and medical care to survivors," Bob McKerrow, head of the IFRC country office in Indonesia, said.
"We have tried to get a better overview of the destruction through aerial assessments, done in a grid pattern with all damage being logged with satellite positioning. This will considerably improve our assessment data and allow us to reach the affected populations more efficiently and with more appropriate assistance," he said.
"We are especially concerned about getting aid to remote villages," he added
The focus of this operation, led by the Indonesia Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI), will be on relief, temporary shelter, restoring water and sanitation facilities and providing medical care as well as psychological support.
Nearly 200,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged. The worst-affected areas are Padang and Padang Pariaman. Two aerial assessments conducted by the IFRC and PMI report the overall radius of damage of greatest impact is approximately 80 kilometres. ***
