4 Peace of Mind send financial support to help survivors of the Indonesian earthquake – September 2006

4 Peace of Mind took a proactive role after hearing about the Indonesian earthquake earlier in the year.

Dr Shakeel Qureshi – Trustee and Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, worked closely with the Dr Sukman Putra, President of the Indonesian Paediatric Society, to provide humanitarian relief to affected communities.

4 Peace of Mind Trustees approved a donation of £5000 (five thousand) to support the proposal outlined below.

More updates will be given on the 4 Peace of Mind website in the coming months.

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PROPOSAL PROJECT

Background

An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale occurred off the Jogkakarta and south east region of Central Java on Saturday, 27 May 2006 at 5.53. The epicenter was located approximately 37 km south of the city of Jogjakarta. The earthquake affected eight districts within Jogjakarta province and the neighboring central Java province, severely damaging houses and infrastructure. The two most affected districs were Bantul in Jogjakarta and Klaten in central Java. As of June 1 ^st 2006 it is reported 5778 people were dead in Jogjakarta and 1191 in Central Java. An estimated 58,790 people were injured and around 200,000 – 500,000 were displaced.

            As a result of the disaster, numbers of injured people seeking medical treatment. Health sector is one of those impacted by this event. The totals of 26 health centers in Bantul district, 2 have been completely destroyed, while 24 have been damaged. Three of the hospitals in Bantul are treating patients at four times their capacity; the situation is similar with higher health facilities level. The government together with international agencies /community and local resources have been swift and generous  the initial response to support the delivery of health services.

            An estimated 16,000 people who have been underwent surgical operation will require longer term rehabilitation assistance to recover from the effects of the quake, and reduce the potential risk of disability. Program on medical rehabilitation should be comprehensive with involving many disciplines started soon after the acute response    not only focused on those who had been operated but also for their family members particularly the vulnerable groups included women, children and the elderly. The program need managerial and coordination of health authorities to ensure the quality, quantity and effectively.

Indonesian Pediatric Society and its activity to support the local community

              Soon after the earthquake, Indonesian Pediatric Society (IDAI) decided to organize medical team and sent them to affected areas.  IDAI Jogjakarta branch was appointed by the chairman of IDAI (Dr. Sukman) to lead the mobilization of health team to support the survivors.  In general the activities are:

1.      Emergency response

During emergency phase, our activities are to support the health authorities on continuing the health services including psychosocial support and assessing the specific need of medical assistance in order to reduce morbidity and mortality.

In the first days, our program more focused on support the medical team in Dr. Sardjito hospital which was overwhelmed with around 2000 patients at the first day of the earthquake. Since the fourth day until three weeks after the earthquake IDAI teams consisting of senior pediatrician and junior/ residents were deployed to the most affected areas. Under coordination by District Health Office ( DHO), the team worked in 3 health post  to deliver the health services , they are Imogiri, Jetis and  Prambanan sub districts. The ten main cases we found in affected areas and among displaced persons as listed below:

Location           : District of  Bantul

1.            URI (Upper Resp Tract Infection)

2.            Myalgia

3.            Surgery Cases (Fraktur, vulnus, hematom dan perawatan luka)

4.            Cephalgia

5.            Dermatitis

6.            Diarrhea

7.            Gastritis

8.            Loss of appetite

9.            Atralgia

10.        Conjungtivitis

2.      Logistic support

Beside the medical assistance, IDAI as an organization also received a lot of donation from many institution/ NGOs. We also worked to support the survivors by collecting and distributing logistic needs such as : food for  children ( milk, cereal, biscuit), cloth, tent, blanket  etc.

3.      Based on the report from the department of Social welfare of Jogjakarta province on June 2006 there are total of 265,611 houses which severely damaged and were not saved to be lived in.  We considered about building the “temporary housing” which for the time being is the best choice since they need a place with “relative” privacy but not yet permanent as the government said that we have to wait until there is confirmation about the budget, and save areas on how and where the permanent house should be built.

Regarding the latest situation, IDAI concern about providing the temporary housing for displaced persons. We proposed to spend the donation for building the houses. Please find the detail budget as follow:

( see the attachment)

EXPECTED IMPACT

1.      Reduce morbidity and disability particularly among those who have severe surgical injury

2.      Functioning the health centres in providing basic and specific needs medical services.

3.      Effective coordination of health authorities and partners

4.      Support the survivors to have better place to live with accessible health services

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