IOM Indonesia Disaster Recovery Program Situation Report

IOM - OIM August 2 - 15 2005 International Organization for TRANSITIONAL SHELTER PROJECT Migration Dutch Ambassador Inaugurates IOM Housing Project

On Aug. 8, Dutch Ambassador Ruud Treffers opened the first phase of IOM’s 220-unit Cot Paya shelter project outside Banda Aceh, which is partially funded by the Netherlands Government.

“We understand after what you have been through that this is a very difficult time,” Mr. Treffers told a group of local residents who will shortly move into their finished transitional homes. “This is the physical evidence of the reshaping of your lives and we hope a good first step in the future development of your community.”

Thousands of coastal Acehnese communities like Cot Paya were washed away by the Dec. 26 tsunami. Roughly 600 people, representing one-quarter of the pre-tsunami population of Cot Paya, died in the tsunami. The survivors have been living in tents for more than seven months.

IOM began work on the site which includes a Satellite Health Clinic and UNICEF-funded school, in May. The first 45 units are complete and will be occupied shortly. Construction is well- advanced on an additional 28 units.

Dutch Ambassador Ruud Treffers (L) and IOM Shelter Ambassador Treffers stressed the need for livelihood development Unit chief Graeme Rapley (R) observe the official opening in the Cot Paya community, which was a mix of brick-makers of the first phase of IOM’s 220-unit Cot Paya shelter and fishermen prior to the tsunami. IOM is exploring livelihood project in Aceh Besar. © IOM 2005 support options with various donors that can be integrated into all the organization’s community-building efforts.

More Homes Ready for Handover

On Aug. 22, the 72-unit shelter site at Blang Bintang, Aceh Besar, reserved for civil servants working for the Aviation Department and paid for by the Queensland, Australia government will be opened. Another 45 units in Lambaro, Aceh Besar, provided by the government of New Zealand, will also be made available for displaced police officers in a ceremony on August 30. Shelter openings are scheduled in at least two other locations in Aceh Besar before the end of August.

The government of Indonesia has asked IOM to construct 11,000 transitional homes for tsunami- affected Acehnese.

School Construction Progresses in Aceh Jaya

UNICEF has asked IOM to construct 200 temporary schools in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, including 51 units in and around Calang, the largest centre in Aceh Jaya district on the province’s west coast. Hundreds of metric tons of building supplies have been shipped to Calang over the past month.

School construction in Teunom and Alue Piet is in its final stages with roofing and wall installation nearly complete, while roofing trusses are being installed in schools in Krueng Sabee and Kampung Baro. All are located in Aceh Jaya. Local men are hired in each location to erect the structures. Page 1 The temporary schools are a simple adaptation of the locally-manufactured RISHA II transitional housing units IOM is currently building around Aceh Besar and the capitol district.

International (L) Paving bricks destined for school Organization for construction sites around Aceh Jaya Migration district are off-loaded from KM Mega Buana in Calang.

(R) A UNICEF-funded transitional school in Alue Piet, north of Calang is ready to open.

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HEALTH CARE SERVICES Italian-Funded Bireuen Satellite Health Clinics Open to Patients IOM and Italian Cooperation held a ceremony at Simpang Mamplam on Aug. 11, marking the opening of nine Bireuen-area Satellite Health Clinics (SHC).

Delegates from Italian Cooperation joined local government officials, IOM Head of Office Brian Kelly, senior staff from BRR and the provincial and local health ministries at the symbolic opening of the Simpang Mamplam SHC.

One of ten Italian-funded Satellite Health Clinics built by IOM The clinic, located in a Bireun district barrack complex is officially opened during a ceremony in Simpang Mamplam, housing more than 2,500 displaced people, is located four Bireuen.© IOM 2005 hours southeast of the provincial capital Banda Aceh. More SHCs in Final Stages of Preparation for Opening

Ten additional SHCs in Bireuen, Pidie and Lhokseumawe on the east coast of Aceh province are in their final stages of preparation. Nine of the facilities in Pidie and Lhokseumawe are funded by the government of Japan.

SHC construction also continues on the west coast of Aceh province. Two SHCs located in Kuala, Nagan Raya, and Meurebo, Aceh Barat, are nearing completion, while foundations have been laid at a second location in Nagan Raya and two sites in Johan Pahlawan, Aceh Barat. Thorough assessments and land clearing were also conducted at two additional sites in Aceh Barat as part of IOM’s commitment to build 51 health facilities around the province.

IOM Banda Aceh To formalize cooperation in recovery and rehabilitation of health Jl. Sudirman No. 32. facilities in the region, IOM signed Memoranda Of Understanding Banda Aceh, with the governments of Nagan Raya and Aceh Barat on Aug. 9 and Nanggroe Aceh IOM and the government of Nagan Raya district sign Aug. 10 respectively. Darussalam an MOU to mark their continued cooperation in the Tel: 0651-7410690 revitalization of local health services. Present are IOM The 51 planned SHCs, which are furnished by AmeriCares and Fax: 0651-43554 Meulaboh Officer in Charge Kristin Parco, Nagan Raya staffed around-the-clock by the Provincial Health Office, will provide www.iom.int/tsunami District Regent (Bupati) Dr. Azwar, and Dr. Hasbi, the primary care to at least 64,000 tsunami-affected people living in Head of the District Health Office.© IOM 2005 barracks around the province.

Page 2 Local children turn one of IOM’s Pidie district clinic construction sites into a International temporary playground. Organization for The SHC will provide Migration basic health services to the residents of government- built barracks in the area, including these children.© IOM 2005

COUNTER TRAFFICKING IOM Rewarded for Child-Protection Efforts

Kristin Dadey, head of IOM’s Counter Trafficking Unit in Indonesia, received a Certificate of Appreciation from Indonesia’s Social Affairs Minister Bachtiar Chamsyah on Aug. 8 for the organization’s efforts to enhance children’s welfare in Aceh since the Dec. 26 tsunami. The ceremony, “Thanks to the World from the Children of Aceh”, was IOM Banda Aceh Jl. Sudirman No. 32. held at the Aceh Governor’s residence Banda Aceh, during the celebration of Children’s Nanggroe Aceh Day in Aceh. IOM took the opportunity Darussalam to donate 1,000 shoes which arrived Tel: 0651-7410690 from Medan on the organization’s 200th Fax: 0651-43554 Kristin Dadey, Head of IOM’s Counter-Trafficking Unit in convoy a few days earlier. An estimated www.iom.int/tsunami Indonesia, receives a certificate of appreciation recognizing IOM’s child-protection efforts after the Dec. 26 tsunami from 1,000 children participated in the event. Social Affairs Minister Bachitar Chamsyah.© IOM 2005

Page 3 Workshops, Volunteers Help Women Establish Private Businesses

Roughly 200 local men built 32 huts and 38 duck coops to help women trained by IOM facilitators launch their salt production and duck farming businesses in Lancang village, Junib, Bireuen.

A total of 145 women have benefited from IOM’s livelihood assistance programs in the past few months. International All recently completed two-day workshops on basic business management conducted by IOM in Organization for collaboration with the Office of Trade and Industry and a training institute, LP2EU. The women learned Migration various aspects of business management, including record-keeping and accounting, and produced their own business plans.

Local volunteers finish building huts to help IOM-trained IOM-assisted operators of new salt women establish their own salt production farms. production facilities and duck farms © IOM 2005 attend a two-day business management workshop to hone their small business skills.© IOM 2005

Reintegration Assistance for the Victims of Human Trafficking

In early August, IOM identified seven confirmed trafficking cases involving Acehnese women, and helped the victims return home from Tanjung Balai Karimun, Kepulauan Riau province, Sumatra. The women were lured out of Aceh province with false promises for exploitative purposes. They are under the care of IOM’s local partner NGO, Yayasan Kaseh Puan, which is providing psychological counseling and medical attention. IOM is currently determining the kind of reintegration assistance most suitable for these specific cases.

TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS Children’s Toys And Office Furniture Replace Emergency Tsunami- Aid As North Sumatra Governor Sends Off 200th IOM Convoy Bound for Aceh Province

Toys and shelving units have replaced emergency food and water rations aboard IOM convoys to IOM Banda Aceh Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, reflecting the extent to which recovery efforts have progressed as the Jl. Sudirman No. 32. Banda Aceh, organization’s 200th truck convoy in more than seven months left for the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian Nanggroe Aceh province. Darussalam Tel: 0651-7410690 The 22, 20-ton trucks accompanied by five escort vehicles received an official send-off from the Fax: 0651-43554 Governor of North Sumatra on Aug. 4 at the governor’s office in Medan, North Sumatra. The provincial www.iom.int/tsunami capital is the principal sea, air and road transport and logistics hub into Aceh province.

Page 4 A comparison of the items IOM carried on behalf of foreign and domestic donors in the week after the tsunami, and Convoy 200’s manifest today clearly reflects how much progress International has been made over the past seven Organization for months. Migration The first 110 IOM trucks hauled hundreds of metric tons (MT) of diesel, food and water, medicine and tents. While IOM continues to carry significant quantities of rice on a weekly basis, the recent Banda Aceh- bound 10-wheelers were loaded with Governor of North Sumatra Rizal Nurdin signs his name on the children’s toys, cupboards, office lead truck of IOM’s 200th convoy. © IOM 2005 equipments, bricks and 1,000 pairs of shoes and socks IOM’s counter- trafficking unit distributes to local school children on National Children’s Day, Aug. 8.

One of the very few agencies with a presence in Aceh prior to the Dec. 26 tsunami, IOM was uniquely suited to spearhead the extraordinary logistics of delivering tens of thousands of tons of humanitarian aid to the worst-affected areas.

Drawing on decades of experience in emergency response, the organization rapidly acquired a 300- strong truck fleet, many of which remain in service today.

IOM has assisted the transport of goods on behalf of more than 100 different agencies to date, including Indonesian government ministries, the United Nations, and local and international non-governmental organizations.

IOM Continues to Provide Logistical Support at Medan Port

IOM provided 41 trucks to deliver a total of 11,900 sacks of rice (238 MT) to Nias for its partner NGO, Yayasan Kasih Peduli Masyarakat Indonesia (YKMI) last week. IOM has so far transported a total of 51,775 sacks of rice (1,107.5 MT), out of YKMI’s total allocation of 6,000 tons for Nias island.

In the past three months IOM has cleared 1,139 unclaimed shipping containers from Belawan port (Medan) on behalf of the Indonesian government, private companies, and international and national NGOs.

Distribution of Relief Aid Continues in Meulaboh

On Aug. 4, Mr. H. Nasruddin, Regent (Bupati) of Aceh Barat district, and Mr. Idjuwaini, head of the Aceh Barat Social Affairs Department, IOM Banda Aceh joined the IOM team to distribute relief goods, Jl. Sudirman No. 32. such as instantnoodles, canned meals, milk, Banda Aceh, flour and baby diapers to displaced persons Nanggroe Aceh living in camps and barracks in the coastal Darussalam Tel: 0651-7410690 sub-district of Arongan Lambalek. These Fax: 0651-43554 collaborative efforts continue to strengthen www.iom.int/tsunami the relationship between IOM and the district-level government. IOM continues to deliver aid in the coastal sub-district of Arongan Lambalek, Meulaboh © IOM 2005 Page 5 Transport of Aid

62,515 MT total overland deliveries Humanitarian relief items distributed for over 100 different organizations

International Organization for 46,740 MT Delivered from Medan to Banda Aceh Migration 7,040 MT From Medan to Meulaboh 5,292 MT From Medan to Nias and Simeuleu Islands

2,272 MT From Jakarta and Banda Aceh and Meulaboh

1,171 MT From Medan to Bireuen, Pidie, Lhokseumawe and Sigli

FUNDS RECEIVED

To date, IOM has received generous contributions for its Indonesia Emergency and Recovery Program for Aceh and Nias from the following countries: Australia, Canada, China, European Union, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States, in addition to private contributions.

For further information please contact: Anita SHARMA Paul DILLON Information Officer Press Officer IOM Jakarta IOM Banda Aceh Tel: +62 21 3983 0991 (office) Tel: +62 651 741 0690 (office) +62 81 1947 505 (mobile) +62 812 6988 035 (mobile) Fax: +62 21 3983 0990 Fax: +62 651 43554 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Private donations can be made easily through http://iomdonations.kintera.org.

IOM Banda Aceh Jl. Sudirman No. 32. Banda Aceh, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Tel: 0651-7410690 Fax: 0651-43554 www.iom.int/tsunami

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