december 2018 - II issue #4 KAREBA KORO NEWS ON CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE

The impact of flash flood (11/12) in Salua. Photo: Titik Susana Ristiawaty/ERCB FLASH FLOOD IN SALUA, BATHING WASHING AND LATRINE FACILITIES WERE SWEPT AWAY

On Tuesday 11 December evening, again flash flood struck and more,” said Dewi. Salua Village, Kulawi Sub-District, Sigi District, especially in RT “With this current situation, where should we stay now?” Dewi (neighborhood cluster) 1 and RT 2 which are located in Hamlet 3 continued talking and wiping her tears while looking at her (Note: a hamlet is divided into several RWs and one RW consists ruined house. of several RTs.) The event occurred at 7.30 p.m. local time when There are 79 households impacted by the flash flood. The 79 the community were praying in a local mosque and they were houses are damaged and 40 among them are seriously damaged shocked by the sound of roaring water. and could not be inhabited. The height of the muddy water is as “When I was praying last night, suddenly I heard a women high as the knee of an adult. Small bars of wood are mixing with crying and screaming, saying that the water had reached the mud and the flood water. community settlement,” said Jusman Lahudo (59), a Salua Village “Up to now (12 p.m. local time) the water is still flowing in Salua community member. According to him, the flash flood was Village and some heavy equipment are trying to clean up the the hugest and the worst one ever since 1992. Fortunately, a debris in the river and the bridge,” said Arul from Karsa Institute community member who was sick and his house was isolated, who was with the ERCB team directly heading to Salua Village on was able to be evacuated soon to a hilly area in the eastern part Wednesday morning (12/12). of the village. The emergency Elementary School and Junior High School Dewi Fatimah (29), a teacher in Salua Pelangi Kindergarden, buildings established post the are not able to be used whose house was impacted by the flash flood said that the rain because they are full of debris and some school materials were was not either too heavy or too long, however, all of a sudden carried away by the flash flood. water had run into the community settlement and passed her “The examination today in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (a Moslem house. Dewi is also a volunteer who teaches kids in Children Elementary School) that was planned to be the last day must be Friendly Zone facility which is contributed by the Emergency cancelled,” added Arul. Response Capacity Building (ERCB). Continued to page 6... “I was panic and scared because the water was getting more A CHILDREN FRIENDLY SPACE, SECURED FEELING FOR THE CHILDREN

Children in Loli Saluran Village are playing and learning in a children friendly space to prevent post disaster trauma. Photo: Martin Dody/ERCB

Most of the time a not descent environment condition post In the implementation, ERCB gets support from the local a disaster would cause another problem. A comfort feeling and community. Up to now, ERCB with its CFS program implemented more than that is a secured feeling, are difficult to perceive under by YPI has accompanied 631 children living in 7 villages by this circumstance. This situation also happens in involving 25 teacher volunteers and 7 people from the village post the earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction events. government. The CFS established by ERCB are available in In a 2-month period after the disaster, most of the impacted 7 villages, they are Kabonga Besar, Loli Saluran, Loli Pesua, community members are still living in some evacuation posts or Langaleso, Omu, Tuva and Salua. temporary shelters. Creating comfortable and secured feelings for “The CFS is a place to mobilize the community participation,” all of the impacted people become our homework. Comfort and said Marjoko. secured feelings should be able to be enjoyed by all community The children survivor who get the service are also the members who were impacted by the disaster. community’s responsibility, therefore the community should ERCB through Pusaka is trying to create a service spot involve in each process. that is secured and comfortable, especially for the children. After “On this program the community’s responsibility presents in a the disaster, there are a lot of children who lose their learning and form of the CFS development,” he added. playing grounds. There are many damaged schools and force the “So the main point is how to increase the community children to learn in emergency schools under tents. They also participation in children protection,” said Marjoko. play in the roads and other dangerous zones, therefore, a children “The CFS also provides a legal service when it indicates that friendly space (CFS) becomes an alternative place for the children there are behaviors that may lead to violence against children, to play. Some creative games are introduced in order to invite the child exploitation an also children trafficking especially in the children to learn. accompanied villages,” he added. As the implementing team on the field, Marjoko from Pusaka Besides organizing the playing, learning, creating and recreation Indonesia Foundation (in Indonesian: YPI) shared that the activities, YPI with its CFS program also provides Identification, most vulnerable group during a disaster is children, and of Documentation, Tracing, Verification and Reunification services course women, elders and difable groups are included in this (IDTVR) for children who are separated from their parents/families. category. According to him, the traumatic experience gained “With this service, it’s expected that we can help make a data on after witnessing a devastated event may cause stress and trauma missing documents during the disaster,” said Marjoko. (mdk) that are able to disrupt the children’s physical, social and mental developments.

KAREBA PALU KORO 02 FROM BALIEM TO PALU

Dr. Rony Oagay with a survivor. Picture taken from Kabar Sulteng Bangkit

Rony Oagay has travelled a long trip from to Palu in Central Sulawesi. He has gone through more than a 7-hour flight on 23rd November 2018. As a medical doctor, his soul has been called to become a volunteer post the earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction disasters in Palu, Sigi and Donggala.

Dr. Rony, a native community member of Dani Tribe living during a post disaster situation. The medicine supplies are in Baliem Valey, Jayawijaya Highlands, Papua, joins the Kemah important for the hospitals, community health centers and health Peduli Foundation to be able to bring his intention into a service volunteers who organize medication services in the realization. evacuation points. With Kemah Peduli Foundation, Dr. Rony has visited tens “We are the health volunteers find difficulties to do our of evacuation places in Palu, Sigi and Donggala. He went to works because of lack of medicine supplies. Perhaps the Health Bora and Birumalu Villages. He provided health services to the Agency is able to help us. Perhaps there is a special mechanism survivors who were living in the evacuation points. He met a lot for volunteers to access medicines they need. It’s difficult for of internally displaced people, especially mothers who suffered us when we are providing health services in the field without from illness such as diarrhea and high blood pressure. medicines. The medicines that should be continuously available During his visit Dr. Rony also found out some survivors are just common medicines such as, medicines for injuries, flu whose illness were difficult to be cured. They have suffered and cold, anthelmintic and etc.,” said Dr. Rony. from the illness quite a long time but do not receive immediate “It’s impossible for us to bring medicine from Papua. It weighs medication. One example is a mother who is staying in an a lot,” he joked. evacuation point in Bora Village. The lady suffers from cyst that causes swollen tummy and she is not able to walk. The First Experience “It is a pity that we are not able to solve that problem here Although Dr. Rony has been experienced in providing health because of the limitation of medical equipment and medicine. services in the interior areas and difficult to access places in We have referred the lady to a hospital,” said Dr. Rony. Papua Island, however, becoming a volunteer in a post disaster Regarding the illness that he frequently found in evacuation area is his first experience. He discovers a lot of interesting points, Dr. Rony discovered some survivors suffer from acute and memorable experiences during his stay in Palu and its respiratory infection and diarrhea. In addition to that the surrounding. minimum numbers of bathing and latrine facilities is another “We are happy that we can serve friends from other ethnics issue that should be put into consideration because this is closely in Indonesia who have different language and culture from us, related with the health status of the community living in an Papua people. We also learn how to be impartial, never look at evacuation point. the race, ethnic, religion and background of the people we help According to the doctor who graduated from Medical Faculty, because we come to Palu to sincerely assist the people here, “said Cendrawasih University, , Papua in 2013, it’s important Dr. Rony. that both the central and province governments, especially Continued to page 7... the Health Agency to ensure the medicine supplies availability

03 KAREBA PALU KORO Becoming Meaningful

It requires a right space and a right time to release the emotion or hidden feeling. This statement was shared by PERDHAKI Team, Church youth are who provides coming together psychosocial in Effatha Church services, few to attend a days ago during psychosocial service an informal organized by conversation with PERDHAKI. Photo: Kareba Palu Koro. Martin Dody/ERCB A quite broad space and time are given by the psychosocial team members to the disaster affected “The unique thing is that they trust us, people that they have community in Palu, Sigi and Donggala (abbreviation: Pasigala). just known, to share everything they feel,” said Titik. Kareba Palu Koro made an appointment with Maria Goretti “There are many of them who were touched when talking Ivoni Utami and Hana Wiji Lestari from PERDHAKI during youth the things which are related to parents. The parents’ presence is gathering in Central Sulawesi Christian Church – Effatha (in deemed required,” Nino continued. Indonesian: GKST Effatha) on Friday night, 30th November. According to Florensius, the Palu Presbytery GKST youth The theme brought up by the activity was “Meaningless to be administrator, the method applied in the session was quite Meaningful”. There were around 20 female and male youths effective. attended the activity and they were invited to do a relaxation in “The session that should be completed in three days, it was able the beginning of the activity. They were brought in as if they were to be done within two hours with a good result,” said Florensius. on a beach to feel their existence, their parents’ existence and also “The youth who attended the session were able to to feel their loneliness when their parents were not around. This communicate any problem that they weren’t able to disclose in activity tried to explore this kind of feeling. Some participants the past,” he added. started to be touched during this session. “However, we are as listeners, must keep the confidentiality in Following the relaxation session, the participants were asked to order they know that they can trust us. When they trust us, they do a self-reflection related to what they felt during their loneliness will feel comfortable when they share their feeling,” explained and meaningless circumstances. In some small groups and Ivon. assisted by some facilitators, the Effatha Church youth expressed The head of the youth, Nover Lambo, appreciated this service. what they had held deep inside their hearts so far. It’s not just few “The theme quite touches and it’s able to motivate us. This youths who were carried away when they disclosed their feelings event becomes a media to release our hidden feeling that we have when they felt meaningless or were not appreciated by others and been holding inside our hearts for some time,” he said. how they rose to overcome and proved their achievements. However, Nover felt sorry that the time allocated for the session They need to be heard, they need a place to share what they was too short. Nevertheless, the PERDHAKI psychosocial team is feel but they are not able to reveal it,” said Ivon. Thomas Aquinus, willing to allocate time to provide an online consultation service. who is usually called Nino, from Bina Swadaya and Titik Susana “So, anytime they would like to do a consultation, they can do it Ristiyawati from LPTP who helped the session agree with what by calling the numbers I gave,” said Ivon. (mdk) Ivon expressed.

KAREBA PALU KORO 04 RISE UP SIGI, BE The Deputy of Sigi District Head, Paulina, during the event of aid transfer for Sigi STRONG KULAWI community. Photo: Martin Dody/ERCB

“Rise up Sigi, be Strong Kulawi!” The yell Bolapapu, Boladangko, Tangkulowi and District Head, Paulina, S.E., M.Si., and she was echoing in a Multi Purpose Building Lonca Villages. communicated that the main focus of Sigi which is located in Bolapapu Village, The 4 Village Heads from the villages district government in the rehabilitation Kulawi Sub-District, Sigi District when that received the aid, Kulawi Sub-District and reconstruction stage was constructing Rahmat Saleh, the Karsa Institute Director, Head, Sector Police Department Head, temporary shelters and possibly also or who is known as Oyong, gave a speech Kulawi Military Rayon Commandant building permanent shelters. The during an event of aid transfer that would and the Deputy of Sigi District Head temporary shelters development would be be distributed to 4 villages in Kulawi Sub- also attended the event. After the ERCB prioritized for the survivors whose houses District. Focal Point Person, Agung Prasetyo, gave collapsed like in Jono Oge and Langaleso There was an interesting message speech, the Kulawi Sub-District Head, Villages. communicated by Rahmat to the survivors Roli Bagalatu expressed his appreciation “The temporary shelter development who were present in the event. for the efforts delivered by the local does not always apply communal concept” “We should rise up to become better,” government who worked in synergy with said Paulina. said Rahmat. some non-government organizations “However, we are still waiting for the This message aims to make the survivors like ERCB so that Kulawi was able to get result of a research conducted by some in Kulawi to move on immediately from support. experts that aims to determine the safe the downturn after the disaster and to “My tears have been dry. Since 30th of zones where the temporary shelters prepare themselves for better future September we have been working so should be built,” she added. and not to continuously depend on the hard under the devastating situation and When Kareba Palu Koro asked about external aid. condition,” said Roli. the government expectation in going The event was mutually organized by “But God never leaves us. The real through the rehabilitation reconstruction the ERCB Consortium that consists of evidence of God’s presence is the presence period, Paulina expressed that the district non-government organizations, they are of government and NGO friends who government, especially in Sigi District, Pusaka Indonesia, LPTP, Bina Swadaya, are helping eliminate the community expected that the non-government PERDHAKI and the consortium received affliction,” he added. organizations like ERCB was able to extraordinary supports from some local The event was closed by the Deputy continue provide assistance in that period. organizations, i.e. Karsa Institute, Awam of Sigi District head, Paulina, S.E., M.Si., “It’s highly expected the presence Green and Merah Putih Foundation. This who symbolically handed in the aid to the and assistance from non-government event aimed to provide aid in the form of local government officers. The aids then organizations colleagues in order 16 tons of rice, water purifiers, bedding distributed for community members living the rehabilitation and reconstruction kits, coconut oil, hygiene kits and pipes. in those four villages. stage runs better,” Paulina closed the The aid was distributed to survivors in Kareba Palu Koro met the Deputy of Sigi conversation. (mdk)

05 KAREBA PALU KORO Infographic on earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction response distribution in Sigi District, Central Sulawesi.

Flash Flood... From page 1... Heavy equipment has been mobilized by Bina Warga to remove the piles of wood bars under the bridge that block the water current and cause water to overflow to community settlement. According to Darfian (50), one of the Bina Marga Central Sulawesi Province staff, met in the location, they have operated 3 heavy equipment to overcome the situation and to normalize the Salua River. “The evacuation process, security and normalization are directly led by the Deputy of Sector Policy Head, IPDA Deny Senewe, who has been monitoring the situation since last night,” Florensisus from Karsa Institute reported. According to IPDA Deny Senewe there were no any casualties during the event. “My staff members are still looking for information and calculating the loss suffered by the community, especially who live in Hamlet 3,” said IPDA Deny Senewe. The bathing, washing and latrine facilities and children friendly space facility built by the ERCB were carried away by the flash flood. “A unit of bathing, washing and latrine facility that consists of 4 rooms that is located in Hamlet 3, another unit in the local market and one other unit in RT 02, plus one children friendly space facility, were impacted by the flash flood last night,” said Titik Susana Ristiyawati from Rural Technology Development Institute (abbreviation in Indonesian: LPTP). (ma/fl/tsr/mdk)

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The community in Hamlet 3, Langaleso Village use the water from a spring for washing activity. Photo: Martin Dody/ERCB

From Baliem... From page 3... anywhere, said Rony who was born in 1986. Post a disaster, it The people living in the evacuation points are enthusiastic, requires a lot of people to work together, to build, to fix the friendly and highly honor Rony. They genuinely happy welcome damages and especially to heal the post disaster psychological any volunteer, even they are more joyful when they find out that trauma. he is a doctor from Papua Island. “It may be possible that one day when a disaster hits Papua, Anytime we visit an evacuation point in each village, we are we would need helps and volunteers like us now. We are grateful warmly welcomed and they serve us some meals. When they are that Kemah Peduli Foundation is able to unite us from all around happy, we are also happy. That’s the reason we are here, to make the country to be able to help our brothers and sisters here,” he them laughing and with us they are able to forget for a moment said. the disaster they have gone through. He expects that the Central Sulawesi community, especially Regarding the Kemah Peduli Foundation, it’s a foundation that who are living in Palu, Sigi and Donggala always keep good spirits have volunteers in almost every location in Indonesia. Besides and rise up to build their homeland. volunteers from Papua, they also have volunteers from , Bali, “Ladies and Gentlemen, sisters and brothers, we come to this Nusa Tenggara, Sumatera, Sulawesi and . place and let’s together build Palu with enthusiasm. Without Dr. Rony also expressed his gratefulness to Kemah Peduli any good spirit from all of you, we are volunteers won’t be Foundation for giving him the opportunity to work in Palu as a enthusiastic. When you work hard, we are volunteers will work volunteer up to 15 December 2018, it’s the time he has to return harder to help you. It’s like a saying in my mother tongue, Dani back to the land of the bird of heaven, Papua. language: Yogotak huwuluk motok honorogo – tomorrow should Dr. Rony shared that his motivation to come to Palu was to help be better from today,” that’s his expectation. (Firmansyah MS/ his Indonesian brothers and sisters who had just experienced Internews. Source: Kabar Sulteng Bangkit) the unexpected condition. Disaster may happen anytime and

07 KAREBA PALU KORO ABOUT US ERCB AID DISTRIBUTION Kareba Palu Koro is an information dissemination media related to a disaster IN CENTRAL SULAWESI management in Central Sulawesi that is managed by the Emergency Response Capacity Building INFOGRAPHIC Network (ERCB), during the emergency response up to the rehabilitation phase post the earthquake, tsunami and soil liquefaction happened on the last 28th September 2018 in Palu, Sigi and Donggala – Central Sulawesi Province. This biweekly media is funded by SHO and Cordaid.

Editor in Chief: Arfiana Khairunnisa, KARINA

Contributor: Martin Dody Kumoro, Moh. Arul, Florensius, Titik Susana Ristiyawati (ERCB team)

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The infographic of ERCB Consortium aid distribution in Palu, Sigi and Donggala (PASIGALA) – Central Sulawesi up to 9th December 2018. The aid distributed is rice, preserved fish, cooking oil and also non-food items such as water tanks, waste bins, hygiene kits, family kits, tarpaulin, pallets and pipes, bathing washing latrine facilities and health & psychosocial services. (mdk) Supported by:

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