Indon Govt failure - Houses still not replaced 5 months after Yogya earthquake hit 631,000 households
October 23rd 2006 07:21
Central and local Indonesian Governments have failed to replace houses destroyed or severely damaged in the Yogyakarta earthquake, which affected more people than in Aceh from the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami. And now it gets worse for the affected Javanese, as the rainy season is starting, says a report in today's The Age, Melbourne, called "The disaster the world forgot too soon" by Julia Suryakusuma and Tim Lindsey.
The 27 May 06 Yogyakarta earthquake disaster in West Java didn't have anything near the world donations support that Aceh and Nias got for rescue, relief and rebuilding after the 26 Dec 04 tsunami.
Aid organisations helping during Yogyakarta's rescue and relief were left short of finance by $8m, affecting the resources of Oxfam, ADRA, IOM, UNICEF and IFRC in particular.
In the need for rebuilding, the Yogyakarta earthquake directly affected an estimated 2.7 million people or 631,000 households - because of Java’s denser population and the damage suffered to homes, schools, health centres and village water supply and sanitation. It impacted on more than a third of all the 6.9 million people in the nine districts.
The earthquake brought down 354,000 homes, rendering 1.5 million Javanese homeless. Another 278,000 houses were damaged affecting 1.2 million people. All were victims to the earthquake and a traditional building culture complacent about earthquake risk – with masonry walls made of burnt bricks and weak mortar, sometimes negligent workmanship and minimal compliance with building codes.
Detailed reports are compiled on Yogyakarta's rescue, relief and rebuilding operations in this web page location.
The 27 May 06 Yogyakarta earthquake disaster in West Java didn't have anything near the world donations support that Aceh and Nias got for rescue, relief and rebuilding after the 26 Dec 04 tsunami.
Aid organisations helping during Yogyakarta's rescue and relief were left short of finance by $8m, affecting the resources of Oxfam, ADRA, IOM, UNICEF and IFRC in particular.
In the need for rebuilding, the Yogyakarta earthquake directly affected an estimated 2.7 million people or 631,000 households - because of Java’s denser population and the damage suffered to homes, schools, health centres and village water supply and sanitation. It impacted on more than a third of all the 6.9 million people in the nine districts.
The earthquake brought down 354,000 homes, rendering 1.5 million Javanese homeless. Another 278,000 houses were damaged affecting 1.2 million people. All were victims to the earthquake and a traditional building culture complacent about earthquake risk – with masonry walls made of burnt bricks and weak mortar, sometimes negligent workmanship and minimal compliance with building codes.
Detailed reports are compiled on Yogyakarta's rescue, relief and rebuilding operations in this web page location.
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