Last year our global focus was on Vietnam and this year our focus has been on Indonesia where Church World Service has been working with the Zero Hunger Program. We thought it appropriate to share information on the most recent disaster in these islands. Our donations help locally and around the world.
Taken from CWS Global website. October 1, 2018
SITUATION
A 7.5-magnitude
earthquake struck Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Friday night. The quake, and
the resulting tsunami with waves up to about 10 feet high, leveled buildings
and brought destruction to the city of Palu. As of 1 p.m. local time on
September 30, 540 people had been severely injured and 29 were missing. The
death toll has continued to climb; as of the morning of October 1, U.S. time,
CNN reported a
death toll of over 840. That number is expected to rise as debris is cleared.
Search and rescue operations are underway.
CWS RESPONSE
CWS staff acted
immediately as news of the disaster broke across Asia, and our Indonesia team
has been in touch with our ACT Alliance and Humanitarian Forum Indonesia
colleagues since the first hours of the crisis to determine how best to
respond. Staff in Thailand and Japan, which include humanitarian response
experts, are supporting our Indonesia team and reaching out to their contacts
as well.
To start our
response, CWS will send a small response team from Makassar, in South Sulawesi,
to Palu. They will bring relief supplies that are not available – or no longer
available – in the affected areas. Those will include tarps, blankets, buckets,
soap, towels and more basic supplies that will be purchased locally.
More information will
be made available as this response unfolds.
You can find updated information on the Church World Service website.
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