On behalf of everyone at IDEP, we would like to express our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims of this terrible tragedy.

We hope that efforts undertaken by volunteers and professional staff from all walks of life can be offered as a way of expressing our sincere grief for those who have suffered so much. A chronological overview of response undertaken by Yayasan IDEP can be viewed on our website : www.idepfoundation.org

• Establishment of an information booth at Sanglah Hospital on morning of 13-10-2002
• Creation of ‘Bali Update’ to advise on needs and activities on the ground
• Fundraising and channeling of in kind and cash donation and enquiries
• International and local Media mediation / establishing international ‘media watch’ network
• Networking between organizations, volunteers, and Sanglah Hospital staff.
• Local Primary school trauma relief initiative
• Mediating between volunteer groups, Hospital Administration and staff.
• Networking and supporting activities on the ground
• Promotion of BARU www.balireliefubud.org & www.BaliSOS.com websites

• Preparation of appropriate strategies for sustainable development and poverty alleviation
• Assessing our project’s internal capacity to meet upcoming challenges
• Networking with other local projects to increase the positive impacts of current programs
• The planning, development and implementation of the programs as listed below

In-kind loan allocations are being given to ‘working groups’ of women (on average there are 15-30 women in each group) in the form of production and processing tools and technical and marketing training. In some cases, seed capital is also provided. The programs are run with the full support and participation of local community leaders. The project’s beneficiaries are small-scale female entrepreneurs and/or unemployed woman who are living below the poverty line. Generally these women are located in geographically poor communities such as disaster-hit areas, and areas with low or non-productive soil conditions.

To date IDEP has launched 6 of these cooperatives, which are supporting over 150 local women and their families. We are continuing to develop more groups as support is received for launching new initiatives in new areas.

This program is designed to help micro traders out of the trap of outrageously high payment terms to loan shark officers that run their operations in most of Bali’s market places. It is a practical solution that offers small scale traders an opportunity to receive micro loans at affordable interest rates, combined with a community based co-operative shop, which sells basic household staples at dramatically reduced rates. The Cooperative will also be a direct channel for our public awareness programs about waste management, health and nutrition and small business development capacity building. The program’s headquarters are based in a donated space at the Ubud Palace. This new cooperative was officially launched in January 2004. Enthusiasm and interest of the local community immediately solicited a community coop membership of over 36 people, who each paid a membership fee of Rp 1,150,000. These funds have been combined with the IDEP / Rotary Club grant to fill out the cooperative’s base assets, and programs are now well up and running.

So in July 2003 IDEP launched this specially designed program, which included a needs assessment, and the development piloting of a culturally appropriate Community Based Crisis Preparedness and Response Program. It is our hope that this program will dramatically enhance local communities’ capability to help themselves in the case of crisis, and reduce crisis potential due to lack of communication within and between communities. The program is building on lessons learned from the Bali Bombing Tragedy. It introduces new crisis prevention, preparation, response and recovery techniques. IDEP is worked in conjunction with international and local researchers to ascertain world best practices in crisis response, and combining these with existing local procedures and filling in the gaps with a culturally appropriate facilitation kit. The designed material contained community-based support for managing a disaster though the three phases of mitigation, response, and recovery. As part of this project, IDEP has also produced a detailed report of the Response and Recovery processes undertaken relating to the Bali Bombing Tragedy. For more information contact: Graeme Stevens, IDEP’s CBCR project manager. Now that the piloting and evaluation process is completed we plan to launch the second stage of this program, which will ascertain the most effective way to disseminate the kits to communities country-wide as well as internationally through the internet. This will be done so that those who unfortunately may find themselves in a time of need, such as we did in November 2002, can quickly access these useful tools for disaster response, when possible prevent a crisis from occurring, and be more prepared to successfully manage a crisis.