On January 4, IDEP volunteers including medics and engineers left Bali for Padang, carrying cash and medical supplies. Impressed by IDEP initiatives, AusAid donated funds to charter a 200-ton cargo ferry to bring relief to isolated coastal villages. Using donations raised by IDEP, a dedicated group of women volunteers shopped for and packed hundreds of plastic buckets with the essential supplies for survivors. The fully loaded Sumber Rejeki assessed a number of communities in the islands off the west coast, which were not badly damaged before proceeding north to Calang on January 10.
This shipment was the first major delivery of aid to reach this devastated community near the earthquake’s epicenter - Tsunami Ground Zero in Calang. school programs click here

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