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| IDEP Aceh Aid & Recovery - Our Partners |
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| Yayasan IDEP is proud to have the opportunity to work with the following partner organizations in the field in Aceh and North Sumatra. Our partners have been highly effective in delivering urgently needed aid in the emergency response phase immediately following the tsunami, and some are now continuing their parnerships with IDEP for the longer phase of reconstruction & recovery. |
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| UPDATES | SUPPORTERS | HOW YOU CAN HELP | STORIES | SLIDES & VIDEOS | MAPS | PUBLICATIONS |
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| Bumi Sehat Foundation |
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Yayasan Bumi Sehat was formed in 1994 in Ubud, Bali. Led by Robin Lim, this foundation built one clinic as well as its office at Nyuh Kuning, Ubud, Bali. The Yayasan Bumi Sehat has been organizing a group of dedicated volunteers that have donated their time, energy and money to help women and children in the worst hit areas of the Aceh Province. The group focuses on education, safe birth, miscarriage and immediate mediacal needs, as well as immediate survival relief to women and children. |
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| In the immediate term they distributed Birth Buckets and Women’s Bucket for at least 1,500 women and children, took medical supplies and support into remote area, supported any relief efforts toward clean water and sanitation, trained existing medical staff in emergency midwifery procedures for safe,celan, calm birth with minimal equipment and facilities.
At the moment, the Yayasan Bumi Sehat is managing & operating one clinic that set up in Samatiga, close to Meulaboh. In the longer term Yayasan Bumi Sehat want to plant the seeds of a sustainable program by creating a “Sister Clinic’ in Aceh with ongoing support from Yayasan Bumi Sehat Clinic in Nyuh Kuning, Ubud, Bali.
For more information about this organization see : www.gentlebirthsbali.org
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| Give a Hand for Aceh |
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Give a Hand for Aceh is a group of volunteers organized after the tsunami by four NGOs: Yayasan Leuser Lestari (YLL), PASe (based in Aceh), Telapak (based in Bogor) and Forest Watch Indonesia (based in Bogor).
Give a Hand for Aceh has been networking with various NGOs to exchange information to ensure aids flows appropriately and continuously as required, while also providing communication linkages between aid centers throughout the region and Medan/Banda Aceh. AAAI’s support for operational costs and aid procurement has enabled the evacuation of dead bodies found by Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteers, delivery of aid directly to survivors, as well as the clearing and digging of wells, repair of electivity and establishment of simple shelters for education and prayer is four isolated locations. |
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For more information about this organization, please visit: www.telapak.org/berita/arsip/giveahand.pdf
Or contact Arbi Valentinus at +62 81 111 7143 E-mail: wedha@telapak.org |
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| Green Camp |
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On December 28, 2004, two days after the tsunami, Hasbi Azhar, Taufiqqurahman (PADHI) and Jes Putra (PENa) made an assessment of the Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar areas, and administered first aid to survivors with very modest medicines and equipment. In less than one week, this group of volunteers expanded to 25 people, primarily Acehnese youth who have lost family members. Green Camp volunteers comprise students, entrepreneurs and medical doctors. |
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| In the months following, Green Camp has distributed aid to the most remote IDP (internally displaced persons) populations, often by trail bike or on foot with as much as each volunteer could individually carry. Green Camp is now poised to receive and distribute aid from the joint aid delivery by sea venture between IDEP and AsiaWorks/Yayasan Andaru Selaras, the Endless Sun vessel, in the regions of Pulo Aceh, Lhoknga and Lhoong. Green Camp will also be a local partner for IDEP’s upcoming permaculture project in Aceh.
Office: Jl. Banda Jaya No. 41, Simpang Tiga-Lamteumen Timur, Banda Aceh, Aceh
Phone/Fax: +62 651 46603 E-mail: greencamp01@yahoo.com
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| JALA - Fisherfolks’ Avocacy Network |
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| The Jaringan Advokasi Nelayan (JALA) was formed by several NGOs and activists of North Sumatera. JALA has facilitated the exchange of information and communication between local NGOs and fisherfolk in the Aceh and North Sumatra regions, in an effort to revitalize an important traditional livelihood of the region that has been severely impacted by the tsunami. JALA focuses its activities on avocation of local fishing communities, while also helping to rebuild traditional fishing boats, nets and traps.
Working together with Serikat Nelayan Sumatera Utara (SNSU) and Serikat Perempuan Nelayan Sumatera Utara (SPNSU) (local fisherfolk community organization), JALA distributed aid for the fishing industry funded by Aceh Aid at IDEP to the IDP (internally displaced persons) community in Pantai Cermin, Serdang.
Office: Jl. Monginsidi I, No. 20 A, Medan, 20152, Sumatra Utara
Phone/Fax: +62 61 4159343 E-mail: jalanet@indosat.net.id
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| LEAP (Local Empowerment Assistance Project) |
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The Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) is a non-profit organization funded by the Sumatran Orangutan Society and the Gibbon Foundation. The OIC is an Indonesian NGO committed to promoting orangutan conservation and environmental education mainly to local people and schools.
Operating out of Medan, North Sumatra, OIC delivered immediate aid relief to areas in need with funding provided by AAAI. Led by its Program Coordinator, Meilinda Suriani, the OIC in cooperation with AAAI delivered logistical packages & school packages to the students in tsunami affected areas, traveling north from Medan to Banda Aceh. |
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| Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) |
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The Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) is a non-profit organization funded by the Sumatran Orangutan Society and the Gibbon Foundation. The OIC is an Indonesian NGO committed to promoting orangutan conservation and environmental education mainly to local people and schools.
Operating out of Medan, North Sumatra, OIC delivered immediate aid relief to areas in need with funding provided by AAAI. Led by its Program Coordinator, Meilinda Suriani, the OIC in cooperation with AAAI delivered logistical packages & school packages to the students in tsunami affected areas, traveling north from Medan to Banda Aceh.
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For more information please visit: www.orangutancentre.org
Or contact Meilinda Suriani at +62 813 6177 4061 E-mail: oicmedan@yahoo.com |
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| Rakata |
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| Rakata Adventures provides ecotourism guide services and also adventure programs for corporate client groups. Rakata has generously sponsored its staff for allocation to relief efforts, in solidarity with the communities in which they often work.
With extensive backcountry experience and knowledge of the region, Rakata has not only been able to deliver aid to areas of challenging terrain and limited access, but have also been able to put established networks and communication capabilities to good use in Aceh and North Sumatra. To date, Rakata has been delivering aid and helping with reconstruction efforts from Meulaboh north to Calang.
Rakata Adventures was involved in the distribution of aid from the previous aid by sea program of AAAI, the Sumber Rejeki, to IDP (internally displaced persons) communities in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province as well as Nias Islands of North Sumatra Province. Like Green Camp, Rakata is also poised to distribute aid from the Endless Sun aid by sea program. Adhe, distribution manager aboard the Endless Sun, and staff of Rakata Adventures, will coordinate all aid distribution efforts for the program.
Concepts of community empowerment in the reconstruction process are prioritized by Rakata members. Rakata Adventures has its own reconstruction program in Calang. The aim of this program is to give local communities the capacity to rebuild their own houses, and for this end, Rakata aims to develop woodworking and blacksmith shops. IDEP hopes to support this program, and will need continued donor support to ensure its success.
Please contact any of the following for more information:
Adhe: +62 813 1042 1524, or adhe_rkt@yahoo.com (Distribution queries for the Endless Sun)
Tole: +62 812 844 0406 (Calang region)
Pak Setyo: +62 21 7243 2522 (Jakarta – General program inquiry, and fund raising centre)
Baut: +62 61 7710 5477 (Medan – logistics for supply, transport for volunteers)
Dr. Jack: +62 812 219 358 or +62 65 5700 6264 (Meulaboh – activity base)
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| Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) |
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The Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) was originally established in 1997 by a group of volunteers working at the Bohorok Centre in Sumatra, united in their concern for the plight of the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan and its habitat. SOS became a registered non-profit charity organization in Indonesia in 1999 with branches in Ubud, Bali and Medan, North Sumatra. The U.S. branch was registered in 2000, the UK branch in 2001 and most recently Sweden in 2002. Although still a small NGO with limited resources, SOS has mobilized a large volunteer base to work on awareness campaigns and education programs in several countries. |
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| SOS Bali partnered with IDEP to form Aceh Aid at IDEP (AAAI) in the initial stages of aid relief in Aceh and North Sumatra, initiating an immediate response of direct aid via SOS’ Medan office, the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC). This action delivered food aid, as well as logistical and school packages for students through local NGOs and youth organizations immediately following the tsunami.
Lucy Wisdom, SOS Founding Director, was a key team member of Aceh Aid at IDEP. Soon after the tsunami, Lucy was able to assert, “We have people in the air, people on land, and people on the seas all working at maximum capacity to alleviate the crisis in Aceh.”
For more information, please visit: www.orangutans-sos.org E-mail: sumatranorangutan@yahoo.com
Office: PO Box 92, Jl. Hanoman No. 42, Ubud, Bali 80571 Phone/Fax: +62 361 981504
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| Sumatran Surfzone Relief Organization (SSRO) |
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The Sumatra Surfzone Relief Operation was formed on January 9, 2005, deploying its first ships on January 13, 2005, delivering 37 tons of food and aid materials - along with three doctors - to the islands of Nias and Simeulue. The SSRO ship Mikumba was the first fully-laden aid vessel to reach hard-hit Alafan Bay in the northwest of Simeulue on January 18, 2005, the physically closest settlements to the epicenter of the December 26 earthquake and tsunami.
Operations at Alafan continued unabated until all relief and medical supplies were distributed, and the Mikumba and SSRO team returned to the port of Padang on January 22, 2005, having successfully completed all objectives of the “Phase One” action plan.
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| SSRO Director Bill Sharp returned to Sumatra on January 24, 2005 for the second time after a brief visit to the USA to rally financial support for the cause, and together with Matt George began preparations for Phase Two operations. An infusion of new team members had already begun to arrive on scene. Phase Two voyage was made possible by funding grants from SurfAid International and Aceh Aid at IDEP (Indonesian Development of Education and Permaculture).
For more information about this organization see : www.mentawaiislands.com/ssro.html
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Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI)
- Friends of the Earth Indonesia |
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Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI- Friends of the Earth Indonesia) constitutes the largest environmental NGO in Indonesia, involving community organizations and nature groups across Indonesia.
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| WALHI has been committed to relief efforts in Aceh since immediately following the tsunami, and has been most effective in networking NGOs in the field, while directly coordinating aid delivery as well as sanitation and reconstruction efforts to critical areas in need throughout Aceh and North Sumatra. WALHI has also been running many aid distribution centres in the region. IDEP has supported WALHI’s relief effort with WALHI Sumatra Utara, WALHI Riau and WALHI Bali projects to date.
For more information about this organization see : www.walhi.or.id/ttgkami/ed/wsumut_prof
E-mail: walhisu@indosat.net.id
WALHI North Sumatra Office: Jl Air Bersih No. 79, Medan, North Sumatra 20237
Phone: +62 61 786 9061 Fax: +62 61 786 9061
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| Yayasan Andaru Selaras (YAS) |
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AsiaWorks is the region’s leading experiental training and consulting company. The mission of AsiaWorks programmes is to provide people with an environment for learning important interpersonal skills and to offer support in applying, sustaining and further developing these skills back in their lives. A hallmark of AsiaWorks’ philosophy is that people can “make a difference”. |
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AsiaWorks established its foundation, Yayasan Andaru Selarus (YAS) as a vehicle for its community development initiatives in Indonesia. YAS distributed valuable primary aid in Banda Aceh and Medan in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami, including providing temporary shelter for three hundred survivors of the tsunami disaster. Through the generous partnership of AsiaWorks and private donations, YAS has acquired Endless Sun, which makes this project possible. |
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| For more information about this organization see : www.asiaworkstraining.com/tsunami_relief.htm |
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| Yayasan Anisa (YA) |
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| Anisa Foundation is a local women’s organization based in Meulaboh, Aceh. This foundation focuses on gender issues, children and livelihoods. Even though their office in Meulaboh was destroyed by the tsunami, Anisa continues to help survivors due to their concern and care for women, children and others.
Led by Ibu Rosni Idham (a poet and a local legislator) and Ibu Dasni Hussein, Anisa has worked together with IDEP to distribute aid to women and children in Meulaboh and surrounding areas. They have also been assisting Yayasan Bumi Sehat’s team of midwifes in their clinic at Samatiga as interpreters from Acehnese local dialect to Indonesian.
For more information, please contact Rosni Idham: +62 812 6939 852 or Dasni Hussein: +62 815 3363 252
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| Yayasan Leuser Lestari (YLL) |
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Yayasan Leuser Lestari (YLL) is a local NGO that has a vision to promote community based natural resources management based on the principals of biodiversity and fairness of access to resources between generations. Since 1998, YLL has been active in programs of monitoring and investigating forest concessions and illegal logging. Yayasan Leuser Lestari is a member of Forest Watch Indonesia and partner of Global Forest Watch. |
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| Working with the Give a Hand for Aceh coalition of NGOs following the tsunami, YLL set up a radio communication system to facilitate communication among volunteers in Sumatra. Aceh Aid at IDEP funded the establishment of five communication bases, all now linked by this program, in Medan, Banda Aceh, Meulaboh, Madina and Nias. These systems are used to share information and assess remote communities for damage and aid delivery needs, while also being able to provide information on medical evacuations. The Executive Director of Yayasan Leuser Lestari, Zahedi “Didi” Charamsar, leads this project.
With support from IDEP, YLL is currently working on relief efforts and the establishment of communication systems in Nias after the 8.7 magnitude earthquake there on March 28, 2005 that devastated much of the area’s infrastructure and claimed many lives.
For more information about this organization see: www.telapak.org/berita/arsip/giveahand.pdf
Office: JL. Samanhudi Lingk IV/19, Polonia Medan, North Sumatra
Phone: +62 61 415 8565 Fax: +62 61 453 4364 E-mail: sangkala@indosat.net.id
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