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JAKARTA Tuesday, December 22, 2009 (IRIN) - Five years after the tsunami struck Indonesia, reconstruction in the hardest-hit province of Aceh is being hailed as a success story, although officials say key challenges persist.

JAKARTA Thursday, December 31, 2009 (IRIN) - Five years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, Indonesia’s early warning system remains a work in progress, officials and experts say. Indonesia began setting up an early warning system in 2005, a year after a 9.2 Richter scale earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami which left over 230,000 dead, 1.8 million displaced and 470,000 homes and buildings destroyed in 13 countries.

BANDA ACEH Thursday, December 24, 2009 (IRIN) - Ani was preparing breakfast on a Sunday morning five years ago when she heard a loud roaring noise after a massive earthquake. She fled to the hills with her husband and four children, unaware that within minutes their rented home would be swept away.

BANGKOK Wednesday, December 23, 2009 (IRIN) - On 26 December, 2004, a magnitude 9.15 earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Aceh Province on Sumatra island. It was followed by a tsunami which killed more than 226,000 people in 13 countries, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

LAMEE Wednesday, December 23, 2009 (IRIN) - When the tsunami struck the Indonesian province of Aceh on 26 December 2004, killing an estimated 160,000 people, Khalidan, 44, was a fighter with the separatist Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) or Free Aceh Movement.

Funding to help provide shelter assistance to Indonesian earthquake victims
ReliefWeb (press release)
An IOM needs assessment conducted in the area after the immediate emergency response phase identified transitional shelter and psychosocial support as ...

Jakarta Globe
The Quake Indonesia Forgot
Jakarta Globe
“We try to link transitional shelter to government plans to rebuild damaged houses,” Silviana said, explaining that the shelters are designed to last for up ...

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USAID/OFDA Indonesia Earthquake Fact Sheet #12 (FY 2010)
ReliefWeb (press release)
Humanitarian agencies have shifted focus to constructing transitional shelter and promoting safe building practices, as shelter cluster members reported the ...

Medair - Switzerland Medair is operating a short-term project in Padang to help vulnerable people rebuild their homes in the wake of a devastating earthquake and several aftershocks that battered the region on 30 September.

OneWorld.net
Water Concerns 1 Month After Indonesia Quake
OneWorld.net
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its 3 November report that funding for transitional shelter, water and sanitation, ...

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INDONESIA: WASH concerns a month after Sumatra quake
IRINnews.org
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its 3 November report that funding for transitional shelter, water and sanitation, ...

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Date: 31 Oct 2009
Source: AlertNet

Date: 23 Oct 2009
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

USAID/OFDA Indonesia Earthquake Fact Sheet #10 (FY 2010)
ReliefWeb (press release)
The shelter and settlements specialist is working with non-governmental organizations (ngos) and goi officials to address emergency shelter needs, ...

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INDONESIA: Climate change worsening disasters, says UN
Reuters AlertNet
Oxfam Indonesia's humanitarian programme manager, Sébastien Fesneau, said survivors needed tarpaulins, tents and plastic sheeting for shelter - as well as ...

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Indonesia: Earthquake Situation Report No. 11
ReliefWeb (press release)
Shelter is the priority concern, emergency shelter needed for 90000 families. - BNPB leads relief response, and is supported by 186 NGOs and 10 UN agencies ...

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Source: IRIN As relief efforts are ramped up following the West Sumatra earthquake on 30 September, aid groups have warned that thousands of survivors of an earlier quake on the Indonesian island of Java are facing health risks unless they receive adequate shelter.

Date: 05 Oct 2009
Source: UN Children's Fund

Oxfam-funded local organizations in West Sumatra are on aid missions in the earthquake-hit area ready to distribute 2,400 sheets of tarpaulins for

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Date: 04 Sep 2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs