KAREBA PALU KOROdecember 2018 - II issue #4

The impact of flash flood (11/12) in Salua.

Photo: Titik Susana Ristiawaty/ERCB

FLASH FLOOD IN SALUA, BATHING WASHING AND LATRINE FACILITIES WERE SWEPT AWAY

On Tuesday 11 December evening, again flash flood struck

Salua Village, Kulawi Sub-District, Sigi District, especially in RT

(neighborhood cluster) 1 and RT 2 which are located in Hamlet 3

(Note: a hamlet is divided into several RWs and one RW consists

of several RTs.) The event occurred at 7.30 p.m. local time when

the community were praying in a local mosque and they were

shocked by the sound of roaring water.

“When I was praying last night, suddenly I heard a women

crying and screaming, saying that the water had reached the

community settlement,” said Jusman Lahudo (59), a Salua Village

community member. According to him, the flash flood was

the hugest and the worst one ever since 1992. Fortunately, a

community member who was sick and his house was isolated,

was able to be evacuated soon to a hilly area in the eastern part

of the village.

Dewi Fatimah (29), a teacher in Salua Pelangi Kindergarden,

whose house was impacted by the flash flood said that the rain

was not either too heavy or too long, however, all of a sudden

water had run into the community settlement and passed her

house. Dewi is also a volunteer who teaches kids in Children

Friendly Zone facility which is contributed by the Emergency

Response Capacity Building (ERCB).

“I was panic and scared because the water was getting more

and more,” said Dewi.

“With this current situation, where should we stay now?” Dewi

continued talking and wiping her tears while looking at her

ruined house.

There are 79 households impacted by the flash flood. The 79

houses are damaged and 40 among them are seriously damaged

and could not be inhabited. The height of the muddy water is as

high as the knee of an adult. Small bars of wood are mixing with

mud and the flood water.

“Up to now (12 p.m. local time) the water is still flowing in Salua

Village and some heavy equipment are trying to clean up the

debris in the river and the bridge,” said Arul from Karsa Institute

who was with the ERCB team directly heading to Salua Village on

Wednesday morning (12/12).

The emergency Elementary School and Junior High School

buildings established post the earthquake are not able to be used

because they are full of debris and some school materials were

carried away by the flash flood.

“The examination today in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (a Moslem

Elementary School) that was planned to be the last day must be

cancelled,” added Arul.

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NEWS ON CENTRAL SULAWESI EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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A CHILDREN FRIENDLY SPACE, SECURED FEELING FOR THE CHILDREN

Most of the time a not descent environment condition post

a disaster would cause another problem. A comfort feeling and

more than that is a secured feeling, are difficult to perceive under

this circumstance. This situation also happens in Central Sulawesi

post the earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction events.

In a 2-month period after the disaster, most of the impacted

community members are still living in some evacuation posts or

temporary shelters. Creating comfortable and secured feelings for

all of the impacted people become our homework. Comfort and

secured feelings should be able to be enjoyed by all community

members who were impacted by the disaster.

ERCB through Pusaka Indonesia is trying to create a service spot

that is secured and comfortable, especially for the children. After

the disaster, there are a lot of children who lose their learning and

playing grounds. There are many damaged schools and force the

children to learn in emergency schools under tents. They also

play in the roads and other dangerous zones, therefore, a children

friendly space (CFS) becomes an alternative place for the children

to play. Some creative games are introduced in order to invite the

children to learn.

As the implementing team on the field, Marjoko from Pusaka

Indonesia Foundation (in Indonesian: YPI) shared that the

most vulnerable group during a disaster is children, and of

course women, elders and difable groups are included in this

category. According to him, the traumatic experience gained

after witnessing a devastated event may cause stress and trauma

that are able to disrupt the children’s physical, social and mental

developments.

In the implementation, ERCB gets support from the local

community. Up to now, ERCB with its CFS program implemented

by YPI has accompanied 631 children living in 7 villages by

involving 25 teacher volunteers and 7 people from the village

government. The CFS established by ERCB are available in

7 villages, they are Kabonga Besar, Loli Saluran, Loli Pesua,

Langaleso, Omu, Tuva and Salua.

“The CFS is a place to mobilize the community participation,”

said Marjoko.

The children survivor who get the service are also the

community’s responsibility, therefore the community should

involve in each process.

“On this program the community’s responsibility presents in a

form of the CFS development,” he added.

“So the main point is how to increase the community

participation in children protection,” said Marjoko.

“The CFS also provides a legal service when it indicates that

there are behaviors that may lead to violence against children,

child exploitation an also children trafficking especially in the

accompanied villages,” he added.

Besides organizing the playing, learning, creating and recreation

activities, YPI with its CFS program also provides Identification,

Documentation, Tracing, Verification and Reunification services

(IDTVR) for children who are separated from their parents/families.

“With this service, it’s expected that we can help make a data on

missing documents during the disaster,” said Marjoko. (mdk)

Children in Loli

Saluran Village

are playing and

learning in a

children friendly

space to prevent

post disaster

trauma. Photo:

Martin Dody/ERCB

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Rony Oagay has travelled a long trip from Wamena Papua to Palu in Central Sulawesi. He has gone through more than a 7-hour flight on 23rd November 2018. As a medical doctor, his soul has been called to become a volunteer post the earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction disasters in Palu, Sigi and Donggala.

Dr. Rony, a native community member of Dani Tribe living

in Baliem Valey, Jayawijaya Highlands, Papua, joins the Kemah

Peduli Foundation to be able to bring his intention into a

realization.

With Kemah Peduli Foundation, Dr. Rony has visited tens

of evacuation places in Palu, Sigi and Donggala. He went to

Bora and Birumalu Villages. He provided health services to the

survivors who were living in the evacuation points. He met a lot

of internally displaced people, especially mothers who suffered

from illness such as diarrhea and high blood pressure.

During his visit Dr. Rony also found out some survivors

whose illness were difficult to be cured. They have suffered

from the illness quite a long time but do not receive immediate

medication. One example is a mother who is staying in an

evacuation point in Bora Village. The lady suffers from cyst that

causes swollen tummy and she is not able to walk.

“It is a pity that we are not able to solve that problem here

because of the limitation of medical equipment and medicine.

We have referred the lady to a hospital,” said Dr. Rony.

Regarding the illness that he frequently found in evacuation

points, Dr. Rony discovered some survivors suffer from acute

respiratory infection and diarrhea. In addition to that the

minimum numbers of bathing and latrine facilities is another

issue that should be put into consideration because this is closely

related with the health status of the community living in an

evacuation point.

According to the doctor who graduated from Medical Faculty,

Cendrawasih University, Jayapura, Papua in 2013, it’s important

that both the central and province governments, especially

the Health Agency to ensure the medicine supplies availability

during a post disaster situation. The medicine supplies are

important for the hospitals, community health centers and health

service volunteers who organize medication services in the

evacuation points.

“We are the health volunteers find difficulties to do our

works because of lack of medicine supplies. Perhaps the Health

Agency is able to help us. Perhaps there is a special mechanism

for volunteers to access medicines they need. It’s difficult for

us when we are providing health services in the field without

medicines. The medicines that should be continuously available

are just common medicines such as, medicines for injuries, flu

and cold, anthelmintic and etc.,” said Dr. Rony.

“It’s impossible for us to bring medicine from Papua. It weighs

a lot,” he joked.

The First Experience Although Dr. Rony has been experienced in providing health

services in the interior areas and difficult to access places in

Papua Island, however, becoming a volunteer in a post disaster

area is his first experience. He discovers a lot of interesting

and memorable experiences during his stay in Palu and its

surrounding.

“We are happy that we can serve friends from other ethnics

in Indonesia who have different language and culture from us,

Papua people. We also learn how to be impartial, never look at

the race, ethnic, religion and background of the people we help

because we come to Palu to sincerely assist the people here, “said

Dr. Rony.

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FROM BALIEM TO PALU

Dr. Rony Oagay with a survivor. Picture taken from Kabar Sulteng Bangkit

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It requires a right

space and a right

time to release

the emotion or

hidden feeling.

This statement

was shared by

PERDHAKI Team,

who provides

psychosocial

services, few

days ago during

an informal

conversation with

Kareba Palu Koro.

A quite broad

space and time are

given by the psychosocial team members to the disaster affected

community in Palu, Sigi and Donggala (abbreviation: Pasigala).

Kareba Palu Koro made an appointment with Maria Goretti

Ivoni Utami and Hana Wiji Lestari from PERDHAKI during youth

gathering in Central Sulawesi Christian Church – Effatha (in

Indonesian: GKST Effatha) on Friday night, 30th November.

The theme brought up by the activity was “Meaningless to be

Meaningful”. There were around 20 female and male youths

attended the activity and they were invited to do a relaxation in

the beginning of the activity. They were brought in as if they were

on a beach to feel their existence, their parents’ existence and also

to feel their loneliness when their parents were not around. This

activity tried to explore this kind of feeling. Some participants

started to be touched during this session.

Following the relaxation session, the participants were asked to

do a self-reflection related to what they felt during their loneliness

and meaningless circumstances. In some small groups and

assisted by some facilitators, the Effatha Church youth expressed

what they had held deep inside their hearts so far. It’s not just few

youths who were carried away when they disclosed their feelings

when they felt meaningless or were not appreciated by others and

how they rose to overcome and proved their achievements.

They need to be heard, they need a place to share what they

feel but they are not able to reveal it,” said Ivon. Thomas Aquinus,

who is usually called Nino, from Bina Swadaya and Titik Susana

Ristiyawati from LPTP who helped the session agree with what

Ivon expressed.

“The unique thing is that they trust us, people that they have

just known, to share everything they feel,” said Titik.

“There are many of them who were touched when talking

the things which are related to parents. The parents’ presence is

deemed required,” Nino continued.

According to Florensius, the Palu Presbytery GKST youth

administrator, the method applied in the session was quite

effective.

“The session that should be completed in three days, it was able

to be done within two hours with a good result,” said Florensius.

“The youth who attended the session were able to

communicate any problem that they weren’t able to disclose in

the past,” he added.

“However, we are as listeners, must keep the confidentiality in

order they know that they can trust us. When they trust us, they

will feel comfortable when they share their feeling,” explained

Ivon.

The head of the youth, Nover Lambo, appreciated this service.

“The theme quite touches and it’s able to motivate us. This

event becomes a media to release our hidden feeling that we have

been holding inside our hearts for some time,” he said.

However, Nover felt sorry that the time allocated for the session

was too short. Nevertheless, the PERDHAKI psychosocial team is

willing to allocate time to provide an online consultation service.

“So, anytime they would like to do a consultation, they can do it

by calling the numbers I gave,” said Ivon. (mdk)

Becoming Meaningful

Church youth are

coming together

in Effatha Church

to attend a

psychosocial service

organized by

PERDHAKI. Photo:

Martin Dody/ERCB

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“Rise up Sigi, be Strong Kulawi!” The yell

was echoing in a Multi Purpose Building

which is located in Bolapapu Village,

Kulawi Sub-District, Sigi District when

Rahmat Saleh, the Karsa Institute Director,

or who is known as Oyong, gave a speech

during an event of aid transfer that would

be distributed to 4 villages in Kulawi Sub-

District.

There was an interesting message

communicated by Rahmat to the survivors

who were present in the event.

“We should rise up to become better,”

said Rahmat.

This message aims to make the survivors

in Kulawi to move on immediately from

the downturn after the disaster and to

prepare themselves for better future

and not to continuously depend on the

external aid.

The event was mutually organized by

the ERCB Consortium that consists of

non-government organizations, they are

Pusaka Indonesia, LPTP, Bina Swadaya,

PERDHAKI and the consortium received

extraordinary supports from some local

organizations, i.e. Karsa Institute, Awam

Green and Merah Putih Foundation. This

event aimed to provide aid in the form of

16 tons of rice, water purifiers, bedding

kits, coconut oil, hygiene kits and pipes.

The aid was distributed to survivors in

Bolapapu, Boladangko, Tangkulowi and

Lonca Villages.

The 4 Village Heads from the villages

that received the aid, Kulawi Sub-District

Head, Sector Police Department Head,

Kulawi Military Rayon Commandant

and the Deputy of Sigi District Head

also attended the event. After the ERCB

Focal Point Person, Agung Prasetyo, gave

speech, the Kulawi Sub-District Head,

Roli Bagalatu expressed his appreciation

for the efforts delivered by the local

government who worked in synergy with

some non-government organizations

like ERCB so that Kulawi was able to get

support.

“My tears have been dry. Since 30th of

September we have been working so

hard under the devastating situation and

condition,” said Roli.

“But God never leaves us. The real

evidence of God’s presence is the presence

of government and NGO friends who

are helping eliminate the community

affliction,” he added.

The event was closed by the Deputy

of Sigi District head, Paulina, S.E., M.Si.,

who symbolically handed in the aid to the

local government officers. The aids then

distributed for community members living

in those four villages.

Kareba Palu Koro met the Deputy of Sigi

District Head, Paulina, S.E., M.Si., and she

communicated that the main focus of Sigi

district government in the rehabilitation

and reconstruction stage was constructing

temporary shelters and possibly also

building permanent shelters. The

temporary shelters development would be

prioritized for the survivors whose houses

collapsed like in Jono Oge and Langaleso

Villages.

“The temporary shelter development

does not always apply communal concept”

said Paulina.

“However, we are still waiting for the

result of a research conducted by some

experts that aims to determine the safe

zones where the temporary shelters

should be built,” she added.

When Kareba Palu Koro asked about

the government expectation in going

through the rehabilitation reconstruction

period, Paulina expressed that the district

government, especially in Sigi District,

expected that the non-government

organizations like ERCB was able to

continue provide assistance in that period.

“It’s highly expected the presence

and assistance from non-government

organizations colleagues in order

the rehabilitation and reconstruction

stage runs better,” Paulina closed the

conversation. (mdk)

RISE UP SIGI, BE STRONG KULAWI

The Deputy of Sigi District Head, Paulina,

during the event of aid transfer for Sigi

community. Photo: Martin Dody/ERCB

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From page 1...Heavy equipment has been mobilized by Bina Warga to remove the piles of wood bars under the bridge that block the water current

and cause water to overflow to community settlement. According to Darfian (50), one of the Bina Marga Central Sulawesi Province staff,

met in the location, they have operated 3 heavy equipment to overcome the situation and to normalize the Salua River.

“The evacuation process, security and normalization are directly led by the Deputy of Sector Policy Head, IPDA Deny Senewe, who

has been monitoring the situation since last night,” Florensisus from Karsa Institute reported.

According to IPDA Deny Senewe there were no any casualties during the event. “My staff members are still looking for information

and calculating the loss suffered by the community, especially who live in Hamlet 3,” said IPDA Deny Senewe.

The bathing, washing and latrine facilities and children friendly space facility built by the ERCB were carried away by the flash flood.

“A unit of bathing, washing and latrine facility that consists of 4 rooms that is located in Hamlet 3, another unit in the local market and

one other unit in RT 02, plus one children friendly space facility, were impacted by the flash flood last night,” said Titik Susana Ristiyawati

from Rural Technology Development Institute (abbreviation in Indonesian: LPTP). (ma/fl/tsr/mdk)

Infographic

on earthquake,

tsunami and

liquefaction

response

distribution in Sigi

District, Central

Sulawesi.

Flash Flood...

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From page 3...The people living in the evacuation points are enthusiastic,

friendly and highly honor Rony. They genuinely happy welcome

any volunteer, even they are more joyful when they find out that

he is a doctor from Papua Island.

Anytime we visit an evacuation point in each village, we are

warmly welcomed and they serve us some meals. When they are

happy, we are also happy. That’s the reason we are here, to make

them laughing and with us they are able to forget for a moment

the disaster they have gone through.

Regarding the Kemah Peduli Foundation, it’s a foundation that

have volunteers in almost every location in Indonesia. Besides

volunteers from Papua, they also have volunteers from Java, Bali,

Nusa Tenggara, Sumatera, Sulawesi and Kalimantan.

Dr. Rony also expressed his gratefulness to Kemah Peduli

Foundation for giving him the opportunity to work in Palu as a

volunteer up to 15 December 2018, it’s the time he has to return

back to the land of the bird of heaven, Papua.

Dr. Rony shared that his motivation to come to Palu was to help

his Indonesian brothers and sisters who had just experienced

the unexpected condition. Disaster may happen anytime and

anywhere, said Rony who was born in 1986. Post a disaster, it

requires a lot of people to work together, to build, to fix the

damages and especially to heal the post disaster psychological

trauma.

“It may be possible that one day when a disaster hits Papua,

we would need helps and volunteers like us now. We are grateful

that Kemah Peduli Foundation is able to unite us from all around

the country to be able to help our brothers and sisters here,” he

said.

He expects that the Central Sulawesi community, especially

who are living in Palu, Sigi and Donggala always keep good spirits

and rise up to build their homeland.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, sisters and brothers, we come to this

place and let’s together build Palu with enthusiasm. Without

any good spirit from all of you, we are volunteers won’t be

enthusiastic. When you work hard, we are volunteers will work

harder to help you. It’s like a saying in my mother tongue, Dani

language: Yogotak huwuluk motok honorogo – tomorrow should

be better from today,” that’s his expectation. (Firmansyah MS/Internews. Source: Kabar Sulteng Bangkit)

From Baliem...

Photo Story

The community in Hamlet 3, Langaleso Village use the water from a

spring for washing activity. Photo: Martin Dody/ERCB

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ERCB AID DISTRIBUTION IN CENTRAL SULAWESI INFOGRAPHIC

The infographic of ERCB Consortium aid distribution in Palu, Sigi and Donggala (PASIGALA)

– Central Sulawesi up to 9th December 2018. The aid distributed is rice, preserved fish, cooking

oil and also non-food items such as water tanks, waste bins, hygiene kits, family kits, tarpaulin,

pallets and pipes, bathing washing latrine facilities and health & psychosocial services. (mdk)

Kareba Palu Koro is an information dissemination media related to a disaster management in Central Sulawesi that is managed by the Emergency Response Capacity Building Network (ERCB), during the emergency response up to the rehabilitation phase post the earthquake, tsunami and soil liquefaction happened on the last 28th September 2018 in Palu, Sigi and Donggala – Central Sulawesi Province. This biweekly media is funded by SHO and Cordaid.

Editor in Chief: Arfiana Khairunnisa, KARINA Yogyakarta

Contributor: Martin Dody Kumoro, Moh. Arul,Florensius, Titik Susana Ristiyawati (ERCB team)

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