KAREBA PALU KOROJanuary 2019 - I issue #5

The Tondo community members are participating

in a Jitupasna meeting. Photo by: Evan/ERCB

ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN JITUPASNA

Entering the third month post the earthquake, tsunami and

liquefaction disasters in Palu, Sigi and Donggala (in Indonesian:

Pasigala), Central Sulawesi, the Emergency Response Capacity

Building (ERCB) Team has entered the next step i.e. Post Disaster

Need Assessment (in Indonesian: Jitupasna). Currently, the ERCT

team is doing the Jitupasna in 7 villages out of 15 villages that are

located in Pasigala.

“Jitupasna is a series of assessment activities and results

appraisal, impact analysis and needs prioritization that would

become a basis in developing an action plan for the rehabilitation

and reconstruction. Jitupasna assesses the damages, loss, access

disruption, function disruption, increasing risks and the human

resource and social capacities,” explained Agung Prasetyo from

Bina Swadaya, the ERCB spokesman.

Jitupasna applies a focus group discussion (FGD) method that

involves community members from all backgrounds and it is

expected that through the Jitupasna, the communities are able

to mutually identify the post disaster needs for their villages.

The Jitupasna sessions that are attended by all community

representatives such as Village Heads, Hamlet Heads, community

prominent figures and also housewives aim to strengthen the

human resources capacity on the fields of rehabilitation and

reconstruction.

“In order to have the same understanding on the post

disaster need assessment and able to develop a post disaster

rehabilitation and reconstruction action plan document,” said

Titik Susana Ristiyawati from the Rural Technology Development

Institution (LPTP) when she was explaining the reason for

involving community in the Jitupasna.

Mohamad Fauzan, one of the ERCB facilitators from Yayasan

Merah Putih (YMP) who had conducted the Jitupasna in two

villages shared that the community were enthusiastic in

participating in the Jitupasna because they were involved in

formulating the needs for their surroundings.

“The community responded enthusiastically to participate in

the Jitupasna because they expect that stakeholders who would

like to assist them in the near future, are able to put attention

to their areas,” said Fauzan who conducted the Jitupasna in Loli

Pesua Village and Kelurahan Panau.

The community involvement in the Jitupasna process is

considered important because during the FGD, they would

disclose their thoughts and opinions among each other.

Besides that, later when there is an aid or an accompaniment

measure in that village, it is expected continued to page 7...

NEWS ON CENTRAL SULAWESI EMERGENCY RESPONSE

KAREBA PALU KORO

THE CENTRAL SULAWESI EMERGENCY TRANSITION PHASE IS EXTENDED

PALU — The government of the Central Sulawesi Province has

extended the emergency transition phase for another 60 days

starting from 25 December 2018 to 23 February 2019. This is the

second extension which is done by the government. The first

extension was from 26 October 2018 to 25 December 2018.

This decision was made by the Central Sulawesi Governor,

Longki Djanggola, during the Forkompinda Coordination Meeting

with the National Agency for the Disaster Management (in

Indonesian: BNPB), The Ministry of Public Work and Community

Housing (in Indonesian: PUPR), the Donggala and Sigi Districts

Government, on Friday, 21 December 2018 in the governor’s office.

The decision to extend the emergency transition phase was

made after listening the explanation from each stakeholder and

looking at the development in the field.

“A number of stakeholders such as District Heads and BNPB

requested for an extension because there were still a lot of things

that should be addressed,” said Longki.

During the meeting, Longki also requested the District Heads of

Donggala, Sigi and the Palu Major to complete the data collection

process soon before the end of December which should be

accompanied with the District Head/Major Official Decision Letter.

The data is important to be used as a reference to distribute aid,

stimulant fund, compensation, temporary shelters and permanent

shelters allocations.

The data covers the number of dead and injured causalities,

internally displaced people, temporary shelters need and the

current condition of the survivors.

The casualties and survivors’ data should be completed with

names and addresses in order the aids can be distributed to the

correct targets.

“I request that this can be completed by this month. The data

would be consolidated and reported to the President,” said

Longki.

The Task Force Head of the PUPR Ministry for the Central

Sulawesi Post Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Arie

Setiadi, said that the Task Force expected an emergency transition

phase extension because the temporary shelters development

had not fully finished yet.

At the moment the PUPR Ministry has only completed 110 units

from the 1,200 units target.

“Meanwhile the 220 temporary shelter units in Palu, 193 units in

Sigi and 140 units Donggala are still in process,” said Arie during

the Central Sulawesi Government press conference.

The extension of the emergency transition phase was also

requested by the Head of the Central Sulawesi Province Social

Agency, Ridwan Mulu, the Head of the Road Construction and

Maintenance (in Indonesia Bina Marga), the Head of Spatial Plan

Agency, Syaifullah Djafar and also the BNPB Logistic Deputy, Rudi

Phadmanto.

The emergency transition extension aims to make the aid

distribution access become more straightforward to support

the disaster impacts recovery process. (Patarudin/Ika Ningtyas. Source: Kabar Sulteng Bangkit)

Community members are trying to save their stuffs that can still be used in their earlier houses in Petobo. Photo by: Martin Dody/ERCB

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Masnani and Risnawati looked cheerful when Kareba Palu Koro met them again in the evacuation post in Panau Village on Wednesday, 26 November 2018. It was very different from their condition when Kareba Palu Koro met both of them 5 days before. At that time Masnani was in a room inside her temporary shelter. Meanwhile, Risnawati has joint dislocation on her left hand.

Masnani and Risnawati are two of the survivors from the

tsunami that hit the place where they live in Kelurahan Panau.

“I was drowning in the water,” said Masnani recalling the

tsunami in last September 2018.

“I can’t think of anything, I just surrender my life, my body hit

many stuffs. Even there was a nail stick in my body,” she added.

Those bumps caused her left leg experience a joint dislocation

and she suffered from a painful felling in her waist.

It’s different from Risnawati, she shared her story that she was

thrown away from her house and her body hit something hard.

“The left part of my body was very painful, I was not able to

move,” she said. Her left arm experienced joint dislocation which

was quite severe. Her left leg and right hand also got injured but

not too bad.

Knowing that condition, Gede Arya Wibawa immediately went

to Panau village to meet both of them. Gede Arya Wibawa, who

is usually called Pakde has a special skill to do muscle massages

and to transfer his healing inner power. Pakde is in Palu with

PERDHAKI organization that provides health services for the

survivors and it is a member of the ERCB consortium during the

emergency response phase in Central Sulawesi.

Gede Arya Wibawa was born in Tabanan, Bali, on 3rd July 1957.

After graduating from his Senior High School, Pakde continued

his study in a Nurse Academy (AKPER) St. Borromeus Bandung.

Because of his achievement and skills during his study when he

graduated from the AKPER and he was directly assigned in St.

Borromeus operation room.

“Pakde’s involvement with PERDHAKI was started during

the tsunami in Aceh in December 2004, said Irene Kusuma

the PERDHAKI Program Manager. “Then he also joined in Nias

earthquake response in March 2005 and Yogyakarta earthquake

in May 2006 and West Sumatera earthquake in March 2007,” she

added.

After retired from Borromeus Hospital in Bandung, Pakde

worked as a lecturer in a nurse academy and an operation

assistant in a private clinic. When the earthquake, tsunami and

liquefaction hit Central Sulawesi, Pakde was heartfelt called to

join the PERDHAKI medical team again and help the survivors to

get a standard medical service.

“The main point is to serve. How we serve wholeheartedly the

community, in this matter the impacted community,” said Pakde

to Kareba Palu Koro.

“Seeing the smiles of the cured people becomes a distinctive

happiness that is so precious and can’t be compared to anything,

my tired and weary feeling are all disappear at once,” he said.

Besides his expertise in nursing, he is also an expert in prana

energy healing. There are quite many survivors who get better

from their injuries or joints dislocation caused by the earthquake.

“I use this technic (medical treatment and prana energy) to

reduce the use of medicines in the healing process,” said Pakde.

“Besides that, I would like the people that I help feel

comfortable. Comfortable means that they can do their routine

activities again. Of course, the pains are still there, however at

least they are reduced a lot,” he added.

Pakde’s intention to share also motivates him to always involve

in humanitarian works in disaster locations. “I’m pension already,

my family has been blessed with sufficiency. As long as I’m

capable, I would like continued to page 6...

TO SERVE WITH HEART Gede Arya Wibawa is taking care a survivor.

Photo by: Martin Dody/ERCB

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Since its initial involvement in the Palu,

Sigi and Donggala (in Indonesian: Pasigala)

emergency response, the ERCB team has

implemented its intervention in 15 villages

and kelurahan that were spread in three

districts in Central Sulawesi for more or less

3 months. To see the process deeper and

the achievements hat have been gained,

during 17-18 Decembers 2018, the ERCB

team organized a two-day evaluation

meeting in Yogyakarta.

“We would share each organization’s

experience during our joint response

in Palu, its happiness and sadness, we

provide the time for all of you to share

the experience here,” said Johan Rachmat

Santosa, the Karina Yogyakarta Program

Coordinator.

The meeting was attended by all of the ERCB consortium

members, namely: Yayasan Pusaka Indonesia (YPI), Bina Swadaya,

LPTP, Perdhaki and also the local partners, namely: Yayasan Merah

Putih (YPM) and Karsa Institute. The evaluation process discussed

the intervention achievements, the undergone process and what

would be done next.

“We have done something extraordinary with the huge number

of goods that we should distribute and the program that we are

working on with limited number of people,” said Sutikno Sutantio

from Karina Yogyakarta as the ERCB Coordinator.

During the implementation, ERCB has distributed food items

namely 100 tons of rice to 4000 households, 12,164 kg cooking

oil for 3,041 households and 618.5 preserved fish for 2,474

households. The non-food items in the form of 2.175 hygiene

kits for 2,175 households, 323 family kits for 323 households. In

the water and sanitation sector (Watsan), ERCB distributed 35

units of water tanks to 17 villages, 297 unit of water purifiers in 15

villages and 25 package of waste bins in 2 kelurahan. The activity

that is still ongoing in this sector is the development of 17 units

of bathing, washing and toilet facilities (11 units are completed)

for 9 villages and 9 points of piping system in 7 villages (4 points

are finished). For the development of a mini final waste site,

was replaced by the provision of 1 truck unit with its cargo bed

because based on the assessment result, this is more beneficial.

About 3,110 impacted people received health service and

around 2,000 people got psychosocial service provided by

Perdhaki team. From the child protection area, there are 7 Child

Friendly Zones that were built to provide playing and learning

spaces for 631 children. YPI held a capacity building activity

for 25 local community facilitators in order them to be able to

accompany the children.

This meeting also produced some recommendation from each

organization, agreement on the coordination improvement, data

and data collection improvement and increasing the response

speed. The ERCB joint protocol was discussed again to reflect each

of the ERCB member organization’s role and task.

“So in our joint protocol, we would see actually whether what

we have been doing corresponds to what we’ve planned, when

they fit already then we see the role division,” said Johan.

Learning from the disaster response experiences from different

disaster areas which were shared during this meeting, ERCB is

prepared to improve and increase its intuitional quality.

Each of the ERCB consortium also stated their commitment to

continuously involve in the next phase, namely the rehabilitation

and reconstruction phase.

At the moment ERCB is doing Post Disaster Need Assessment

(Jitupasna). The assessment covers 15 villages/kelurahan in the

three impacted districts. The assessment will be implemented

until January 2019.

The assessment findings will be used as a ground for

determining the next intervention.

As the local partners, YMP and Karsa Institute during the

evaluation meeting also stated their commitment to continuously

involve in the ERCB implemented programs. (mf/mdk)

ERCB Learns from a Process

M. Fauzan from Merah Putih Foundation is presenting the group

discussion result. Photo by: Martin Dody/ERCB

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My high spirit was slowly devastated, my expectation to provide the best for the children in my village is melting and carried away with the muddy flow that hit Hamlet 3, our village. My eyes started to burst into tears, staring at the piles of the construction debris in the children friendly space (in Indonesian RRA) that had just been joyfully used for 2 months. It’s still clear in my vision that children were playing hula hoop, puzzle, learning to read, writing and counting under the tent which were full of balloons and ribbons.

That’s the emotion disclosed by Dewi

Fatimah, the Pelangi Salua Kindergarten

teacher, who also becomes a volunteer

in the RRA that is managed by Pusaka

Indonesia Foundation (YPI) through the

ERCB consortium.

Days before, on Tuesday afternoon

(11/12), flash flood struck Salua Village,

Kulawi Sub-District, Sigi District, especially

in RT 1 and RT 2 that are located in Hamlet

3 area. The flash flood caused the RRA

facility that was located in Hamlet 3 was

carried away so that the learning and

playing service for the children stopped.

“The RRA activities has stopped for

more than three days, the learning and

playing activities for the children could not

be continued,” said Dewi.

The most devastated one is that I was

not able to look at and to answer the

children’s questions: Mam, when will we

be able to play in the RRA again? Mam, are

there still puzzles of balls that we can play

with?” she added to the conversation.

Post the flash flood, the RRA cannot

be used anymore since the RRA tent

and construction were collapsed flat to

the ground. Almost all of the toys were

damaged and they broke apart. To build

the RRA in the same place is not possible

because it’s considered as a flood prone

area.

Marjoko and Khairul Amri, as the

implementing team in the field tried to do

a discussion related to the re-development

of the RRA with the Salua Village Head,

Yohanis Romang, and some related

stakeholders. It was decided that the new

RRA would be established in Hamlet 1.

“Just like last time, we encouraged

the community participation in the

re-establishment of the RRA in Salua.

The community shared their roles in the

material and equipment provision and also

the workers who would build the RRA,”

said Marjoko.

YPI also provided financial assistance in

addition to the logistics distribution for

the 89 family heads who were affected

by the flash flood. The Salua community

members voluntarily allocated some

material and available equipment to re-

build the RRA, and also the workers. Some

tarpaulin sheets were provided by the

village head.

More or less one week after the flash

flood hit Salua Village, the new RRA has

been ready. The learning and playing tools

for the children are also already available.

There are around 160 children learn and

play again in the new RRA.

“I’m so pleased, seeing the kids are

joyful again after our village hit by the two

disasters, the earthquake and flash flood.

Thank you to all stakeholders who have

made the Salua children’s dream come

true to be able to learn and play again,”

said Dewi.

Salua Village, especially Hamlet 3, still

face a challenge in providing temporary

shelters and in relocating people and also

public facilities that are located in the

hamlet.

“The Kindergarten, Elementary School

and Junior High School Headmasters

asked about where are the good places to

relocate the school facilities because those

schools and also a market are currently

located in the Hamlet 3 that is affected by

the flash flood,” said Yohanis.

Whether there is an earthquake or not,

Salua Village, especially Hamlet 3, has

potential flooding risks almost every year

during a rainy season. It requires a thought

and correct solutions to minimize the

future hazard risks that would affect the

community who live in that area. (mdk)

SALUA RRA,RISE UP

The RRA tent situation in Salua Village.

Photo by: Khairul Amri/YPI-ERCB

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to do something for others. Besides that, it becomes a distinctive

pride when Perdhaki Team and I are able to make the service is

more lively,” disclosed Pakde.

What is meant by lively here is not just doing the medical

routine works and services, however we also greet and show our

empathy to the survivors.

“It’s a happiness for the team when looking at the survivors who

felt painful before but now could get up or walk again and smile

after the medication.

Masnani and Risnawati also passed their gratefulness to Pakde.

Without him, the pains that they suffered from wouldn’t be

reduced. (mdk)

To Serve...

The infographic

of the earthquake,

tsunami and

liquefaction

response spreads

in Donggala

District, Central

Sulawesi

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that those supports would fit in the local community needs.

“Jitupasna aims that the post disaster recovery efforts would orientate to the fully recovery of the human dignity,” said Agung.

Titik added, “The Jitupasna result which is done by the ERCB team is also useful to help the government, other private sectors and

also NGO who would like to do accompaniment in the village during the rehabilitation and reconstruction phase.”

“It’s expected to be able to help the Districts Government and other private sectors in doing verification on the damage impacts

and calculating the post disaster needs. When for example, we are only able to implement measures required in 3 villages, thus other

organizations may help the other villages by referring to the result of ERCB’s Jitupasna,” said Titik.

The Jitupasna is targeted to be organized in 15 villages that become the ERCB intervention locations. In Sigi District, there are 7

villages (Boladangko, Bolapapu, Tangkulawi, Omu, Tuva, and Lewara), in Donggala District, there are 5 villages (Loli Pesua, Loli Saluran,

Lampo, Limboro, and Salumbone) and 4 kelurahan (the same as a village – but it’s located in a city) in Palu City (Panau, Tondo, Lambara,

and Buluri). Until this article is written, the Jitupasna has been conducted in 7 locations, i.e. Panau Kelurahan, Tondo Kelurahan, Loli Pada

Village, Lampo Village, Tangkulowi Village, Boladangko Village and Bolapapu Village.

“The first preparation training for the Jitupasna facilitators (Jitupasna tools socialization) was held on the 30 November 2018 which

was attended by 30 participants from the ERCB local partners (Karsa, Awam Green and YMP),“ added Ilham Syaiful Huda from LPTP.

The purpose of the training was in order the participants understand the objectives of the Jitupasna, and they are able to apply the

Jitupasna method and tools. Besides that, the second training (Jitupasna result evaluation) was conducted on 11 December 2018 and it

was attended by 25 participants from the ERCB local partners (Karsa, Awam Green and YMP) in Villa Sutan Raja, Mantikulore Kelurahan,

East Palu Sub-District, Palu. The objective was in order the participants understand the Jitupasna flow, targets and are able to develop a

Jitupasna document.

The Jitupasna would not become the only post disaster need assessment, however, there would be a Participatory Disaster Risk

Appraisal (PDRA) in order to get a thorough risk assessment towards the current condition that would become the ground for

developing a recommendation for the rehabilitation and reconstruction plan that pays more attention to the disaster risks. (ta/mdk)

Photo Story

Children in Mamboro Kelurahan, North Palu, Central Sulawesi are playing

rubber rope jumping in the evacuation place. Photo by: Martin Dody/ERCB

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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, Thomas Aquinus (Bina Swadaya), M. Fauzan (Yayasan Merah Putih)

Contact uskarinayogyakarta@gmail.com or mail to Jl. Karanja Lembah, Lorong BTN Polda, Samping Perum Kelapa GadingDesa Kalukubula, Kec. Sigi Biromaru, Kab. Sigi, Sulteng

ABOUT USINFOGRAPHIC OF THE ERCB AID DISTRIBUTION IN WEST MARAWOLA

The infographic of the ERCB Consortium aid distribution in West Marawola Sub-District,

Sigi District, Central Sulawesi up to 9th December 2018. The food item aid distributed to 11

villages were rice, salty fish and also non-food item such as water tanks, tarpaulins and health

services. (mdk) Supported by:

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