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Jakarta, December 28, 2004.

 

Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of the

Earthquake and Tsunami

 

Walhi, Aceh Kita, Kontras, AWG- Aceh Working Group

 

JOINT STATEMENT

 

Tectonic earthquake followed by tsunami that swept through Aceh and North

Sumatera is the greatest disaster hit Indonesia for the last decade.

Recently, Aceh is

still in paralyzed condition. The electricity and telephones break down caused

difficulty to access information to the impacted areas. According to the

latest

information, the death toll is 4,712 and that will likely increase, since

the following

quake predicted happens in the recent period, moreover the threat of

diseases after

the disaster. This catastrophe is a National disaster, which involved

millions people’s

life suffered due to lack of facilities to survive.

 

 

With regard to the National Calamity and on behalf of humanism, we, the

Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of Earthquake and Tsunami or Koalisi

Masyarakat Sipil untuk Korban Gempa dan Tsunami, want to express our

deepest condolences and sympathy for the victims of the calamity. As our

solidarity

and support for them, we, the Civil Society Coalition for the victims of The

Earthquake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatera, hold a consolidation to

intervene direct and immediate aid, in short and long term period, in the

form of:

 

* Conducting direct field surveys to assess the exact condition and

needs; to

open crisis center that can be accessed by many organizations and

institutions and persons who want to give donation such as: kafan

material

‹material used to cover dead body›, funds, medicines, clothes and

other stuff

needed; to guarantee the aid’s effectiveness and coordinattion, and

that the

aid truly delivered for those who needs.

 

Our crisis center is pooled in Medan, North Sumatera:

 

ED WALHI Sumatera Utara

Jl. Air Bersih No.79 Medan, Sumatera Utara

Contact person: Herwin Nasution; mobile: 0811657517

Office phone: 061-7869061/77804071

Fax: 061-7869061

Email: walhisu

Donation to : Account number 006.0015.9697.001

Bank BNI Cabang Jl. Pemuda Medan

An. Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Sumatera Utara

 

Our crisis center in Jakarta, opened in three locations:

 

Eksekutif Nasional WALHI

Jl. Tegal Parang Utara No.14

Mampang Prapatan Jakarta Selatan

79193363, 08159448017, 08154036028

Donation to: Account Number 039.01.01825.009,

Bank Niaga KCP. Jakarta Design Centre/ JDC

An. Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (KESLING)

 

Kontras

Jl. Borubudur No 14 Menteng Jakarta pusat

Contact: mobiles: 0811812149, 08129437339

Donation to: Account number 2-072-267-196,

Bank BII Cabang Proklamasi

An. Kontras

 

Aceh kita

Jl. Bojonegoro No 16 Menteng Jakarta Pusat

contact: mobiles: 081511222551, 0818944726

Donation to : Account number 0206-01-017649-50-8,

Bank BRI KCK Sudirman Jakarta

An.Teuku Zulkarnaen dan Ahmad Mauladi

 

Aceh Working Group (AWG)

Jl. Diponegoro No.9 Menteng Jakarta Pusat

Contact: mobile: 0811177982

 

 

b. Providing support on Government initiative to open access as wide as

possible to

every kind of support to the victims.

 

c. Urging government to inform public complete information on accessible

crisis

centers, and to ensure all logistic support and humanitarian aid chanelled by

government, distributed well to victims.

 

d. Calling for public to be a watchdog for government logistic supplies and

humanitarian aid in order that all support will reach and be benefited by

the victims.

This is important, with regard to the repeated corruption cases of

humanitarian aid

due to misconduct of government officials.

 

e. Ensuring that a recovery system and rescue operation for devastated

areas will be

planed well, supported by sufficient resources and managed transparently and

accountably.

 

The crisis center will coordinate with local organizations in regions, e.g:

Dompet

Dhuafa. All information will be given through WALHI’s website www.walhi.or.id

 

Our joint statement serves also as a call for all stakeholders to build

solidarity and to

share for Acehnese and North ­ Sumatranese, victims of Earthquake and Tsunami.

 

Telephone: (021) 7941472

Faximile: (021) 7941673

e-mail: info

website: www.walhi.or.id

 

 

 

Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman

International Primate Protection League

PO Box 766

Summerville, SC 29484, USA

Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988

E-mail - smcgreal, Web: www.ippl.org

 

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