Shelter desperately needed after Indonesia earthquake as heavy rains batter homeless survivors – Indonesia

Thousands of families in Cianjur district remain homeless and in dire need of shelter after the devastating earthquake this week.

Large families are crowded into individual tents, without access to safe water or medicine, and heavy rains over the past 48 hours have left many infants and children soaked and at risk of disease.

An Islamic Relief assessment of several affected villages found that 80% of homes were severely damaged or destroyed, along with schools, mosques and health centres. At least 271 people have been confirmed dead so far – mostly children – but that number is expected to rise as hundreds of people remain missing. Emergency teams have yet to reach some remote villages. At least 68,908 people are now homeless.

Islamic Relief emergency teams are on the ground in Cianjur providing emergency shelter to homeless families, working in coordination with the Indonesian authorities. The charity plans to support 10,000 families with shelter, food and hygiene items, as well as set up temporary schools, rebuild livelihoods and repair water and sanitation services.

Islamic Relief’s Local Resource Mobilization Coordinator, Rahadiansyah Fachrudin, is supporting the response in Cijendil village. He says:

“Many people have lost their homes and are now staying in a makeshift camp. There are 7,000 people in the camp but there is no electricity and only a few toilets, so there is a real risk of disease spreading if people have to stay here any longer. They have lost everything. They had to flee quickly without even changing clothes.

“People urgently need safe shelter to protect their privacy and dignity, and to protect them from the rain. We have had continuous rain here for the past two days.

“People are worried about their missing relatives and fear that the death toll will continue to rise. People here are buried under mudslides and many are still missing and unaccounted for. They are also terrified of more aftershocks. Much of the village’s infrastructure has been destroyed – the hospital has been damaged.” Therefore, he struggles to treat the large number of patients and many families do not have access to medical care.

“Most of the people in these villages are farmers, and the earthquake destroyed their equipment, destroyed their crops, and lost their livestock. This village and others like it will need a lot of support to rebuild.”

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About Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief is a faith-based humanitarian and development agency working to transform and save the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in more than 40 countries. Islamic Relief assists people according to need and does not discriminate in any way.

Founded in Birmingham in 1984 by a group of volunteers, we have helped over 117 million people worldwide. We save lives and empower people to lift themselves out of poverty in more than 40 countries – from Bangladesh to Bosnia, Pakistan to Palestine, Kenya to Kosovo. Islamic Relief is on the ground in some of the most dangerous and challenging places in the world – including Syria and Yemen – empowering the most marginalized communities to withstand conflict and natural disasters and build a brighter future. We also support vulnerable people in the UK in partnership with local charities and organisations.

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