Indonesia sends humanitarian aid to Vanuatu earthquake victims

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government plans to send humanitarian aid to Vanuatu to help victims of the earthquake that struck the country on December 17, 2024.

This was stated by Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Pratikno after a ministerial meeting to discuss this plan on Monday (December 23).

“President Prabowo Subianto has called on us to prepare aid for Vanuatu. The country is an important partner of ours, and this humanitarian issue must become our concern,” he said in Jakarta.

The Minister noted that the advance team from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will be deployed to Vanuatu on Tuesday to prepare logistics and administration ahead of the scheduled delivery of the first phase of aid on Friday (27 December).

“The aid provided to Vanuatu on Friday consists of a search and rescue team, clean water supplies, health services, and the reconstruction of basic infrastructure, especially health facilities,” he explained.

He stressed that the humanitarian aid provided to Vanuatu will not interfere with mitigating the effects of local disasters at home.

He stated that the government also held a coordination meeting with district heads to anticipate hydrometeorological disasters during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

“We are sending a different team to Vanuatu, and this does not conflict with our disaster mitigation efforts in Indonesia,” Pratekno noted.

The initial assistance sent to Vanuatu will also include an emergency medical team (EMT) to provide emergency medical care, medical supplies and basic logistics services, such as food, clean water and other equipment.

The earthquake struck Vanuatu on December 17, affecting 80,000 people, including 14,104 children and 769 people with disabilities.

The disaster caused 18 deaths, 200 injuries, and forced 947 people to seek shelter in churches and residents' homes in Manples, Britano, Quiriki and Kuna. The state has designated a state of emergency from December 17 to 24, 2024.

With such assistance, the government hopes to ease the burden on the people of Vanuatu while strengthening bilateral relations in the Pacific region.

Also present at the ministerial meeting were Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, BNPB President Suharyanto, Basarnas Kosooro President, BAIS TNI President Yudi Aprimantiu, and representatives of other relevant ministries and institutions.

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Translator: Lintang Budyanti B, Resinta Sulistiyandari Editor: Azis Kormala Copyright © ANTARA 2024

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