NIAS NEED YOUR HELP

Ten days after the earthquake there has only been minimal international aid arriving in the island of Nias.

Of the few that has arrived the most that can be done was only in the form of area surveys.

Nias is located 125 km off west Sumatera Island on the Indian Ocean, part of North Sumatera Province also hit by Tsunami, the number of dead or missing victims is not as great as in Aceh but the situation is not better, houses, boats destroyed leaving more than 6000 families homeless.

Reported in 3rd Jan that: NO FORM OF OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL AID WHATSOEVER HAS ARRIVED ON NIAS.

More info about and on how to help NIAS here: http://www.niasisland.com/

More about Situation in Nias [3 January 2005]

UPDATE 06/01/2005:

As informed by one of the comment, some help and fundraising effort for Nias and the other island chains on the west of Sumatra is on going.

More information here: Sumatran Surfariss


Comments

Anonymous said…
Scroll down to January 2nd update at:

http://www.sumatransurfariis.com/quakeupdatesnew1230.html

and

http://www.idepfoundation.org/aceh_aid.html

On local organizations reaching Nias and other islands.
10:47 AM
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