Indonesia Help - Earthquake and Tsunami Victims

National response will suffice Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (New York, 13 September 2007): A series of earthquakes struck Indonesia today, following an initial 8.4 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra the previous evening. The United Nations (UN) responded by sending a nine-person assessment team from Aceh to Bengkulu province, which arrived in the area at noon. Both Wednesday's and Thursday's earthquakes generated aftershocks and tsunami alerts that were subsequently called off, although a wave of up to nine feet was reported to have struck Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province, about 20 minutes after the initial quake. In Bengkulu, the UN assessment team met the Vice-Governor and several Government officials, and also conducted assessments at a local hospital, before relaying their findings to the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Country Team, based in Jakarta. After reviewing those findings, the UN Country Team conc...

Bengkulu Earthquakes 13/14 September 2007 The Indonesian Red Cross - Palang Merah - is already active in the affected areas and donations can be made to their bank account: Bank Mandiri Cabang Wisma Baja (Swift Code: B E I I I D J A) a/c 070.00001.160.17 a/n Palang Merah Indonesia