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Medan Aceh relief project
Follow-up reports February.
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PRIVATE RELIEF PROJECT FOR THE VICTIMS IN ACEH THROUGH TRI JAYA TOUR AND TRAVEL
Reports:
Report February 25 till March 6 2005
Friday 25 February
In the Tembacau Deli Hospital we spoke to several patients about the artificial legs and the rehabilitation.
It is possible that 3 patients will go to the rehabilitation centre Harapan Jaya in
Pematang Siantar. Pematang Siantar is situated 128 km. south-east of Medan.
For buying food and provisions we gave the patients Misman, Lukman, Fauzi Ali,
Bambang Supriady en Fauzi Ali some pocket money; 100.000 rupiah per person.
Sister Bernadette from the St. Elisabeth hospital came in the afternoon with
some families among them mrs. Taing Lubis, mrs. Koriah and mrs. Manalu.
Mrs. Manulu has here been a week before but then she very distressed.
Now she came with her husband.
They want to start a shop in salt, sugar and washing powder in Tarutung south of the Lake Toba.
Maybe they will return sometime to Aceh, but for the time being they don't dare to go back
out of fear for new earthquakes.
Earlier this week there was an earthquake 6,2 on the scale of Richter in Banda Aceh.
We gave her 3 million rupiah for a shop and 1,5 million rp. for house rent.
Together 4.500.000 rp.
Mrs. Koriah (muslima with veil) told she has been helped enormously by the nuns. She lost her husband, 3 children and he house and business. They had small restaurant. Everything very sad. Now she wants to start this up again. We gave her Rp.5.000.000.
Mrs. Taing Lubis is veterinarian and did work for the elephants training center in Lhokseumawe.
till the political troubles stopped the tourist flow and the centre was closed.
Now she works for the government as an ecologist (She studied in the Dutch town Wageningen)
She lost two children. She is about 6 month pregnant.
Her husband survived.
She has been dragged along 3 km. by the mud stream and got much mud in her lungs.
In a hospital in Kuala Lumpur they saved her live.
She has broken ribs and has still much pain.
With her unborn fetus everything is well.
Also she lost everything; papers of the bank, the house, everything has disappeared.
Also the business of her husband, a trade in bricks, wood and building materials
including a truck is lost.
she has to go back to get new papers.
Otherwise she has no income at all.
We gave her 1.000.000 for travel-costs (in stead of a bus trip, she needs an air flight because of her pregnancy and broken ribs),
2.000.000 Rp. for house rent for two month and 1.500.000 rp. for food etc.
Mrs. Oei got help from us before earlier. We have given her again an amount as pocket money and for investing in a bamishop. It is a honest woman, she told she also got some money from other persons. We gave her 1.500.000 rp.
Saturday 28 of February
In the morning we went to the Tembakau Deli hospital to speak about
transfer of the patients to the rehabilitation center in Pematang Siantar.
The doctor has no problem with departure of the patients to Pematang Siantar,
but the administration does, appeared a little later.
Permission was needed from the commander of the Tsunami-help center (Posko) at the airport.
Through advise of sister Jeannette van Paassen of the Harapan Jaya rehabilitation center
in Pematang Siantar we get by naming the right persons quick access to the help center.
In the afternoon we had a meeting with members of the local Lions about some of patients in the Tembacau Deli Hospital to decide who was going to help them.
Monday 28 of February
On this day our first tour in the morning was to the Malahayati Hospital.
We should have there an appointment with a doctor to talk about a hip of one of our patients,
and we should meet some members of the Lions who should take over the care of some of our patients.
Also mrs. Roselyne of the Lions came there to us, she made the appointments with mrs Washington
the manufacturer of the artificial legs.
With mrs. Rosalyne we agreed that the patients should not go to the
rehabilitation center before the legs were ready, because adapting them to the patients over such a distance was to difficult.
The agreement was that the Lions should pay the artificial legs and that we should take over the patients when the
artificial legs were made fitting.
After dismissal of the patients from the hospital we should take care of
rehabilitation coast, fysiotherapy and eventual courses for learning
of another trade, compatible with their handicap.
For that the patients should be brought to the rehabilitation center in Pematang Siantar then.
Next we visited mrs Warlisdah.
She is a girl age 19, that lost her left eye in the tsunami.
She has been transferred that same day to an eye clinic financed by the Lions.
We gave her 100.000 rupiah pocket money.
After that we went to the Tembacau Deli Hospital. We had to explain to our patients that the voyage to Pematang Siantar should not take place yet. To the son of mr. Zahlum is given money for his study.
Tuesday March 1
Koos Blok has made up to date the administration and it appeared that
the financed projects in February amount nearby € 10.000 compared to € 4000 in January.
So there has been a fair turnover, against about 10 % performance costs.
That means that 90% of the gifts comes directly to the victims.
Wednesday March 2
This day we went visiting some "old clients" to see how they fared.
On 28 of February here arrived doctor John Jaeqx and his wife Magda
who want to help victims of the tsunami on Nias.
They accompanied us this day.
Fate was unfavorable to us because mrs Suriaty (27 yrs.) was not at home.
Next we went to the brothers Rizal, Sayuti, Zainuddin who want to start a business
These three young men survived the tsunami by jumping on their motorbike quickly and driving away.
Their parents did not survive the disaster. They could find them anywhere afterwards.
But we could not find the young men now.
After that we went to mrs. Yap Siu Kien She is a widow 36 years old and has six children, from 16 years till 1 year old. After a long search we found here somewhere in the slums of Medan. She lives in a house that does not deserve that name. And she has to pay for it 4 million rupiah per year. Happily also the mission helped here and takes care of here. We gave her 200.000 rupiah and promised her to help if she wants to start a cake bakery.
Back in Namorambe sister Bernadette from the St. Elisabeth Hospital waited for us with a new
aid-case. Also a women who lost everything.
Mrs. Aniek (36 yrs.) lived with husband and three children and a brother in law and children (10 persons)
in one house.
Only she and a nephew age 19 yrs. survived.
Her houses is damaged, but she thinks it is possible to be repaired, (for 6,5 mil. Rp.).
Her man had a job at a bank.
She told us that she met with mrs. Koriah with whom she will start the restaurant.
We gave her 5.000.000 rupiah to repair her house.
Thursday March 3.
This day we went with John and Marga Jaeqx to the Tembakau Deli Hospital.
In the hospital dr. John Jaeqx looked to the patients.
They were still not in a very good condition and the emergency operations were not done perfect.
On the way back we drove to the Pharmacy of mrs. Suanni,
to order medicine and food supplements for the patients.
Friday March 4
In the morning we collected the ordered medicines at the pharmacy
for an amount of 668.000 rupiah.
Afterwards we went to a refugees house of the organisation Aceh Sepakat (Aceh Unity). There we were informed about which aid they give. This group appears to organize a lot for the people and we decided to support some parts of it. After that we drove to the Tembacau Deli Hospital to deliver the medicines and supplements.
Back in Namorambe pastor Budi waited for us with a aid-worker and a victim,
mr. Tjia.
Pastor Budi wants to rebuild a school in Aceh which has been washed away by the tsunami.
The permits were already acquired and he asked us to finance the school banks and tables.
We decided to let make 60 banks and tables for the present.
These will be made in a factory were leper patients work.
In this way two groups will be helped at the same time and we do support besides the tsunami victims
also the leper victims.
Afterwards mr Mardi Tjia told about his mother. She lost many family members by the tsunami and in hearing the dramatic news she got an attaque out of fear. She had to be admitted to a hospital. Because the fee for help in nursing-homes is high mr Tjia had to make many debts. It is a poor man and we gave him 3.000.000 rupiah.
Saturday March 5
For the refugee house of the Aceh Sepakat group we promised aid
for some projects, among them a playing garden for the children (of 2 till 6 years)
and the embroidery group. We did not give cash money but did buy goods together with
the people of the home we for an ample amount of 6 million rupiah.
On this day came a question of pastor James for aid to little entrepreneurs in
Banda Aceh.
Koos Blok, who finished his mission and did fly back to the Netherlands on Sunday 6 March
had a meeting about this with Marita Hovers on the last day of his stay here.
Marita is the coordinator of the PUM on Sumatra.
The PUM stands for Project Uitzending Managers and is financed by the Dutch
Ministry of Economic affairs.
Koos shall in the Netherlands investigate and talk about this project further.
The PUM shall possible setup a project in Banda Aceh for support to businesses.
11.200 rupiah is 1 Euro
Report from February 11 till February 23
14/2
Indra Buyung A Fai, student 21 year.
Is left over with sister Fanny (24 year) and brother Andreas (12 year.)
Their parents died. A sister age 22 year - just graduated as medical doctor
died also. By way of pastor James they were presented to us. Fanny works
in a shop of her uncle in Medan. Andreas is still at school. Pastor James shall
see what relatives will do in financing of the children. Indra
studies ICT on a private university in Jakarta. He will finish his studies
what takes about 1 ½ year. For the next semester we have paid
5.000.000 Rupiah university-grant.
15/2
Mr. Rustam in the Tembakau Deli Hospital. Is cured and went back to home on Friday 18/2.
He got from us a box with carpenter tools and money for travel and food the first days in Banda Aceh.
File closed.
15/2
School SMP 11 Medan
Pupils (17 in total) on the SMP 11 in Medan.
Onetime aid with schoolbooks for all of them.
After the summer shall be asked which children need still aid,
for example the orphans and the one-parent-children if that parent does not got a job.
16/2
Al-Chudri (19 year),
living previously in Banda Aceh. The boy is sole child and lost both parents.
He lives now in the meant time with a sister of his father in Binjai.
He wanted to follow a course for ICT. We gave him money for cost of living
and public transport (16/2 Rp.1.000.000).
On Friday February 18 we went with him to the school in Binjai and paid his school fee
(Rupiah 2.424.000) for the first semester. Al-Chudri wants to try
to work for himself to earn the fee for the next school years
(total duration of the study: 3 years). We paid him also new pair of glasses Rp 165.000
17/2
Mw.Manalu
The family with 4 children survived the disaster by climbing in trees.
Mrs is still in tress. Her husband is to family in Pematang Siantar.
She got Rp. 500.000 pocket money.
18/2
Mrs. Malau came to us with nuns from the St. Elisabeth Hospital.
The family consists of man, woman and 4 children. They come from
Banda Aceh. Their house is destroyed, but the family survived.
She is a teacher on a Catholic school and a school of the government.
Her husband does the administration of the school; he is also civil servant.
They got no salary up till now. They stay now in the house of her sister in Binjai, but cannot stay there all the time.
They want to go back to Banda Aceh. They have got Rp. 4.000.000 for house rent and
for buying of the most essential household utilities.
18/2
Mrs. Suriaty (50 years) She lies wit a broken left upper leg in the Tembakau Deli Hospital.
They had a shop for making cushions for motorbikes. The shop is destroyed
Her husband started already a new business in Medan in the same trade.
In due time they want to go back to Banda Aceh. For starting the business
we gave Rupiah 6.000.000 .
File closed.
23/2
Mrs. Maria Oei Miha (51 yrs.).
She and her husband and 2 children survived the disaster.
The front side of their house was collapsed and later the remaining part was burnt down by others.
One child studies and an other is jobless. We gave them Rp. 500.000 as pocket money and
later still 5.000.000 Rupiah for house rent. They can rent a house with enough space (one room) for Chinese Mandarin -lessons
or hairdresser saloon
23/2
Catherine Aphin (29 year.)
She comes from the town Meulaboh which has been destroyed totally.
She is with her mother ( widow since 17 years).Catherine is sole child.
Because the town has been washed away they cannot go back for the moment.
The city will be rebuild 5 km more up-country. But their house was closer to the seaside.
She plans to live in one house with her mother and niece-with-daughter.
She wants to sell ice again. For pocket money we gave her 500.000 Rp.
and 5.000.000 Rp. for house rent where she can start also a business.
Report Monday 7 till Friday 11 February.
Monday morning we fetched mr. Koos Blok from the airport as reinforcement of our relief-action.
After a donation of the municipality Menterwolde in the Netherlands, we had email contact with mayor Feike Liemburg of this municipality.
Mr. Liemburg offered his help for the project. So we asked him or it was possible to send a volunteer to Medan with management experience.
The mayor approached Koos Blok as temporary aid for the project organization of the relief-action.
Koos Blok is just pre-pensioned. He did work for the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
He will assist us for the time of one month.
Tuesday morning he went with our English interpreter to the Tembakau Deli Hospital. After getting some medical equipment's at the pharmacy of mrs. Suanni, they visited several patients and gave the necessary appliances.
A few patients can leave the hospital on Friday and go home. That only means to their original place of residence, because of many the house has gone. 7 patients still wait on follow up treatments: pins or plates for stabilizing fractures or adapting artificial legs.
To three patients are handed over the appliances delivered by mrs Suanni.
On Tuesday afternoon we spoke with mrs Noor. She is a pharmacist but has now an important function at the health-department in Medan.
To her money is handed over for five children, who lost their parents and four brothers and sisters.
The money is for 1 year house rent and school fee and cost of living for a period of 6 month.
Mrs. Noor shall give the money to the oldest girl.
Her two older brothers are still to much in shock to know what they want to do.
On Thursday afternoon we gave travel money to a woman laying in the Tembakau Deli Hospital with a large skin transplant after flesh wound.
In fact the travel seemed to dangerous to us, but she says that there is a hospital in here residence far south of Banda Aceh
and that they can take over the treatment, so she left for home with the bus.
(While she was visiting her family in Banda Aceh she was hit by the tsunami. )
Mrs. Noor has also ideas about building a house for orphans. From the Foundation "Vrije School" in Utrecht and the Foundation "De Heuvelrug" we have got the question about possibilities of a orphanage. So we will be a inter-mediator in between. We think of an orphanage regardless of their creed. Mrs. Noor, moslima herself, support this thought strongly.
Friday we have been to the hospital Harapan Jaya in Pematang Siantar to talk to sister Jeannette van Paassen. She is director of the rehabilitation hospital of the mission. We wanted to know or she has possibilities for rehabilitation of our patients who get an artificial leg. It is the purpose to help people in so far that they will be sufficient mobile after operation to be able to work again, though most times not in the previous jobs
Financing:
| Mrs. Rosida | crutches | 160.000 Rp |
| Mr. Supradi | plates | 11.400.000 Rp. |
| Mr. Jacksson | antenna (ankle support) | 150.000 Rp. |
| Children: Adi, Salman, Novia, Nur Akmalia Khaidir, Ikhsan by mrs. Noor | house rent, school fee, cost of living
household utilities | 9.770.000 Rp. |
| Mrs. Nurhatibah | travel money;housekeeping money | 750.000 Rp. |
Report February 4
Mrs. Dahnar
On February 1 mrs Dahnar (50) came to us. She is married with Sutardi (50), they have 3 children Li Yance (25),
Yenni (21) and Markus (14). The family is complete but their house with all belongings are washed away.
Mrs. Dahnar lives with here family in a building besides the Methodist church in Medan.
There they cannot stay. In Banda Aceh they had a little business for reparation of television apparatus and other
electronics. The oldest son earns in the mean time now something in Medan as repairman of hand phones.
They have no penny. This family can rent a house in the Jalan Pajang in Medan.
We have rented for this family a house for the period of one year ad 4 million rupiah.
Further we have given 500.000 rupiah for buying dishes, cutlery and gas-cooker. See picture mrs. Dahnar
Mrs. Yap Siu Kien
The second lady who visited us on February 1 was mrs. Yap Siu Kien (36).
Her husband, Albertinus died after the tsunami. Mrs. Yap has 6 children, Agustina (18), Frenky (15),
Freddy (14), Edi Setiawan (9) and a twin Fiona en Fioni (1).
She lives in Medan with family. There she cannot stay because the house is too small.
We rented her a house for a period of one year in the Jalan Pantai Burung in Medan.
Amounting 4 million. Further we gave her like to mrs Dahnar 500.000 rupiah for buying dishes, cutlery and a gas cooker.
Mrs. Yap wants going to bake cookies and selling them to stands on the street to earn some money.
See photo mrs. Yap Siu Kien
Daniel Afandi
Through pastor James Bharataputra came the request to sponsor a student Daniel Afandi,
address Perum Citra 2 ext. Blok BG 7, no. 18 in West Jakarta.
His mother and 2 elder sisters died during the tsunami.
The business of his father in Banda Aceh is destroyed and therefore his study financing
has gone. His father was supplier to the army in Banda Aceh.
His mother carried on a catering service.
Daniel Afandi studies economics on the Universitas Tarumanegara in Jakarta.
The cost for the 4e en 5e semester amount 3 million rupiah,
further registration fees for 2 semesters ad 2,5 million rupiah.
The monthly expenses for cost of living and boardinghouse is 500.000 rupiah x 12 month
is 6 million. In total 11.490.000 rupiah. We now first have remitted 5 million
on the account number of Daniel Afandi.
Suriaty
Three stainless-steel pins and screws has been bought and delivered to mrs. Suriaty,
staying in the Tembaku Deli hospital. Her leg has been crushed by the tsunami.
Narrow plate and screws must be applied in her knee and steel pins in here foot.
She will be operated on one of these days. Costs of the 3 pins with screws is 2.490.000 Rupiah.
Lukman Bakrie and Rustam
Two crutches has been handed over to the tsunami victims Lukman Bakrie and Rustam
staying in the Tembakau Deli hospital. Price of the 2 crutches is in total 320.000 rupiah.
Accounting for the amounts
The amounts for house-renting are based upon the current rent.
For that amount a simple house can be rented in a certain quarter for a period of one year
The other amounts are defacto numbers for which the requested good can be bought.
The prices for school- and college fees are real amounts.
11.200 rupiah is 1 Euro
Information
The information about the victims we get through various cannels, by way of the Catholic church,
by way of a refugee camp, of hospitals and by way of informers. From the Catholic church we get
information of pastor James Bharataputra and mr. Salim.
Further we are helped by two volunteers, the pharmacist mrs. Suanni
and the English speaking guide mr. Lilik Suripto.
We keep you informed about the development of the project
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