5.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN WEST JAVA

December 14, 2022

5.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN WEST JAVA

2022

Photos: National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Photos: National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Our Response

In support of Caritas Indonesia, CHARIS has put up a cause to fundraise $30,000 to provide immediate assistance in ensuring the basic needs of earthquake survivors are timely met. Emergency shelter kits, Non-Food items and personal hygiene kits haven been distributed, and damaged water installation points have also been repaired to improve water sanitation and hygiene.

Periodic updates will be reflected on the campaign page.

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On 21st November 2022, a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit the region of West Java. Though the earthquake was shallow, the damage and devastation caused were staggering – more so than the earthquakes they have experienced in the past 2 decades. According to the report by The National Agency for Disaster Countermeasures of Indonesia, the impact of the earthquake has cost the lives of 329 individuals and displaced over 100,000 people.

After an initial assessment done by Caritas Indonesia in 4 affected village areas in two sub-districts, Cianjur Regency, the affected communities are living in makeshift shelters that may be haphazardly put together. Access to clean water remains a concern as roads have been damaged, causing difficulties in the distribution of clean water.

Support and aid are needed in areas of food provision, shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene.

 

Disaster Response
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