Mercy Corps Indonesia

GCC

Global Citizen Corps Indonesia has produced 200 youth leaders all over Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi since July 2010. They have mobilized hundreds of their peers through 50 local action projects and reached thousands of others through the media.

ACCCRN

ACCCRN aims to equip poor and vulnerable communities with the right resources, tools and methods for responding to existing and future climate risks.

RW Siaga Plus+

RW Siaga Plus+ program has benefited water and sanitation access and hygiene behaviors to 300,000 population in Jakarta and Bekasi region.

OWOF

Our World Our Family program is assisting low-income & migrant communities have a greater awareness of financial opportunities & establish viable small & micro business, by supporting existing urban & rural programs throughout Indonesia in water sanitation, nutrition, agriculture, & youth programs.

TnT

Tofu and Tempe program aims to increase income, improve working conditions, and diminish environmental impact of production for 40,000 enterprises in the Greater Jakarta area.

West Sumatera Emergency Response & Recovery Program

Provide water supply construction for disease prevention of earthquake and tsunami communities in relocation camps in South Pagai and North Pagai, Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra Province.

Indonesia Response Team

What is the Indonesia Response Team
Why was the Indonesia Response Team created?

West Sumatera Earthquake 2009The IRT was created in 2007 in response to the large number of emergencies in Indonesia. In the past four years the Indonesia country program has responded to at least nine disasters – the Yogyakarta earthquake in May 2006, the Jakarta floods in February 2007, West Sumatra Earthquake in March 2007, West Sumatra/Bengkulu earthquake in 2007, West Sumatera earthquake 2009, West Java earthquake 2009, Mentawai earthquake & tsunami 2010, Yogyakarta volcano eruption 2010 and the West Sumatera flooding 2011. The frequency of our response efforts highlights the fact that Indonesia is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. Additionally, from Mercy Corps’ experience responding to international disasters, we have learned that our most effective emergency responses draw from the talents of our most experienced Mercy Corps staff – not from fresh recruits.

For A Better Future

The Story of Pak Alfian,a Kedai Balitaku Street Vendor
Tegal Alur Cooking Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Alfian AlfianPak Alfian, a 32 year old husband and father, is a one of the Kedai Balitaku (KeBal) street vendors working out of the Tegal Alur Cooking Center. He has two daughters - a six year old who attends primary school, and a four year old who does not yet attend school. Pak Alfian migrated from his hometown in Lampung, Sumatra to the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta, in 2010, for the same reason many other migrants do: the hope of making a better living.

In an effort to support his family, Pak Alfian started working as a construction mason when he first arrived in Jakarta. This job paid an average daily wage of IDR 50,000.00.but the working hours were inconsistent due to uncertain demand fluctuations. Pak Alfian is the sole wage earner as his wife does not work outside the home and fully dedicates her life to raising their children.

Simple, Multi Purpose

After the earthquake and tsunami struck the Mentawai Islands in 25 October of 2010, many the debris left in the old village after residents moved to higher land to escape if the same disaster come again. Masokut sub village, Beriulou village, is one of the sub villages that are directly affected in the district of South Sipora. From some of the great things people are needed after the earthquake and tsunami is a lighting problem in their new relocation. Before the tsunami struck Masokut community already has electrical installations which damaged by the tsunami. The distance they traveled to the capital district of South Sipora, Sioban to get fuel, not only non-technical constraints such as high winds and storms that cause high waves, coupled with cutting the frequency of availability of fuel in the Mentawai, this lighting problem is getting worse and complicated.

Neglected Springs Could Save Lives

Figure 1: Plastic hoses ‘catch’ the water from the Spring

On the way to Air Manis beach, some people might notice blue, yellow and white plastic hoses crossing the street. These plastic hoses funnel water from springs on the hill to a number of houses in Air Manis (meaning ‘Sweet Water’ in Bahasa) village of Padang City.

For many years, people have used this simple way of receiving the spring water for drinking, cooking, bathing and washing. People in Air Manis took what nature provided to them and they don’t see an important reason maintain and protect the spring.

Completing the efforts in DRR Program

On the last days of the 2 years program, the Public Private Partnership for Disaster Management (P3DM) Program managed to geared up the Disaster Preparedness Team (DPT) it helped formed and trained. Previously, each DPTs received 1 unit of rig and 1 handy talkie, posters, and uniforms. These were completed with the last distribution of; 1 unit of 3000W generator set, 10V battery and 10A charger, 45L Emergency Bag, and DPT signage. Throughout the program, there are 4 DPTs in Pesisir Selatan District and another 4 in Padang Pariaman district.