Unspun

This is a further update from HOPE Indonesia Country Director Charles Ham, who’s been at the forefront in helping victims of the floods in Jakarta. This was sent to Unspun last night:

Sixth Day of Jakarta Flood Disaster Relief went well.

The water went up quite high the night before, affecting more areas. We are still cut off from our office (which is on 7th floor safe from water), and created the crisis center in my house in Ancol, North Jakarta. 1,000 ready-to-eat meals were distributed (McDonalds and donated rice boxes) as well as 260 bread; Water, instant noodles, blankets, clothes, candles, flashlights were also distributed. Areas covered were Sunter, Tanjung Priok, Ciledug, East Jakarta, Kelapa Gading.

One unit of “Vortex Voyager” portable water filter made the trip and was installed in Pulomas East Jakarta. The unit is capable of turning river water into mineral water at 2 liter per minute, providing an alternative
drinking water up to 2,500 liter water per day.

We also assembled 200 “HOPE First Aid Kit” that contains over-the-counter medicines  for families; this is necessary for small wounds, fever, vitamins, diarrhea, skin infections, and coughs. Half were distributed
right away. The plan is to assembled up to 700-800 of these kits.

Yesterday 7 teams conducted SAR in Plumpang, Kelapa Gading, Sunter, East Jakarta, Bekasi 1,500 ready-to-eat meals were also distributed, mainly from McDonald’s and Breadbox. Friday morning, Singapore Airline will transport 1,000 lbs of humanitarian aid for the flood victims. We look forward for the assistance.

Thank you for  all the support! Please keep the victims in your prayers as the risk has not decreased yet. We will not be surprised if the water will take up to 2 weeks to dry.