IMPORTANT NOTICE: The government has NOT requested for international assistance. No international USAR Teams are required and should NOT deploy.
Source: OCHA Indonesia/ROAP; Update as at 14 Aug 2018
1. As of 13 August 2018, BNPB reported that the total number of IDPs had reached 352,793 persons. The total number of damaged buildings includes 52,812 houses, 458 education facilities and 197 public facilities. A total of 437 people died as a result of the earthquake (North Lombok: 374 persons, East Lombok: 12 persons, West Lombok: 38 persons, Central Lombok: 2 persons, Mataram City: 9 persons and Denpasar City: 2 persons). The Government has extended the emergency response phase from 11 to 25 August 2018.2. President Joko Widodo visited disaster-affected people in Pemenang Sub-district in North Lombok District and continued to review the Operations Command Post yesterday, 13 August 2018. The President was accompanied by the Commander of the Armed Forces, Chief of Police, Minister for Public Works and Public Housing, Chief of Staff of the President’s Office, and the Head of BNPB, as well as the Governor of West Nusa Tenggara Province. It was reported to the President that priority items for emergency operations include tents, WASH facilities, water reservoirs, food, nutritional supplements for pregnant women, blanket and medicines. Heavy equipment and fuel availability are also a priority. The challenges are lack of transportation facilities for distribution of logistics. Damaged roads, hilly areas and village locations continue to present challenges for transportation of humanitarian assistance.
3. In a closed (limited) coordination meeting attended by the Governor of West Nusa Tenggara (Muhammad Zainul Majdi), Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (Basuki Hadimuljono), National Police Chief (Gen. Tito Karnavian), TNO Commander (Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto), Head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Marshal Madya M. Syaugi), and the Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (Willem Rampangilei), five presidential directives were provided:
Ensuring that the number and categorisation of damaged houses (severe, moderate and slightly damaged) is accurate. The government will provide compensation of Rp.50 million (equivalent to around US$3,400) for severely damaged homes. Ensuring that the damaged house compensation for disaster-affected people whose house is heavily damaged should start on 14 August 2018, starting with 1,000 houses. Restoring economic activity in disaster-affected areas as soon as possible. The President also assigned his staff to participate in prioritizing the improvement of facilities that support economic activities. Educating people on the importance of constructing earthquake-resistant houses to minimize damage should a disaster strike again in future. The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing is guiding people to construct their houses under RISHA (Simple House Healthy Home) guidance. The Ministry is also tasked to help repair and improve construction quality of damaged education and health facilities. Assigning the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing to repair and/or build health and education public facilities. 4. Coordination: In North Lombok district, the Command Post coordination meeting is held daily at 16:00 Central Indonesia Time (WITA), reduced from previously two times a day (in the morning and in the afternoon). < In East Lombok, the Command Post Coordination Meeting continues to be held in Madayin Village, East Lombok, at 16:00 Central Indonesia Time (WITA) (15:00 WIB). The contact person is Bapak Eddy Purba, BNPB, at +6281219345275. As earlier reported BNPB has opened facilitation posts to assist in the delivery of assistance in Mataram City, East Lombok, West Lombok and North Lombok districts. The daily coordination meeting of the Provincial Health Cluster is held at 08:00 WITA at the Office of Health Office to be followed by sub-clusters (task forces or Pokja) coordination meetings, with the following contact persons: - Pokja Health Services: Ibu Rohmi, +62819 1726 6566
- Pokja Medical Supplies and Logistics: IBu Fahmi, +62 877 6555 0652
- Pokja Environmental Health: Bapak Oka Wiguna, +62812144447981
- Pokja Hospital: Bapak Kertayasa, +6281907161818
- Pokja Data and Information: Ibu Irna, +62817864624986
- Pokja Mental Health: Bapak Zainul, +628123785657
- Surveillance Team: Ibu Rabiatul, +6281339596586
In Lombok, the National Cluster for Displacement and Protection Cluster held a meeting on 12 August in Senggigi Beach at West Lombok District. One the main of the results of the meeting was agreement on the need for a more detailed matrix on who-is-working-where with additional information on proposed duration of response and area of coverage for coordination purposes and development of the cluster sectoral plan. At the national level, the Displacement and Protection Cluster will hold its fourth coordination meeting tomorrow, 15 August, at 14:00 hrs. in the office of Wahana Visi Indonesia (WVI), Jl. K.H. Wahid Hasyim no. 33, Jakarta. Those who would like to join by Skype should contact Ms. Idha Kurniasih, (Tel: +6281314303639). For field level coordination and information exchange, a WhatsApp Group is already set up and is being used. Humanitarian agencies can join this group by clicking this link:https://chat.whatsapp.com/5OF7R45rNEGJwpaWHD9tS9 . Please find attached the matrix on who-is-doing-what compiled by the Cluster. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sub-cluster under the National Cluster for Displacement and Protection Cluster started holding coordination meetings today, 14 August. The contact person for the WASH sub-cluster at field level is Bapak Petrasa Wacana, +6281227836239. The meeting today was held in North Lombok upon completion of the regular coordination meeting of the Command Post. At national level, a WASH sub-cluster workshop was held today at UNICEF Office attended by a representative from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing. The main result of this meeting is that the Ministry will lead coordination for water and sanitation related issues and Ministry of Health for hygiene related issues. The initial coordination meeting will be hosted by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing tomorrow, 15 August, at 16:00 hrs. at Cipta Karya Building 2nd floor, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing. In Lombok the Education Cluster is holding a coordination meeting once every two days. The next meeting is planned to be held tomorrow at 14:00 hours at the Education Post, at SMP 1 Tanjung, North Lombok District. Please find attached the infographic (in Indonesian) on the education sector showing the latest data: total number of damaged schools: 671, damaged madrasah (Islamic religious schools): 178. Total number of displaced students and teachers: 3,639. 5. The National Facilitation Post (Pospenas) is providing a short training (free of charge) for humanitarian actors to use Qlue, an application to map disaster affected areas and humanitarian assistance needs. For those who are interested to be trained, please contact the Call Centre of the Command Post: +6285338639789 and +6285961472837.
6. PMI/IFRC provided a briefing in a meeting hosted by the Embassy of Switzerland where it was explained that the damage in North Lombok District is significant. Current issues are lack of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and shelter as well as low connectivity in communication systems such as the internet and mobile networks. In some areas power cuts continue. PMI is planning to have an 18-month intervention supporting emergency shelters, WASH, livelihood, Restoring Family Links (RFL), Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and supporting national society capacity.
7. The Call Centre for the Command Post for Emergency Response for the Lombok earthquake can be reached at tel: +6285338639789 and +6285961472837. The National Facilitation Post (Pospenas) can be contacted at +6285333656353.
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The Task Force from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing has developed an application to compile the information (photographs, GPS coordinate, information on displaced people as well as the assistance needed). Humanitarian actors can access this app by clicking here: https://ssid.solidtechs.com/ep/petagempa/login.php . Contact person: Bapak Moh. Ali Sadikin, +6282236509990 who can also provide information on how to obtain a user name and password to access the system.
9. TNI is providing Hercules flights to transport humanitarian aid free of charge from Halim Perdana Kusuma Jakarta Airport. The contact numbers of the TNI Aid Post are: +628126790682, +6281231611998 and +628187264089.
10. The contact persons from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for consular related issues are:
- Jakarta: Bapak Erie Nur Bawono, +6287776662309
- Lombok: Mr. Zaenal Abidinm, +6282111443479
13. The next update will be issued on Friday, 17 August 2018.
Maps DG ECHO's Daily map on Indonesia
BNPB EQ MAP1
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