News From CRS in Indonesia
One of the major challenges is to bring and distribute the aids to the disaster area because most of the infrastructure such as buildings and transportation facilities are damaged so they're sending the care packages to other places such as Medan and transport them by truck. They even have to bring their own gasoline for their vehicles. The food that can be consumed are mainly ready-to-eat food because they don't have anything to cook with.
CRS (Catholic Relief Service) is working together with other Catholic organizations including KWI, JRS (Jesuit Relief Svc.) and ICMC and set up a coordination team in Medan to join their efforts in helping the victims. KWI is currently concentrating their effort in Nias. Most needed items are food, baby food and shelters. Medical needs are taken care primarily by MSF (Medicine Sans Frontier or Doctors Without Borders), the Red Cross and military medical personnel.
From: Ronny Rusli
To: icc-dfw@yahoogroups.org
Subject: CRS Response
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:28:07 -0600
Posted by prasetyocm
at 5:14 PM EST
