Shelter kits distribution

On Friday, 29 January 2021, ADRA Indonesia distributed relief items to 500 families of victims of the earthquake in Galung village, Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi. The shelter’s package consists of 3 sheets of 4×6 tarpaulin, 1/2 kg nails, 1 pcs hammer, and 30-meter rope. Most of the residents’ houses in this village were severely damaged […]
Mr. Rajab’s story, A survivor of West Sulawesi’s earthquake

Pak Rajab is one of the earthquake survivors in Takandaeng Village, Tapalang sub-district, Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi province. Pak Rajab has a wife and five children. When the earthquake first struck with 5.9 SR on January 14, 2021, at 2:35 pm (Indonesian Central Time), they managed to save themselves by leaving their house. Frightened by […]
Rapid Needs Assessment

A day after the main 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck West Sulawesi, ADRA immediately deployed its emergency response team, Pak Ayang, and Pak Jimmy, to conduct a rapid needs assessment. ADRA decided to deploy its team from Palu, Central Sulawesi. A Rapid needs assessment is crucial in this stage to know the survivors’ needs. After 12 […]
ADRA Indonesia and Pujiono Center launch the LLDPP Program

ADRA Indonesia, in collaboration with Pujiono Center, recently launched a new program entitled LLDPP (locally lead Disaster Preparedness and Protection through strong institutions, capable staff, and continuous learning throughout three provinces in Indonesia). The launch took place at the Novotel Hotel Yogyakarta, 9-10 September 2020. Clinton Rappell, Country Director of ADRA Indonesia, opened the activity. […]
Helping Mrs. Mina, an elderly who works as a farm freelancer

That afternoon Heru, one of the managers of the KOMIDA cooperative who also took the responsibility as an ADRA volunteer in the “Save the Elderly People from COVID-19” project, was walking to a village where he would meet some elderly women who were the members of the KOMIDA cooperative. On the way to the village, […]
Mrs. Uni, an elderly who sells tempe

Her age as a 69 older woman does not stop Uni from working to earn a living. She and her husband, a 70 years old man, work together to produce tempe, traditional food made from fermented soybeans. Andi was a volunteer from the KOMIDA cooperative. He said that even though Uni had some problems with […]
Daratolona story

Mrs. Daratolona is 70 years old. With her husband, she lives far away in a remote village, tens of kilometers from the downtown crowd of Palu, Central Sulawesi. Every day her husband must look for forest products such as young rattan for sale. Daratolana brings this young rattan to the traditional market, which is open […]
COVID-19 Prevention

ADRA Indonesia has anticipated the impact of the spreading of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) to its humanitarian project sustainability. Currently, there are several large projects ongoing, Reconstruction project, Livelihood Recovery Project for disaster victims in Central Sulawesi, and also the HIV / AIDS anti-stigma project in Papua, Indonesia. ADRA Indonesia is responsible for mitigating and […]
Peter Latuasan from Jono Oge Village

In the past, Peter and his wife managed 6 beds of mustard vegetable gardens and goats’ daily. But the earthquake and liquefaction had devastated not only residential areas but also vegetable and goat farms, which were managed behind the house. For 13 days, along with other residents Peter, his wife and children lived on […]
Socializing About Earthquake-Resistant Cement (Ferrocement Method) and the Rehabilitation of Damaged Houses (Retrofit)

Before starting the Maternal and Child Health Services development program, the reconstruction team carried out an activity of socialization and a time to watch together for residents in villages that will be built by Maternal and Child Health Services as a place of socialization. In this place, residents can socialize and talk about the reconstruction […]