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Relief Work


MSC relief work provides basic support to people in emergency situations. Relief is provided in response to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, or other situations such as famine or conflict.

In these emergency situations, direct assistance such as the distribution of clothing, food, seeds, tools or temporary housing, may be provided.

Relief measures provide life-sustaining assistance aimed at the communities directly affected by the disaster.


Relief Projects: Yogyakarta Projects for Earthquake Victims, May 2006

posted May 4, 2009 8:24 PM by MSC Mission Australia MSC Mission Australia   [ updated May 17, 2009 11:22 PM ]

Location: Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
 
Name of developing country partner: MSC Mission Office, Indonesia.
 
Objectives: to provide relief and immediate assistance to the victims of the May 2006 5.9 Richter earthquake in Yogyakarta province in May 2006. the earthquake killed nearly 6000 people and destroyed approximately 300,000 homes.
 
Intended beneficiaries: The communities of approximately 24 villages in Yogyakarta Province.
 
Description of activities: MSC provided funding to the MSC Mission Office in Indonesia to provide toilets, sanitation and clean water systems to villages destroyed by the earthquake. The Mission Office in Indonesia surveyed the damage and the needs of each community and compiled individual applications for each village.
 
Project Review: Toilets and sanitation systems have been installed or upgraded in each village.
 
Budget: AUD$35,400.00
 

Victims of Flooding in Dumoga

posted May 4, 2009 8:22 PM by MSC Mission Australia MSC Mission Australia   [ updated May 17, 2009 11:25 PM ]

Location: Villages of Mototabian, Ponompian and Mogoyunggung in the area of Dumoga, District of Bolaang Mongondow (bolmong), Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
 
Name of developing country partner: MSC Mission Office Indonesia.
 
Obejectives: To provide and immediate assistance to the victims of flooding in Dumoga in 2006.
 
Intended beneficiaries: Families in the villages of Mototabian, Ponompian and Mogoyunggung.
 
Description of activities: MSC Mission Office Australia provided funding to the MSC Mission Office in Indonesia to rebuild floors, bathrooms and toilets in homes, churches and schools and to provide clean water systems, food, tools, transport and medication to the local community.
 
Progress to date: The relief was immediately provided.
 
Budget: AUD$42,893.90 
 

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