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    INDONESIA DELEGATION, ISSUE# 10 - FEBRUARY 2014

    Go Green and Clean

    STRENGTHENED DISASTER COORDINATIONAND RESPONSE PREPAREDNESSIN EAST INDONESIA:FINAL NOTES FROM MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF HARD WORK

    AND MEASURABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

    Promot ing Safe Dr inking Wat er

    Thr ough CBHFA Appr oach

    A Not e ofFarewell

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    Strengthened disaster coordination and responsepreparedness in east Indonesia: final notes from more than

    two years of hard work and measurable achievements

    Promoting Safe Drinking WaterThrough CBHFA Approach

    A Note of Farewell

    Our Last Contribution to the Country

    Go Green and Clean

    Building synergy & promoting effectivenessthrough Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Forum -

    Challenges & Opportunities

    J apanese Red Cross, Update

    When Strength Advocacy meet Sustainability

    Staffing Talk

    PMI, Indosat and Leo Burnett Step up Voluntary Blood DonorRecruitment through Bloodbook

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    s the title suggests, the Strengthened Disaster Coordination and Response

    Preparedness in East Indonesia project aims at strengthening PMI branches inAdisaster-prone districts in East Indonesia, in their role as first responders in disastersituations, and auxiliary to the government, as mandated by law.

    Two years on, the project's implementers PMI and the Australian Red Cross can effectively say

    that this aim has been achieved. Pak Rapiuddin Hamarung, Head of Office of the PMI

    headquarters says: We have focused on sustainability in this particular project, to make sure

    that the PMI branches have a strong management structure, and are not only program-

    oriented. The most important thing is that after the project is closed, each PMI branch will

    remain able to play that crucial role as first response agency in a disaster, in close coordination

    with the local government. The project is funded by the Australian government through the

    Australia Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR).

    In two years, the project has made remarkable progress in the functioning of the 16 target

    PMI provincial chapters and district branches: all now have a proper office building, with a

    24/7 command post (posko) with HF and VHF radio communication to Jakarta, and otherdistricts. All PMI offices have full-time staff, whose salaries are paid for from sustainable

    sources (mainly government), as well as trained volunteers, who conduct regular activities in

    the community.

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    STRENGTHENED DISASTER COORDINATIONAND RESPONSE PREPAREDNESSIN EAST INDONESIA:FINAL NOTES FROM MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF

    HARD WORKAND MEASURABLE ACHIEVEMENTS Sacha Boot smaPhoto: PMI Kota Kupang

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    Photo: Agung Lestyawan

    The project has significantly improved the achieve, such as ensuring the legalcoordination with the governmental disaster appointment of the board in each branch,

    management agency, BPBD (Badan the recruitment of staff and volunteers, as

    Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah) in each well as the arrangement of a proper office

    province and district, thanks to joint space. After one year, 9 out of the 17

    contingency planning and simulation junior managers were selected to continue

    exercises. All 16 PMI offices now have at least for another 9 months, to focus on

    one contingency plan for different natural additional tasks like the coordination with

    hazards, some prepared jointly with the BPBD BPBD, the elaboration of the contingency

    in the district. All these plans have been plans, as well as the organization of theshared with the BPBD for their approval, and joint simulation exercises. The deployment

    are in the process of being endorsed by the period of the junior managers ended in

    bupati of each district, as well as the December 2013.

    provincial governors for the provincial plans.

    Three joint simulation exercises have been Now that all the junior managers have

    conducted to test the contingency plans in returned home, the focus is to maintain

    North Luwu, South Sulawesi province on 29 the program's positive achievements. PMI

    and 30 October 2013, in Manokwari, West and Australian Red Cross will therefore

    Papua province on 20-22 November 2013, continue to monitor the progress of the 16

    and in Belu, NTT province on 4-5 December PMI offices and poskos . Also, a final

    2013. evaluation is planned by April 2014 to

    measure the impact of the project.

    The key success to the project was the

    mobilization of 17 enthusiastic, skilled junior

    managers, with previous experience in well-

    functioning PMI branches like Jogjakarta and

    Bali, for a one-year period to the target weak

    or non-existent branches in East Indonesia.

    After 2 months of thorough training inFebruary 2012, the junior managers (or

    pendamping) were given a list of tasks to

    Photo: Arifin F.

    e joint simulation exercises have been conducted to test the flooding

    ntingency plan in Belu, NTT province on 4-5 December 2013.

    This program provided commmunication and IT devices at the Posko of each PMI

    branch for make communication smoothly to each other

    Photo: Arifin F.

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    ell, it is a way of saying that it is better toprevent an illness than to treat it.WTreatment can be costly, life-changing andsometimes damaging. In the Community Based Health

    and First Aid (CBHFA) project implemented in three

    villages in Kapuas district supported by Spanish Red

    Cross, with around 2.700 households, it is clear that in

    this region of Indonesia there is an urgent need for

    safe drinking water, principally to prevent the most

    common disease in the area: diarrhoea.

    It has been almost a year since the first phase of

    household water treatment methodology component

    was introduced to the community through a small

    piloting facilitated by the Water Sanitation and

    Hygiene/WASH technical working group.* The main

    objective in this phase was to increase the

    community's knowledge about these five

    methodologies of water treatment: bio-sand filter,

    solar disinfection, boiling water, chemical disinfectant

    (chlorine) and ceramic filter. The trainings focused on

    sharing knowledge and practising each method in-

    Promot ing Safe Dr ink ing Wat erThrough CBHFA Appr oachKapuas district, Central Kalimantan Province

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    Remember the

    old adage,

    Prevention is

    better than

    cure?

    Wira - ICRC, int roducing t he ut ilization o f ceramic filt er Photo: Spanish Red Cross

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    depth, even a bio-sand filter was built from

    scratch by the community volunteers. A

    district health office laboratory in Kapuas

    then analysed the water treated through

    different methods by the volunteers.

    Through 113 community volunteers in three

    villages, they chose two methodologies

    whereas the second is an alternative if the

    first one is not applicable. The second

    alternative is to widen the possibilities and

    to make sure that they will treat the water

    before it is consumed. The ceramic filter was

    selected as the most popular and boiling

    water was the alternative. From this stage, in

    September 2013, PMI Kapuas branch

    performed a large piloting by distributing

    180 units of ceramic filter to the community

    volunteers to let them get familiar with it so

    they can relay the information to the rest of

    the community beneficiaries.

    This February 2014, PMI Kapuas branch and

    its volunteers are ready to distribute around2,500 units of ceramic filters among the

    beneficiary households to support them to

    take action to reduce health risks. Now, they

    are all aware that consuming safe drinking

    water leads to a healthy life.

    Jar-test, to determine the optimum dosage of coagulant

    Photo: Spanish Red Cross

    Nordin, facilitating the counting of water t reatment chosen

    by the community volunteers

    Photo: Spanish Red Cross

    Agung-IFRC, facilit ating th e assembl ing of b io-sand

    filtration

    *Our gratitude to W irakhman Somantri - ICRC and

    Agung Lestyawan IFRC in facilitating t he water

    treatment methodology to the community.

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    or more than 10 years it has been a tremendous experience with

    ups and down as we all learned from new approaches and pilotFundertakings. Programmes were started and ended; new ideas ledto new opportunities and thus new programmes with very awarding

    results. However, hardly a year went by without disrupting disasters of

    any conceivable kind that's after all what brought Danish Red Cross to

    Indonesia in 2003. The tsunami overshadowed it all and its wake was

    followed by untold suffering and needs. The response to the tsunamiwas to mount an unprecedented mobilisation of the collective

    Movement strength to assist PMI in their response.

    The post tsunami operation also forged many valuable partnerships

    which benefitted communities well beyond Aceh. Through support from

    this partnership PMI grew stronger and has become more proactive by

    making sound investments in building stronger communities, or - to

    use the new buzz word - build resilience. It has been very comforting to

    see that PMI chapters and branches remain very committed to focus onways to avoid or at least reduce unnecessary sufferings. It is assuring to

    see that chapters and branches do understand that responding to

    avoidable sufferings and needs is about five to seven times more

    expensive than prevention.

    Through programmes, Danish Red Cross has supported PMI's work in

    11 provinces and about 44

    branches and thereby covered a

    vast geographical area. However,

    we are sure the work has gone well

    beyond these provinces as many

    other PNS have adopted, in part or

    fully, the valuable work of

    prevention and reduction.

    Finally let me thank our colleagues

    at all PMI levels, PNS's colleagues,

    be it delegates or local staff and

    especially DRC local staff for yourtremendous efforts and support

    during Danish Red Cross

    operation in Indonesia.

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    A Not e of

    FarewellPeder S. Damm

    DRC Count ry Representat ive

    hoto: Danish Red CrossPhoto: Danish RC

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    he Sulawesi Integrated Community Based Action Team/CBAT members in 40Based Risk Reduction/ICBRR villages who have been trained inTProgramme and East Java Disaster Risk disaster preparedness. At the district

    Reduction Initiative/DRRi Programme have level, 270 volunteer corps/disaster

    been the strong focus at the end of Danish response teams (KSR-SATGANA) haveRed Cross presence in Indonesia and served been established and trained in nineas our last contribution to the country after districts/municipalities.years of mutual partnership and support toPMI in particular and Indonesia in general as Considering the continuous support toone of the most hazard-prone country in the Sulawesi in implementing disasterworld. preparedness programme since the pilot

    Community Based DisasterICBRR Progr amme in Sulaw esi Preparedness/CBDP Programme in 2003,

    it is expected that PMI will get valuableAs it was originally designed, the ICBRR benefits as well as lesson learned and be

    programme in Sulawesi aimed to strengthen able to designed and implemented theirthe capacity of communities living in disaster own disaster preparedness programmeprone areas to be more prepared and in the future.resilient to particular hazards in theirrespective area. The programme itself has DRRi Preparedness for Responsebeen conducted over two phases from 2009 Programme in East Javato 2013, covering three provinces of West,North and Southeast Sulawesi. In East Java Province, the DRRi

    Preparedness for Response ProgrammeA total of 46,946 community members have which was initiated on 11 Novemberreceived direct and indirect benefits from 2011 was completed on 31 December

    this programme, including 879 Community 2013. It covered three programme areas,

    Our Last

    Contr ibutiont o t he Count r y Shelter Technical Training for PMI's volunteer in thepreparedness stage as one part of development of t hepre-existing capacities

    Buyung Yuliandri S.

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    programme will help PMI in facilitating the facilitate blood donation process, whilecommunity's participation in blood donation functioning as a movement to increaseactivities, conveyed Alexander Rusli, the community's awareness and link thePresident Director and CEO of Indosat. next generation with blood donation in

    Indonesia, said Anne Ridwan, Managing

    presents real time information on Editor of Leo Burnett.blood donor services, including the stock ofblood supply at PMI's blood units across the Similarly to , the Bloodbookcountry and the location of blood donation application encourages the communityunits at the district/municipality level in to become voluntary blood donor,Indonesia, which makes it easy for the particularly replacement blood donors tocommunity to donate and find blood. On help others in need through Facebookthis website, the community also have social network.access to PMI's latest blood donation We often receive text messages aboutactivities. people looking for blood during

    emergencies, although these may be

    One of PMI's target is to recruit voluntary hoaxes. Bloodbook links up people inblood donors from the younger generation. need for blood with donors within ourThis is in line with PMI's continuous own network. Through Bloodbook, wecampaign to make blood donation a part of don't need to hesitate to help andone's lifestyle. To recruit younger donors, donate our blood to others, AnnePMI collaborates with Leo Burnett Ridwan explained.advertising agency to establish theBloodbook online application. and Bloodbank information

    system is made in synergy and supportBeing part of the community, we are of each other. Currently andconcerned about the lack of community Bloodbook can be accessed by theinterest in blood donation. We therefore community at http://ayodonor.pmi.or.idhope that this Bloodbook can contribute to and http://bloodbook.pmi.or.id.the increased blood supply in Indonesia and

    Ayo Donor

    Ayo Donor

    Ayo Donor

    Ayo Donor

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    Socialization of bloodbook at the Senior high school (SMA 28) in Jakarta. Photo: Indra

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    ndonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI) supported by

    the American Red Cross (AmCross) conducted green and clean

    Icampaigns in five locations during October-December 2013 topromote environmental friendly behaviour and practices to reducedisaster risk and mitigate the climate change impact. These campaigns

    were part of the Greater Jakarta Urban DRR and AmCross-USAID

    Coastal DRR and Community Resilience Project.

    The campaigns were conducted in Bogor, Mataram, Cilacap and Aceh

    Jaya, participated by a total of 2,998 people consisting of community

    members, Youth Red Cross members, PMI volunteers, non-governmentorganisations, private sectors and government institutions

    representatives such as the disaster management agency, ministry of

    environment, ministry of forestry, and ministry of marine and fisheries.

    PMI Bogor organised various activities such as exhibitions, first aid

    competitions, storytelling, garbage recycling competition, green and

    clean poster competition, river cleaning and tree planting in the

    Ciliwung riverbank. The event that was conducted on 12 November

    2013, also as part of commemorating the International Day for DisasterReduction, which falls on 13 October. It was held in collaboration with

    Bogor DRR Forum and was supported by Bank Jawa Barat (Bank JABAR)

    and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Meanwhile, in

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    GOGREEN &CLEAN Photo:Yosm

    alole

    The youth volunteer planting coastal

    vegetat ion at Cilacap

    Yos Malole

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    Mataram, on 27 October 2013, PMI organised mass river

    cleaning activities to increase the community's awareness to

    keep the river clean. At the same time, PMI Mataram in

    collaboration with the government conducted a

    groundbreaking ceremony for a composting and recycling unit

    to jointly address the solid waste problems.

    In the coastal areas, PMI West Lombok, PMI Cilacap and PMI

    Aceh Jaya conducted coastal cleanup and coastal vegetation

    planting. In total, 10,000 mangrove trees, 950 coastal

    vegetation (Casuarina and Ketapang) and 400 productive trees

    (Mango and Glodokan) have been planted. In West Lombok on

    26 October 2013, 400 casuarinas were planted in the coast line

    of Cemara village to restore the coastal vegetation which was

    destroyed due to illegal logging. In Cilacap, the event was

    conducted on 27 December 2013 in collaboration of thenational oil and gas company (PERTAMINA) and the

    government. PERTAMINA provided 10,000 mangrove and 400

    casuarinas, while the government provided 400 productive

    trees. PMI Aceh Jaya conducted the event on 29 December

    2013 as part of the Tsunami commemoration and planted 150

    trees. For a longer term impact, PMI has established nine

    community based nurseries with the capacity to produce

    225,200 coastal vegetation trees consisting of mangrove and

    Casuarinas as part of a sustainable effort to rehabilitate thecoastal green belt in those locations.

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    Photo: Yos Malole

    The volunteer of PMI clean up t he river

    in Mataram

    Poster competi tion for youth at Bogor

    Photo: Yos Malole

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    ollowing the Indian Ocean Tsunami aftermath, there has been

    a growing interest in DRR sector globally which alsoFtranslated into greater number of agencies working on theissue nationally including in Aceh Province. During the Tsunami

    Recovery Program in Aceh, the Aceh Rehabilitation and

    Reconstruction Agency (Badan Rehabilitasi & Rekonstruksi Aceh -

    Nias/BRR) provided leadership and coordination roles on behalf of

    the government. These roles had however been 'vacant' for some

    time after BRR left, as Badan Penanggulangan Bencana

    Aceh/BPBA, the Aceh disaster management agency responsible to

    play such role for the sector, was only established in 2009. As a new

    agency with mostly inexperienced personnel, the BPBA has had

    difficulties in fully organising itself and at the same time, taking up

    its roles and responsibilities, including coordination, in a rapid

    manner. Consequently, there was a vacuum in DRR leadership,

    which resulted in a fragmented DRR coordination effort from

    stakeholders - all with their own strategies and priorities.

    Building Synergy & Promot ing Ef f ect ivenessThrough Disast er Risk Reduct ion (DRR) For um -

    Challenges & Oppor t unit ies

    Syarifah Marlina Al Mazhir

    Init ial meeting to establ ish DRR Forum in Aceh Tamiang

    Photo Amcross

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    During the early stages of the roll-out, the Forum is led by a board elected by the

    National Disaster Management Agency members, and hosts a monthly meeting in

    (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan which the members share update and

    Bencana/BNPB) and BPBA developed its discuss DRR topic(s) agreed by an agenda

    internal capacity, policies, and regulations. beforehand.

    They further evolved and consolidated the

    considerable experience which they had To date, over two years after its

    already obtained pre and post tsunami, establishment, the Forum has made someincluding during its earlier iterations, such as key accomplishments. It developed a

    BAKORNAS. As the government focused Forum strategic plan and advocated for

    mostly on strengthening this new agency, funding allocation from the government;

    American Red Cross and PMI used the carried out well-attended monthly

    opportunity of having a new ICBRR project meetings; facilitated a joint workshop to

    at the provincial level to promote synergy develop a CBDRR model and indicators

    among stakeholders thus improving based on PMI's ICBRR model; facilitated

    program information sharing and the establishment of EWS technical

    coordination between different levels of PMI working group; and developed Acehand with other interested stakeholders. CBDRR model and indicators jointly with

    Together with PMI, American Red Cross BPBA. It also conducted 12 DRR

    worked closely with the UNDP DRR-A (Aceh) coordination meetings with local

    Project in promoting and discussing with government and relevant stakeholders

    BPBA as the lead agency ways in which to and strengthened DRR linkages at the

    improve the effectiveness and efficiency of district level.

    working together with all other stakeholders.

    In November 2010, under the auspices of Furthermore, the Aceh DRR Forum

    local government, a congress was assisted the BPBA in producing

    conducted to facilitate the establishment of contingency plans, such as for the

    the DRR Forum at the province in July 2011 Seulawah Agam volcanic eruption and

    through a governor's decree. The DRR Banda Aceh earthquake, as well as in

    DRR Forum was reviewing response to Apr il 11 earthquakePhoto Amcross

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    conducting mock drills to test those leadership, regulatory clout and technical

    contingency plans. Following the 8.5 and resources to the Forum as well. Assuming

    8.1 Richter Scale earthquakes in Aceh on such a consistent auxiliary role should result

    11 April 2012 and the 6.2 Richter Scale in the securing of government funding for

    earthquake on 2 July 2013, the Aceh DRR the national society, again at different levels,Forum facilitated stakeholders meetings for their important and value added DRR

    to discuss responses to those work.

    earthquakes and recommendations forLessons learned and ways fo rw ardimprovement.

    Finally, the Provincial DRR Forum facilitated DRR Forum can be an effectivethe establishment of a similar platform at

    coordination mechanism for stakeholdersthe district level including in Aceh Tamiangto share updates and promote synergyand Bener Meriah.and collaboration

    Despite the aforementioned Leadership including fundingaccomplishments, the Forum also faced

    commitment from the government i.e.significant challenges in maintaining aBPBA is key to the success andconsistent performance while implementingsustainability of the Forum, so as toits strategic plan. These were due to severalsecure commitment and activereasons including 1) the capacity and highparticipation from the boards and theturnover in the Government BPBA/BPBDmembers of the forum. Therefore, it isleadership; 2) lack of funding; 3) inconsistentimportant to attract the government andparticipation from its members; and 4) lack

    the Forums member organisations andof commitment and leadership of the boardhelp them see the value added of themembers due to funding inconsistency. Atforum and then advocate the BPBA forPMI level, although PMI has been playing anfunding support.active role in facilitating the establishment

    and operation of DRR forum, most of those The forum provides an excellentcontributions were closely supported by

    opportunity to PMI to establish a formalAmerican Red Cross. Institutionally, PMI (atauxiliary role with the BNPB/BPBD anddifferent levels) has not taken advantage ofshare their experience and contribute toits auxiliary support role to the GOI, which it

    a more formal and consistent level ofcould have done by providing technicaldisaster management effort. This will notsupport and leveraging its significantonly increase the significance of PMI incommunity outreach through tangiblethe eye of other stakeholders but alsoand/or consistent support to the Forum.raise PMIs public profile. To achieve this,Taking advantage of such a formal technicalPMI at different levels would be requiredand community outreach role could provideto maintain a consistent follow up andPMI the platform at various levels (i.e.continue to boost its own technicaldistrict, provincial and national) to create acompetencies and confidence to bereal synergy of effort with the government,strategically positioned in the sector.

    who brings financial, coordination

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    rom 16 to 18 December 2013, a

    mid-term review was conductedFfor the Japanese Red Crosssupported ICBRR programme in Banten

    Province. Although many

    challenges/obstacles were revealed,

    many positive results also came into

    sight.

    The mid-term review showed that

    ICBRR helped two branches, namely

    Cilegon and Pandeglang, in gaining a

    new recognition from the community

    and local government. This recognition

    seemed to have encouraged them in

    carrying out a new role to work on

    disaster preparedness and risk

    reduction with the community. Bothbranches have started to think about a

    continuity of ICBRR through accessing

    financial support from local companies

    via their corporate social responsibility

    programme, and from the local

    government.

    The provincial chapter and two

    branches have identified the focus for2014 based on the strengths or

    achievements highlighted by the mid-

    term review. The plan for 2014 will be

    finalized by March 2014.

    Japanese Red Cross Update

    CBAT in Pandeglang Distr ict: CBAT show strong solidari ty and w ill ingness tocarry out ICBRR prog ramme after a group discussion in Kuban Kampi l on 17December.

    CBAT in Cilegon City: One of the representatives presents

    feedback on t he activi ti es in a group discussion in Samang Raya

    on 16 December.

    JapanesseRedCrossSociety

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    Yuko Yoshida

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    he district of Lembata is located on regular monitoring and evaluation.

    one of three islands where PartnersTfor Resilience (PfR) is working as a The intervention by PMI through youthconsortium in the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) activities raised the interest of the local

    province of Indonesia. On the island with a government, especially the Ministry of

    population of 117,638 people, the Education, Youth and Sports(PPO).

    Netherlands Red Cross/NLRC fully supports Budget allocations from the ministry's

    the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merahoffice to support PMR activities areIndonesia/PMI) as a partner who is working confirmed for the next five years, with

    on integrating Climate Change Adaptation additional funds for additional activities.

    (CCA) and Ecosystem A MoU will be signed to continue

    Restoration (EMR) into

    disaster risk reduction.

    Policy and advocacy

    are key activities in the

    sustainability process

    of PfR. To this aim, PMI

    conducts advocacy

    meetings to sensitize

    local governments on

    PfR.

    The Red Cross Youth

    (Palang Merah

    Remaja/PMR) play an

    important role as themain resources of PMI

    in implementing

    programmes. Youthdisaster preparedness with the

    volunteers are active as change agents inintegration of CCA and EMR.

    schools and universities, continuously

    coached to ensure the sustainability andPMI hopes that this initiative, building

    quality of the application of approaches.community's resilience through the

    Ten schools were selected and establishededucation sector can be replicated in

    as disaster preparedness school/university. other areas in Indonesia.As an investment in youth knowledge and

    skills, the methodology was developed inSource: PMI-NLRC

    interactive and continuous sessions with

    Management and

    W hen t he st rengt h of advocacy

    meet s sust ainabil i t y

    This is one of the turn ing points for PMI advocacy in Lembata district in an effort toembrace PPO department to strengthen the PfR approach. It is being run today andsupport s the government's efforts to establish a strong and resilient communit ythrough the education sector.

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    Staffing TalkNEW COMERS:(1)Arifin Fitrianto, 1 Januari 2014, Media Information and Reporting Manager,

    Australian Red Cross(2) Ahmad Husein, 1 Januari 2014, Sr. Development &CommManager, IFRC, One Month Break(3)Husni Mubarok, 1 Januari 2014, Sr. IT TelecomOfficer, IFRC, One Month Break(4) Nurul Indariah, 1 Januari 2014, Sr. PNS/Support Service Officer, IFRC,

    (5) Lanny Yusnita, 1 Januari 2014, Sr. Health Officer, American Red Cross, One Month Break(6) Awaluddin, 1 Januari 2014, Sr. ProgramAdmin Finance Office,

    Japanese Red Cross, One Month Break(7) D.Donny Sakka Pansa, 1 Januari 2014, Sr. Project Officer, Spanish Red Cross ,(8) Fakhri, 1 Januari 2014, WATSANProgramOfficer, Netherlands Red Cross,

    STAFF OUT:

    (9) Buyung Yuliandri Setiawan, 31 Dec 13,Programme Manager, Danish Red Cross

    (10)Djumadii, 31 Dec 13,Driver, Danish Red Cross

    (11) Ethika Fitriani, 31 Dec 13,Finance Manager, Danish Red Cross

    (12)Priska Apriliasari, 31 Dec 13,Finance &Admin Assistant, Danish Red Cross

    (13)Muchrizal Harris Ritonga, 31 Dec 13,Sr. Programme Officer, Danish Red Cross

    (14)Rahayu Savitri, 30 Dec 13,Supporting Officer, Italian Red Cross

    (15)Meihaar Josiano Marsaoly, 20 Dec 13,PfRProgramManager, Netherlands Red Cross(16)Afrioko Yogyadi, 31 Dec 13,

    Finance Officer, Netherlands Red Cross

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    thWith the spirit of togetherness we proudly publish the 10 edition of an internal

    newsletter entitled . This newsletter is intended to disseminate information

    of activities/programs among member of the RCRC movement who are working in

    Indonesia to fully support the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI).

    Please feel free to give your comments and critics to improve the quality of our

    beloved newsletter.

    SEND YOUR ARTICLES, COMMENTS AND CRITICS TO

    AHMAD HUSEIN - IFRC : [email protected]

    ARIFIN FITRIANTO : [email protected]

    DEWI KURNIAWATI : [email protected]

    THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

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    is not intended for sale. We hope all National Societies will contribute by providing

    information about the progress of the programmes they support that are currentlybeing implemented by the PMI.

    AULIA ARRIANI

    AHMAD HUSEINDINO ARGIANTOARIFIN FITRIANTO, GODRIL YUWONO

    DEWI KURNIAWATIYUKO YOSHIDAPOCUT FARRA AYESYA

    PALANG MERAH INDONESIAINTERNATIONAL FEDERATION RED CROSS AND

    RED CRESCENT SOCIETIESAMERICAN RED CROSS

    AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS

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    International Federation

    of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies