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83322
Tue, 10/06/2009 - 17:48
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WORLD VISION TO FOCUS ON CHILDREN OF W SUMATRA QUAKE VICTIMS
Banda Aceh, Oct 6 (ANTARA) - International humanitarian organization World Vision is to focus its activities in quake-devastated West Sumatra on children of the disaster's victims, a spokesperson said.
World Vision Indonesia Operation Director Amelia Merrick in a press statement here on Tuesday said her organization would undertake efforts to restore the mental well-being of quake-affected children in West Sumatra.
Amelia Merrick said World Vision had also called on the Indonesian government and other humanitarian organizations to prioritize the children's physical and psychological recovery.
"It is a very critical moment when the need of the quake-affected children in West Sumatra should be the top of our priority," she said, adding that the children were in desperate need of adequate food and clean water, good sanitation and shelter.
As part of a 90-day emergency response, she said World Vision would open 13 rooms in Padang Pariaman and Padang city for the children to play, study, and be at ease with their peers.
To date, World Vision had distributed relief aid that included clothes, mats, household utensils, medicines, kerosene, blankets, food, and bottled water to the victims in Padang and Padang Pariaman.
World Vision in Indonesia today is committed to partnering with the people of Indonesia to enhance their lives today and to help enact sustainable solutions for the future of their communities, families, and children.
Currently, nearly 87,000 children are registered in the World Vision sponsorship program.
Several times this number of children and other family members benefit from World Vision activities.
Of these registered children, many have World Vision sponsors in other countries.
US donors sponsor 20,000 girls and boys. In addition, World Vision operates 30 development programs, six of which are supported by US donors.
Through a grant from USAID's Food for Peace program, World Vision Indonesia is providing education about nutrition, hygiene, water, and food processing; renovation or building of public water and sanitation facilities; training of local health workers to educate communities; and training in improved water management and personal hygiene.
World Vision Indonesia Operation Director Amelia Merrick in a press statement here on Tuesday said her organization would undertake efforts to restore the mental well-being of quake-affected children in West Sumatra.
Amelia Merrick said World Vision had also called on the Indonesian government and other humanitarian organizations to prioritize the children's physical and psychological recovery.
"It is a very critical moment when the need of the quake-affected children in West Sumatra should be the top of our priority," she said, adding that the children were in desperate need of adequate food and clean water, good sanitation and shelter.
As part of a 90-day emergency response, she said World Vision would open 13 rooms in Padang Pariaman and Padang city for the children to play, study, and be at ease with their peers.
To date, World Vision had distributed relief aid that included clothes, mats, household utensils, medicines, kerosene, blankets, food, and bottled water to the victims in Padang and Padang Pariaman.
World Vision in Indonesia today is committed to partnering with the people of Indonesia to enhance their lives today and to help enact sustainable solutions for the future of their communities, families, and children.
Currently, nearly 87,000 children are registered in the World Vision sponsorship program.
Several times this number of children and other family members benefit from World Vision activities.
Of these registered children, many have World Vision sponsors in other countries.
US donors sponsor 20,000 girls and boys. In addition, World Vision operates 30 development programs, six of which are supported by US donors.
Through a grant from USAID's Food for Peace program, World Vision Indonesia is providing education about nutrition, hygiene, water, and food processing; renovation or building of public water and sanitation facilities; training of local health workers to educate communities; and training in improved water management and personal hygiene.
