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TSUNAMI PROJECTS IN PIPELINE

Indonesia
Disaster Preparedness Sumatra
ADRA Indonesia (Medan), via a partnership with ADRA Germany, is planning a disaster preparedness plan to respond to future emergencies in Sumatra through the Medan Adventist Hospital (MAH). The MAH was among the first to provide tsunami relief in the area by providing emergency kits, tents and medical assistance. ADRA's operational strategy is to continue its support to Sumatra beyond the emergency phase, not only in addressing the current needs of the tsunami-affected population, but by better preparing its key local partner (MAH) in responding to future disasters. About 50,000 Sumatra residents would be the direct beneficiaries of this project.

Emergency Shelter, NFI and School Water Sanitation
ADRA Indonesia (Medan), in cooperation with USDA, received approval to implement a project to help displaced families who are attempting to return to their homes. Many want to return because of the adverse conditions in the IDP camps. UNHCR, the lead agency for shelter, has delineated three broad categories for shelter assistance: houses that sustained partial damage (with some walls and/or roof remaining); houses that have usable remaining concrete slabs that are accessible; and houses that cannot be accessed because of the continued saturation and extensive damage, or because the property falls within areas identified by the government for rezoning. This project will target the first two groups -- houses that have sustained partial damage and houses that have usable concrete slabs.

Emergency School Rehabilitation in Western Aceh - CZ
In the Western Aceh District about 50 percent of the 190 schools were destroyed, leaving an estimated number of 24,830 devastated students. The tsunami also swept away all learning, teaching and recreational materials, supplies and equipment. ADRA Indonesia (Medan), in cooperation with ADRA Czech Republic, will rehabilitate 17 schools and provide basic equipment to help restore a standard of learning. ADRA will also implement a training program to meet the needs of the teachers and school administrators in regards to psychosocial counseling, disaster preparedness and management.

Emergency School Rehabilitation in Western Aceh - GER
ADRA Indonesia (Medan), with the aid of ADRA Germany, is implementing a project that will rehabilitate or construct 21 schools in the Western Aceh district. ADRA aims to restore a functional school system with strengthened capacity. ADRA will ensure the availability of water and sanitation facilities in the rehabilitated schools and construct water and sanitation facilities at the secondary school level.

Emergency School Rehabilitation in Western Aceh - AUS
ADRA Indonesia (Medan), together with ADRA Australia, plans to rehabilitate or construct five schools that were devastated by the tsunami. This construction will include the provision of water and sanitation facilities. Direct beneficiaries of this effort will include about 500 students in the primary and high school levels, 50 teachers and five school administrators.

Tsunami Disaster Relief (Educational Support) West Aceh District
About 6,000 students will receive temporary school accommodation. ADRA Indonesia (Medan), along with ADRA UK, is supplementing donated supplies with about 85 tents. ADRA will work with the local teachers, Ministry of Education and NGO’s to rebuild, refurbish and repair damaged, destroyed and unsafe school buildings for the transfer of students back into permanent classrooms.

Meulaboh Disaster Response
ADRA Indonesia (Medan), via a partnership with ADRA Denmark and DANIDA, aims to reduce the loss of life and improve the living conditions for more than 50,000 tsunami victims. This project is providing medicines and oral rehydration salts; temporary accommodation for 2,000 IDP families; and books, supplies for 8,000 students in IDP camps.

Tsunami Disaster Relief
Immediate medical assistance and treatment was provided to 25,000 survivors in the Western Aceh district. ADRA Indonesia, in partnership with ADRA New Zealand and New Zealand Aid, aimed to reduce the risk of medical complications due to broken bones, puncture wounds and cuts. ADRA accomplished this through the distribution of medicines, oral rehydration salts, topical dressings and antibiotics. Earthquake and

Tsunami Wave in Sumatra Island: Phase I
ADRA Indonesia, in cooperation with ADRA Denmark, collaborated with the Medan Adventist Hospital (MAH) in a relief program that provided basic food items such as rice, mongo bean, instant noodle, cooking oil, and sugar. The foods are available in Medan, the capital city of North Sumatra Province, and can be directly distributed to the beneficiaries. The program will be implemented in two phases: phase one will encompass the distribution of rice and instant noodles; in phase two medicine will accompany the food distribution.

Sri Lanka
Emergency Corpse Removal Project
A project that provided personal protection and disinfection equipment to clear decaying corpses. (ADRA Netherlands/ICCO/KIA)

Tsunami Disaster Response for Southern and Western Provinces
An initiative that provided basic medical supplies and safe drinking water to the displaced population in the southern region of Sri Lanka. (Command Center)

Tsunami Disaster Response in Eastern, Southern and Western provinces
Distribution of medical supplies for treating minor wounds.

Hambantota Emergency Water Assistance Project
Project to ensure necessary water sourcing, storage and distribution capacity in Hambantota district. (ADRA Switzerland/ ADRA Belgium/ ADRA Luxemburg/ADRA France/ ADRA Portugal/ADRA Romania/ ADRA Slovakia)

Sri Lanka Ampara Transitional Shelter Water Project
Project to provide water for about 20,000 IDPs within the government transitional shelter facilities of Ampara. (ADRA UK/DFID)

Tangalle Livelihoods Recovery Project
Project to ensure that the 1,000 worst affected households see a 95 percent increase in their household incomes within one year of the project's completion, through locally sustainable non-fishery related livelihood recovery activities. (ADRA UK/DFID)

India
Food for Tamil Nadu Refugee Camps
A 15-day feeding program for 7,250 people in the Tamil Nadu refugee camps. Food items included rice, dal, cooking oil, suji and pure drinking water. (ADRA International/SUD/Tamil Nadu Union)

Sanitation Blocks
Project will provide sanitation facilities for 20,000 IDPs in Tamil Nadu. (Help International/ADRA Sao Tome/ADRA Korea/ ADRA Sweden/ADRA Netherlands/ADRA Canada/ADRA China)

Tsunami Relief and Response Initiative
Project to provide water; improve sanitation conditions of temporary housing locations; and conduct hygiene and sanitation education and to engage in boat repair and/or replacements. (ADRA Germany)

Disaster Relief/Epidemic Prevention for Tsunami Victims Andaman/Nicobar
Provide essential survival materials and combat an epidemic outbreak in relief camps through a visual-aided, communicable disease prevention awareness program. (ADRA Japan)

Tsunami Relief and Restoration Project for Women
Project to provide trauma counseling; education for mothers and children; health education; HIV/AIDS awareness; livelihood rehabilitation; and the installation of latrines. (ADRA Australia)

Livelihood Support Project for Fishermen (Nallore District) Andhra Pradesh
A project to support fishermen who have lost their livelihoods through the purchasing and distribution of fishing nets. (Command Center)

Thailand
Disaster Response for Emergency Relief
Distribution of supplies required to retrieve corpses in Phangna Province. (ADRA Canada)

Disaster Response for Emergency Relief
Distribution of care packages containing food, water and clothing to about 1,000 people in the Khao Lak and Kamala districts. (ADRA International/Command Center)

Community Development and Recovery Program
Two-phase project will focus on water and sanitation rehabilitation, community and household recovery, health, psychosocial support and long-term development. (ADRA Czech Republic/ADRA Germany/ADRA Australia/ADRA Norway/ADRA Sweden/HELP/ADRA Thailand)

Kamala School Project
Project to facilitate the construction of a kindergarten complex in conjunction with the reconstruction of the Kamala School and associated facilities. (ADRA Czech Republic).

Chinnaponnu, 62, and grandson weather storm

By Raul Schneider

MGR THITTU, India -- December 26 was like any other morning for Chinnaponnu.
She was taking care of her twin grandchildren and told them to wait for her at the house while she went down to the shore.

As she neared the shore she was met by her son's frantic shouts warning her that a big tidal wave was coming. Chinnaponnu grabbed her grandson and put him on the roof of their precarious little hut.

But she and the girl were swept away into the river that pours into the Indian Ocean. At the moment she was sure she would drown, Chinnaponnu grasped a rope that was fastened to a wooden boat and tied it around her wrist.

After what seemed an eternity she lost consciousness and lie motionless, floating along the river; her son, who climbed a tree seconds before the wave hit, found her and pulled her to safety. The grandson managed to survive by clinging to a tree, but his twin sister drowned and was later found in the bushes.

Today Chinnaponnu's village is totally obliterated and about 174 of the 252 people died in the tsunami.

The survivors, all moved to a nearby village called Muzhuthirai.

There ADRA is organizing medical camps, providing potable water, toilets; and distributing boats and nets to fishermen.

Chinnaponnu and her grandson are receiving treatment under ADRA's Tsunami Relief and Restoration Initiative for Women, which provides trauma counselling and education for about 4,000 mothers and their children.

For more information on ADRA India's tsunami-relief effort visit www.adraindia.org