Comunità di Sant'Egidio - Emergenze Umanitarie

Help for Indonesia

A year of solidarity with the tsunami victims

30/05/2006
Yogyakarta’s earthquake - Indonesia:
The Community of Sant'Egidio has opened an assistance centre in Klaten, one of the most hit areas. It distributes nearly 1000 meals a day.
Tents, medicines and other emergency stuff have been delivered to people in need.

Those who wish can support these initiatives with donations.

In the early hours of May 27, a violent earthquake hit the area surrounding Yogyakarta, a city in the centre of Java. Although there is still no certain estimate, the victims will surely overweigh 5,000.

The Community of Sant'Egidio has been in Yogyakarta for some years. Here the Community has started two Schools of Peace, a service to the lepers and the street children. Many are also the sponsored children.

The Community entered immediately in action, starting from the early hours soon after the earthquake, to carry aid to those in the hospital and the homeless, especially in the areas of Bantul and Klaten, the most hit ones.

The Community has opened an assistance centre in Klaten, where non helps had arrived. The centre, run by volunteers of the Community, helped by some religious of the diocese, distributes nearly 1,000 hot meals a day.

The majority of the people are homeless. 50 tends have been distributed and set up so far. They have arrived from Jakarta, together with blankets, clothes, medicines. Many more are the requests and it is likely that more tends will be sent over the next days.

The community has opened a subscription to support these initiatives.

If those who have sponsored children in the area of Yogyakarta have not yet received information, please contact adozioniadistanza@santegidio.org

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On-line donations

If you want to contribuite to this project, please send an una tantum contribution writing “Emergenza terremoto Indonesia” through

on-line donation

c/c postale n. 97968002
to
Comunità di Sant'Egidio
Amici nel Mondo
piazza S.Egidio 3/a,
00153 Roma
writing "Emergenza terremoto Indonesia"

Bank account 112233
to

Comunità di Sant'Egidio
presso Banca Popolare Etica,
Via Rasella, 14 - 00187 Roma
ABI 5018 - CAB 03200
writing "Emergenza terremoto Indonesia"