Report From Pangandaran

Nuri, our team member has arrived and conducted her duties as IOF volunteer delegate in providing aid to the Pangandaran tsunami victims.

Together with the IOF Jawa Barat (West Java Region Indonesian Off-Road Federation), the team has swept a distance of around 80 kilometers along the Pangandaran beach. Along the way, they found 20 refugee camps. The swept areas are Cipatujah, Ciparanti, Legok Jawa, Madasari, Batu Karas, Batu Hiu, Pangandaran Western Beach and Pangandaran Eastern Beach.

Recovery of bodies are conducted from 09:00 until 6:00 every day. Victims with heavy injury were sent to Banjar Hospital, Ciamis Hospital and Tasikmalaya Hospital. Low injury victims were treated at local health stations in Pangandaran, Ciparigi, Cimerak and Cijulang. The local authorities had also prepare a mass burial at Bulak Laut to bury unrecognized victims.

IOF team in this mission work together with the Rotary Club, Global Rescue Network, Radio Republik Indonesia, Bank Rakyat Indonesia and local authorities.

As reported by Nuri