UN Camp
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Our internet café tent is located on the grounds of the “UN Camp” here in Banda Aceh. This government compound was given to the UN for a command post that could be set up quickly. The Norwegian Support Team, who responds to emergencies within 48 hours, flew in with 25 tons of tent equipment, portable bathrooms, a cooking tent and various other supplies and set up the camp for the UN. The several houses on the site act as offices while the tents provide temporary housing for UN personnel that are coming and going.
Located here on the camp is HIC (Humanitarian Information Center) that collects information from the many NGO (Non-Government Organizations doing tsunami relief) working throughout northern Sumatra and compiles it into useful reports, maps and statistics. For example, the most recent report shows that 124,829 people are now registered dead and buried, 256 bodies found and buried on 28 Feb 05 and 111,528 people are registered as missing. The HIC website is updated from here using our internet café satellite connection. Their website is at: http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/sumatra
The latest report also lists 400,376 IDPs (Internally Displaced People) (people who have lost their homes), Registered IDPs in Spontaneous Camps, Temporary Location Centers (TLC) and Hosted Families.
I’ve seen many brand new bulldozers and backhoes arriving to help with the immense clean-up operation. The recovery effort is going to take a long time.
Our internet café tent is located on the grounds of the “UN Camp” here in Banda Aceh. This government compound was given to the UN for a command post that could be set up quickly. The Norwegian Support Team, who responds to emergencies within 48 hours, flew in with 25 tons of tent equipment, portable bathrooms, a cooking tent and various other supplies and set up the camp for the UN. The several houses on the site act as offices while the tents provide temporary housing for UN personnel that are coming and going.
Located here on the camp is HIC (Humanitarian Information Center) that collects information from the many NGO (Non-Government Organizations doing tsunami relief) working throughout northern Sumatra and compiles it into useful reports, maps and statistics. For example, the most recent report shows that 124,829 people are now registered dead and buried, 256 bodies found and buried on 28 Feb 05 and 111,528 people are registered as missing. The HIC website is updated from here using our internet café satellite connection. Their website is at: http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/sumatra
The latest report also lists 400,376 IDPs (Internally Displaced People) (people who have lost their homes), Registered IDPs in Spontaneous Camps, Temporary Location Centers (TLC) and Hosted Families.
I’ve seen many brand new bulldozers and backhoes arriving to help with the immense clean-up operation. The recovery effort is going to take a long time.
posted by Dave Ketcham at 8:37 AM
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