Indonesia

After evacuating his home due to an eruption of the Mt. Merapi volcano in Central Java Province in October 2010, this boy and his family received relief supplies and agricultural assistance from USAID/OFDA.

Rob Friedman/USAID

Flooding and landslides in July and August 2012 affected up to 80 percent of Ambon city in Maluku Province, eastern Indonesia, killing 10 people and damaging 238 houses, according to the Government of Indonesia.  The floods initially displaced 6,000 people, half of whom had returned home as of August 8 as a result of receding floodwaters and increasing recovery efforts.  From August 4 to 6, a USAID/OFDA regional advisor and a USAID/Indonesia mission disaster relief officer visited Ambon and nearby Haruku Island, which also experienced heavy flooding, to assess humanitarian conditions and evaluate USG response options.  The assessment team observed that the floods had destroyed many families’ basic household commodities, as well as land and houses.  On August 7, 2012, U.S. Ambassador Scot A. Marciel declared a disaster due to the effects of the floods and landslides.  In response, USAID/OFDA provided $100,000 to Mercy Corps for the distribution of emergency relief commodities, including household kits and school supplies, to flood-affected populations.

USG HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROVIDED IN FY 2012

*This figure includes funding for both disaster response and disaster risk reduction activities. (As of August 13, 2012)

Indonesia Tsunami and Volcano Fact Sheet #2 (50kb PDF) and map