How to Provide Aid to Victims of Tsunamis

Blogger Family Forum receive donations for tsunami victims in Aceh and North Sumatra. For any further details and informations you may click HERE.

For Money Aid Donation:

BNI Gambir No. 089. 000 000 343.901 a.n. Pratiwi.

BCA Sabang No. Rek 075-1244362 a.n Retno Kristiani

Bank Mandiri Thamrin no rek. 103-000204468 a.n Retno Kristiani

For Non-Monetary Aid Donation’s contact person:
Mbak Rieke
JL Surabaya no 15, Jakarta Pusat
or
Jl. Flamboyant Citra I B4/2, Rempoa, Ciputat, Jakarta

Initial items that you can consider donating (in kind or money to purchase) include:

Water purification tablets, and any other water purification tools

Oral Rehydration salts (Oralit)

Bleach, disinfectants, Carbol (disinfectant) Soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste, talcum / calamine powder, sanitary napkins

First Aid medications, and over-the counter medicines for fever and diarrhea

Non perishable food, vitamins (especially for infants & children), rice, instant noodles

Buckets, and plastic water containers, garbage bags

Sheets, towels, hammocks, mosquito nets and any other linens / bedding

Any (if possible quick drying) clothing

Cooking and eating utensils

Mosquito repellant

Tents & tarpaulins

Writing utensils

SUGGESTED FORMAT FOR NON-MONETARY AID TO ACEH:
Please contribute what you can, in the best way you can.
A good format for immediate assistance is as follows:

Purchase plastic buckets (pails, ember), with handle and top.

Fill each bucket with small quantities of a variety of the most urgently needed non-food supplies (see list below).

Write the contents of each bucket on the outside of the bucket, neatly in permanent marker pen, in Indonesian.

Drop the bucket(s) off at donation drop-off points

RATIONALE: This format allows transportation of pre-sorted essentials to the stricken areas in Aceh. It is waterproof (once taped shut at the drop-off points by volunteers), pre-packed and durable. The goods are likely to get into the hands of individuals in the field more quickly, and in better condition than other formats. It precludes sorting in the field, in conditions which are not conducive to such processing (wet, muddy, disorderly). It allows easy distribution of a variety of most-needed supplies in a usable format and quantity directly to individuals and households.

MOST NEEDED: Water containers (the buckets themselves), waterpurification tablets, bleach, disinfectants, disinfectant cleaners (karbol, pinesol), soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, basic first aid supplies, medications for fever and diarrhea (Panadol, Oralit, etc), over-the-counter cold and cough medicines, wound disinfectants (Betadine), plastic garbage bags, vitamins, towels, mosquito repellents, coils and sprays, mosquito nets, sanitary napkins, bedlinens, cooking and eating utensils, candles, quick-drying clothing, torches and batteries, washing powder, anything else that you would find essential in such a situation, yourself (in compromised shelter, in the rainy season, without electricity or water supply).

Restrict contributions to supplies and brand names that an average member of an affected community in Aceh would be able to use without any further explanation or training whatsoever.Contribute only supplies that will be easily understood and are familiar.