Apoyo Mundial Masivo para la recuperación del Desastre
elgrillado 13 Jan 2005 09:50 GMT (übersetz von elgrillado)
Banda Aceh after the earthquake and tsunami
En los últimos días de diciembre ha habido un apoyo masivo comunitario a las agencias de ayuda en el terremoto del océano Índico y el desastre del Tsunami. Las Naciones Unidas habían prometido más de 2.000 millones de dólares de los gobiernos para los esfuerzos de recuperación, y es probable que una suma similar sea aportada por aportaciones privadas y de empresas. Este nivel de apoyo mundial no tiene precedentes, consiguiendo más en un periodo de una semana que todos los programas de recaudación humanitarios de 2004.
El international labour movement está ayudando en las peticiones para conseguir ayuda económica, como en Australia, para ayudar a programas como el Norwegian People's Aid que ya opera en Sri Lanka, y a esfuerzos no gubernamentales por la recuperación en Aceh.
La organización de ayuda médica Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) y Greenpeace trabajan juntos para ayudar a los supervivientes de Aceh utilizando el Rainbow Warrior para transportar provisiones en la costa oeste de Sumatra.
[ Jakarta IMC | India IMC blogforsrilanka.com | Friends of the Earth Indonesia (WALHI) | Labourstart | Stop Funding Hate]
En claro contraste, algunas ONGs del mundo en desarrollo, donde ha ocurrido el desastre, tienen que trabajar con poquísimo dinero. KSKBA es una coalición de muchas ONGs indonesias activas en el apoyo de los supervivientes, también puedes encontrar una lista de ONGs indonesias en el IMC Jakarta. Grupos que están recaudando fondos para ONGs de base en Aceh incluyen Nonviolence Intrenacional, East Timor Action Network, Tapol.
Otras Organizaciones de ayuda de base que requieren fondos incluyen Sarvodaya, una enorme organización gandiana que realiza ayuda directa y trabajo humanitario en la Índia y Sri Lanka.
Historias sobre la compasión humana proliferan: de recaudación como en Tsunami Relief Cymru, o voluntarios como un American Indian relief team, en la tradición de dar la mano a los que sufren, para ayudar en el esfuerzo de recuperación. Pensando en soluciones del pasado inmediato, ciclistas han sugerido que Bicicletas reparadas pueden ayudar a los paises a recuperarse de los daños del Tsunami.
El activista antigobalización Starhawk, hace Four Suggestions for Empowering Aid[Cuatro Sugerencias para Fortalecer la Ayuda]. Un australiano que trabaja en la recuperación en Jakarta dice que las ONGs indonesias necesitan fondos para la recuperación del desastre. Vanessa dijo que las donaciones pequeñas y rápidas a las organizaciones locales son también indispensables ahora. La ayuda distribuida por estas organizaciones locales es única porque alcanza su objetivo de forma rápida, casi sin burocracia, está destinada a voluntarios con muy pocos gastos indirectos, y ayuda a crear capacidad de repuesta local al desastre."
Un comentarista ha hecho notar un Compassion Deficit by Christian Bigots [Déficit de Compasión por Christian Bigots], particularmente en los EE.UU. La Campaign to Stop Funding Hate (CSFH) [Campaña para Parar el Odio a las Donaciones] Alerta Contra los Grupos de Odio Explotando la Crisis del Tsunami.
Hay también informes de Racismo, chapuzas políticas y burocráticas expuestas mientras la cifra de muertos del tsunami aumenta.
Lista completa de las mayores agencias recogiendo fondos en Wikipedia: Donations List.
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* Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) Statement: Indonesians mobilise for relief effort in Aceh while TNI keeps killing Achenese - Added January 04, 2005 01:27:22 PM
* Indonesia & Aceh: Second Joint Statement by Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of Earthquake and Tsunami - Added January 04, 2005 01:21:23 PM
* Tsunami tragedy blog - Added December 29, 2004 06:13:29 PM
* Australia: More must be done to assist tsunami victims in Asia � Max Lane, chair of Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific, condemned the departure today from Brisbane of the sixth Australian Defence Force Security Detachment to Bagdad. He said Australian troops should be deployed to assist the tens of thousands of tsunami victims in Asia, rather than help create more mayhem in Iraq. [full article] - Added December 29, 2004 06:11:18 PM
* Indonesia & Aceh: Statement by Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami - Added December 29, 2004 06:08:37 PM
* India: Appeal for Contribution to CPIML's Relief Fund � The Communist Party of India [Marxist-Leninist] Liberation, henceforth the CPI (ML), shares the concern and agony with the nation on the tidal tragedy and expresses heartfelt condolences to the families of thousands of people in India and neighbouring south-east Asian countries who lost their lives on December 26th because of the tsunami waves triggered by an earthquake. [full article] - Added December 29, 2004 06:07:42 PM
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1520 ACEH: News from SEGERA volunteers Max Lane Wed 1/5/2005
1521 SEGERA: The Government�s Slowness in Responding to the Humanitar Max Lane Wed 1/5/2005
1522 US Groups: Letter to Secretary of State Powell on Aceh Crisis Reyza Zain Wed 1/5/2005
1523 Donating to SEGERA Aceh appeal Max Lane Wed 1/5/2005
1524 A Piece of Info nurdin abdul rahman Wed 1/5/2005
1525 Journalists among victims of tsunami disaster Max Lane 8:31 am
1526 ACEH: THERE ARE SOME THINGS EVEN THE RULING CLASS CAN FIND HARD TO " Max Lane 11:50 am
1527 East Timor to help Aceh Riyong Kim 1:53 pm
1528 The Star Malaysia: 'What is the point of soldiers trying to threaten Reyza Zain 4:36 pm
The complexities of delivering aid in Acheh
Tim O'Connor for AID/Watch 06.Jan.2005 13:35
Acheh: Tsunami victims
Nurdin Abdul Rahman from the Achehnese Community of Australia speaks to AID/WATCH campaigner Tim O'Connor about the complexities of delivering aid in Acheh
2005-01-05 | Acheh has been making headlines around the world as the worst hit area in the recent tsunami disaster. Nurdin Abdul Rahman from the Achehnese Community of Australia speaks to AID/WATCH campaigner Tim OConnor about the complexities of delivering aid in the conflict zone of Acheh.
Tim OConnor (TOC): Nurdin, thank you for talking to us today. We are grateful to speak to you to gather an insight into what is happening on the ground in Acheh. What is the most recent news you have heard?
Nurdin Abdul Rahman (NUR): There has been great progress. Most of the streets are clear and have been fumigated. Volunteers from human rights organisations Jakarta have come to Acheh now and bring with them water tanks and supplies and clothes and they are now distributing supplies to the adults and children at the refugee camps.
TOC: How many refugees are there?
NUR: We dont have coordination between the volunteers across the country so it is hard to get information through one channel but reliable estimates are around 1 million people.
TOC: Why do you think there were delays in getting aid into Acheh?
NUR: This is because the Indonesian government tried to coordinate all aid through one door, which was the Department of Social Affairs. They had also tried to put military in each of the aid organisations so they could monitor the deliveries of the assistance because they were afraid that some of the GAM (the Achehnese independence movement) guerillas might get the food supplies.
Also, because of the emergency law that was imposed in Acheh this had to be changed before they could agree to the entry of international organisations and press into Acheh.
TOC: Can you tell us what information you are receiving from Acheh in regard to the delivery of aid?
NUR: We are getting reports that the Australian government is active on the ground and the people of Acheh are thankful for that. Of great concern to us though are the reports we are getting about the activities of some segments of the Indonesian military.
I have just received a SMS from Acheh telling me that the TNI (Indonesian Military), including some high-ranking officials are extorting money along the main road from Banda Acheh to Medan and also at bus terminals between district towns. They are also doing this at the airport in Banda Acheh.
This information was also published today in the Jakarta Post newspaper, a well known newspaper in Java.
Yesterday, I received reports about child trafficking where a group of 6 TNI soldiers collected children in Sigli, Bireuen and Lhokseumawe and put them on a truck then sped to Medan. The people in those areas say that there were a lot of other military personnel along the road who could have stopped the truck but they did not. Thus it was evident that there was cooperation between the kidnappers and the TNI.
TOC: Was this a military truck?
NUR: Yes, thats right a military truck was used. People chased this truck from Bireuen to Bayu Village about 15km East of Lhokseumawe where they gave up their chase as the truck was traveling too fast.
TOC: How many children were on the truck?
NUR: Nobody knows for sure but reports suggest that between 20 and 30 children aged between 7 and 15 some perhaps younger. It is believed they were either orphans or their parents were missing.
TOC: Is there any indication as to were the truck headed?
NUR: To Medan because we know that Acheh Seupakat, an Achehnese community organisation in Medan said that they had found several children being traded or trafficked from Medan to Malaysia and Pekan Baru. We understand people from Medan and from the Military come under the pretext of adopting children. They claim they are relations but this is often not the case and then they sell the children overseas.
TOC: So what is the relationship like between the people of Acheh and the Indonesian Government and the Military?
NUR: As you know there has been a long running military operation in Acheh that has resulted in an enormous number of human rights abuses. Achehnese people do not have much faith in the Indonesian government and particularly with the Indonesian military, or the TNI as they are known, because of this continual abuse. Even though some reports we have heard in the Australian media say that the military personnel are distributing food to the victims, we continue to hear that in many parts of Acheh the TNI are continuing to persecute the Achehnese.
The Indonesian Government announced martial law in Acheh in May of 2003 and since then there have been no international organisations or journalists operating in Acheh, hence the military has been free to do what it likes. The fact that the Indonesian Government and military were so slow to react to the humanitarian crisis does not fill the people of Acheh with confidence. Very few families in Acheh could say they have not had a family member persecuted or killed by the TNI.
TOC: There have also been suggestions that the TNI may be reselling some of the food aid designated for disaster victims?
NUR: Yes we have heard reports of the TNI using food supplies designated for the victims for their own benefit. In Lhokseumawe in North Acheh, the TNI sold instant noodles, designated as aid to the victims of the disaster.
TOC: We have heard TNI personnel were also involved in looting deserted businesses and homes whose inhabitants had been killed or moved into safe areas or refugee camps.
There are also reports that newly established refugee camps are heavily guarded by the military.
TOC: Why would the Indonesian government be using vital troops who are likely needed elsewhere to guard refugees?
NUR: Because they assume that GAM would come to the refugee camp to hide amongst the refugees. In Lhokseumawe the TNI arrested a 16-year-old boy named Fitri accusing him of stealing food from refugee camps for GAM guerillas. I spoke to people in Lhokseumawe, they say this boy has been hungry since the start of the disaster and tried to get some food for the refugee camps without asking permission from the military guards because he was scared of the TNI.
There was a report yesterday that GAM guerillas stopped a truck carrying food to refugee camps but the verification that we received about this incident was that these guerillas felt that they were victims of the disasters as well and therefore deserving of assistance. In these humanitarian crises all people should be treated equally moreover GAM has declared a ceasefire.
TOC: Exxon Mobil are a very big corporation with lots of infrastructure operating in the province of Acheh, have they been able to provide assistance to the people devastated by the earthquake and consequent tsunami?
NUR: Up until four days after the disaster, people whom I spoke to in Acheh say they were very upset as there was no action from Mobil oil to help the people. They have 2 helicopters between Medan and Lhokseumawe, which they could use to evacuate and ship food and water to those who were in such urgent need but they did not help.
It is well known in Acheh that Exxon have previously provided equipment to the military to dig graves for those killed by the TNI in torture camps in Ranchong, Lhokseumawe and Rumoh Geudong, Sigli. When they could have helped the people of Acheh they did not do so. People are very disappointed as Exxon Mobil have made a lot of money from Acheh, which the Achehnese have never seen, but they do not help our people.
Despite Exxon Mobil not helping, people witnessed one LNG tanker leaving the LNG refinery port for the export market several days after the tsunami hit the area. The Achehnese are very angry that they look after their own business interests yet do not consider the humanitarian interests of the Achehnese.
TOC: So what is the best way you think the Australian people can help the people of Acheh in assisting to rebuild their country and their lives?
NUR: The Achehnese community of Australia is raising funds, which we will send to the Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of the Earthquake, and Tsunami through Friends of the Earth Indonesia WAHLI and also a Human Rights group called PASKA who have continued to work in Acheh. Because all international groups were kicked out of Acheh due to the Indonesian government it is very important that money is getting to groups that need it on the ground and we are very aware of where the money is needed and how to get it there.
It is important rebuild the civil society network in Acheh and therefore I would encourage all Australians who are donating money to give to organisations that are supporting this aim.
APHEDA, An Australian aid organiSation and Friends of the Earth Australia are supporting us in this endeavour and this allows all donations to be tax deductible as well as ensuring the money will get to where it is needed most.
As a member of the Achehnese Community of Australia I would like to all Australians who have been so generous in supporting our people in this very great time of need.
TOC: Nurdin, thank you very much.
WHY ACHEH and not Aceh?
The spelling used by the Achehnese Community of Australia is ACHEH rather than ACEH as is the current Indonesian spelling. Acheh is the spelling found mostly in English literature about Acheh, while in Dutch, the spelling is Atjeh, which was used up to the 1973s Malindo (Malaysia/Indonesia) agreement on Malay/Indonesian spelling. One of the clauses in this agreement says that Common and Proper Names remain as they had been spelled. Thus it must be ATJEH or ACHEH rather than Aceh. The Indonesian regime has violated this clause of the agreement ever since it was signed.
hmmm....generous?
noel 07.Jan.2005 21:22
please I expect more from indymedia £2billion from the whole world is nothing!
the US is giving the equivalent of what it spends in one and half days destroying Iraq!
as usual the poorest give the most...
please try harder!