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Jakarta – Church World Service held a training and workshop on health and nutrition on 3 – 7 May 2010. Fourteen staff attended this event to improve their knowledge and skill on health and nutrition related issues.

Badwi M. Amin, CWS Senior Program Officer for Health and Nutrition who also served as facilitator, pointed out, “the goal of this training and workshop is to strengthen health and nutrition program of CWS Indonesia by improving the capacity of its staff on accessing and addressing health and nutrition related problems in their areas of intervention.”

A 7.2 Richter Scale (RS) earthquake hit Aceh Province on May 9, 2010 at 12.59 PM. The epicentrum was located 66 KM Southwest of Meulaboh at a depth of 30 KM. The earthquake was also felt in Meulaboh, Nias, and Medan, and some other area in Sumatra. A tsunami warning that was issued has been lifted.

By Meri Sianturi

The number of people infected with HIV in Aceh is increasing. Furthermore, there are many wrong paradigms and stigma attached in the Aceh society regarding the issue of HIV and AIDS. All people living with HIV (PLWH) are considered damned, sinners, and have no morals, etc. Yet, stigma and discrimination are counterproductive for the prevention of HIV.

Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC), in collaboration with UNDP DRR – a project and Yayasan Lamjabat (a local NGO assisting the community in CBDRR programs), hosted the Second South-South Citizenry Based Development Academy (2nd SS CBDA) in Banda Aceh, on 7-9 April 2010. This program continued the first South-South Citizenry Based Development Academy held in Bhuj, Kutch, India in January 2010.

“I feel safer now that we have a latrine, we don’t have to fear for hygiene issues and also weather every time we want to go to the river for cleaning” said Pik Anon, a 50 year old woman of Kampung Juah village, Sungai Limau Sub-district, West Sumatra.

Twenty-six natural disaster and conflict recovery professionals assembled in Medan to improve their capacity in applying Sphere, the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, from 13 – 17 April 2010.

“This training is important because we want to improve the capacity of our staff in responding to current or future emergencies,” said Dino Satria, Church World Service Emergency Coordinator who also functions as the facilitator. CWS as a humanitarian organization aims always to comply with the standards in its emergency response efforts, in order to better provide the needs of affected populations.

by M. J. D. Jordans • I. H. Komproe • W. A. Tol • D. Susanty • A. Vallipuram • P. Ntamatumba • A. C. Lasuba • J. T. V. M. De Jong

Psychosocial and mental health service delivery frameworks for children in low-income countries are scarce. This paper presents a practice-driven evaluation of  a multi-layered community-based care package in Burundi, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Sudan, through a set of indicators; (a) perceived treatment gains; (b) treatment satisfaction; (c) therapist burden; (d) access to care; (e) care package costs of distressed children through different levels of care. Future replication should address therapist burden, cost reductions to increase sustainability and increase evidence for treatment efficacy.

A 7.2 Richter Scale (RS) earthquake hit Aceh Province on April 7, 2010 at 05.15 AM. The epicentrum was located 75 KM Southeast of Sinabang at a depth of 34 KM. The earthquake was also felt in Meulaboh, Sibolga, Padang, Medan, and some other area in Sumatra. A tsunami warning was issued but called off with report of no tsunami occurance.

Jakarta - Church World Service has joined one of the world’s largest humanitarian bodies working in 125 countries with a combined budget of US$ 1.5 billion.

The new ACT Alliance of just over 100 organizations provides emergency food aid, shelter, water and sanitation facilities, and poverty reduction programs in the world’s poorest and developing countries. The alliance works for the world’s poorest people, fighting causes of human suffering and injustice. ACT members are long standing organizations already working in the communities. When disaster strikes, these organizations are ready to work and are at the fore front of the emergency response.

Cipayung – Equal Rights, Equal Opportunity: Progress for All was the theme for International Women’s Day 2010. “The theme reminds us what we have achieved so far regarding gender equality,” said Frieda Sinanu, CWS Program Manager in Jakarta office in her speech.