A major earthquake in Indonesia last week killed at least 1,000 people and affected thousands more. Early indications are that millions have been affected. In some areas 90% of houses have been destroyed. Christian Aid partners are responding to the crisis and are helping to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of those affected providing access to shelter, clean water, food, clothing and medical assistance
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The Director of Christian Aid’s partner YEU, has spent the last few days in Padang. In this interview she explains how people are surviving by sleeping under plastic sheets out in the open and the urgent need for more emergency shelter. She also explains how YEU are responding and how they are planning to provide assistance to mobile medical clinics for rural areas which will need extra capacity in the coming months.
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