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Situation report update — Nias earthquake
Photo essay, page 2
August 2005
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What do people do and need for recovery? |
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The earthquake that brought about the destruction of people’s houses, in an ironic twist, has provided alternative forms of employment for people who lost their jobs as a result of the quake. For Ahmad Zebua (40), gathering iron scraps from the rubble provides a good source of income to support his family. "We need work, not just handouts," said Mr. Zebua. ACT member YEU is currently assisting |
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Mr. Zebua and his family by providing them free health services. "In these conditions, there is no way we could pay the costs of a hospital," Mr. Zebua explained.
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Mrs. Zebua (50) and her two daughters carry loads of sweet potato leaves they use as fodder for their pigs. The walk to the sweet potato field is about two kilometers from their home. "There is fear of more earthquakes, but we have to continue being active in order to survive," says Mrs. Zebua. |
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Nurmina Zebua (45), a resident of Mandula (a sub-district of Gunung Sitoli), said that she and her family have been receiving assistance in the form of rice, canned fish, cooking oil and cooking utensils from ACT member Church World Service (CWS). Nurmina used to run a small business, employing three seam-stresses. "Presently, there are no orders being placed for tailor-made clothing, because people are focusing on filling their needs for food," she |
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said. Now Mrs. Zebua hopes to develop a livestock project she has started with her pigs, in an effort to support her family by meeting daily needs and paying school fees for her two children who are still in elementary school. |
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On the road between Gunung Sitoli and Sirombu, Waty Waruwu (14) and his friends walk home from school after their first day at public middle school in the district of Hilidaho. "We hope there won’t be any more earthquakes so that we can study well," he said. Waty and his friends are lucky, as their school suffered only minor |
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damage during the earthquake. Many schools were destroyed, however, and many young people on the island now go to school in tents or outside, if no tents are available.
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The congregation of the Nias Protestant Christian Church (Banua Niha Keriso Protestant) of Vabaliwa in the district of Sirombu is an example of people's need to restore their community. "Building a church where we can have services has become a high priority after several months of having services first in tents and then in a very |
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small building," explained Yaveti Waruwu, one of the elders of the congregation. The church has 720 members who have all, in their own way, helped build their new temporary building that will allow members of the congregation to join in the services. "Together, the congregation collected funds and materials to build this church, so that we could have a service," said Mr. Waruwu, adding that lack of funds means that the roof will be made from sago palm leaves that can be gathered in the immediate area. The construction work is happening because of community participation. "We are only paying five carpenters. All the remaining work is done by volunteers," he said. |
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