The floodwaters that have deluged Jakarta are being called the worst ever and have hit World Vision Indonesia’s projects in the city, most of which are in slum areas.
Severe floods, in some places reaching between one and four metres, hit Jakarta at dawn last Friday, local time. Most recent reports say the water has not yet receded.
Flooding in Jakarta has killed 44 and left more than 340,000 homeless/ABI HARDJATMO
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes, and almost all business activity has ground to a halt.
On Friday night, World Vision relief teams, comprised of local and international staff, prepared and distributed emergency aid, including hundreds of blankets, sarongs and raincoats, and more than 600 family kits, including food and water.
World Vision Indonesia’s Director, Trihadi Saptoadi, is joining the distribution team to get a closer observation of the impact of the floods on the lives of the poor communities served by the organisation.
“We will concentrate more on the victims in our project areas as they are among the worst affected people,” he said.
World Vision is focusing on immediate relief concerns in its hard-hit projects/ABI HARDJATMO
“We are assessing the most appropriate relief programmes that we need to attend to in the coming days.”
The raging waters not only inundated flood-prone areas, but also popular middle-upper residential areas – some reports say about half the city is flooded.
More than 10 million people live in Jakarta. At least 44 have been killed, and more than 300,000 left homeless by the floods.
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