By: Savannah Smith | 10-01-2018 | News
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Indonesia - Government Pleads For International Aid For Quake-Tsunami Response

Indonesia is asking the international community for help as it deals with the massive task of response and rehabilitation following the devastation of the quake-tsunami that hit Sulawesi island and claimed at least 844 lives, while injuring dozens of others, and displacing nearly 50,000 people.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Indonesia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Indonesia</a> calls for international help in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/quake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#quake</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tsunami?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tsunami</a> hit <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sulawesi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sulawesi</a><a href="https://t.co/XGFbfxjWF8">https://t.co/XGFbfxjWF8</a></p>&mdash; Isidre Ambrós (@iambros) <a href="https://twitter.com/iambros/status/1046721354219876353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Four days following the huge disaster, some affected remote areas are now only being contacted. The rescue and response measures are also being challenged by logistics constraints. Medicines are running out. Rescuers also struggle with heavy equipment shortage as they attempt to reach desperate victims begging for help from the ruins of collapsed buildings. Up to 60 people feared to be underneath one Palu hotel alone.

There have been widespread reports of looting taking place because hungry and desperate disaster victims are turning to get basic essentials from shops like food and water for lack of relief supplies reaching them yet.

Other victims are also burdened with the emotional toll of desperately looking for family members and relatives they’ve lost contact with following the disaster, and whose condition they are not sure of.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has asked for international aid and opened the door for international aid agencies and NGOs to come in for much-needed reinforcement to provide life-saving measures to direly-affected Indonesians.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">Seharian meninjau sejumlah titik di Kota Palu, kemarin, yang paling penting adalah empat hal: evakuasi korban, penyediaan air bersih dan sanitasi, pembersihan kota dari puing-puing, dan pemulihan jalur angkutan dari dan ke Palu. <br><br>Semua langkah itu sudah dijalankan sejak semalam. <a href="https://t.co/AKEZdq8qQP">pic.twitter.com/AKEZdq8qQP</a></p>&mdash; Joko Widodo (@jokowi) <a href="https://twitter.com/jokowi/status/1046605977359769600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2018</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">Duka rakyat Sulawesi Tengah, duka kita semua. <br><br>Dengan saling bergandeng tangan, dampak bencana ini kita hadapi bersama. <a href="https://t.co/i9imWHKMgm">pic.twitter.com/i9imWHKMgm</a></p>&mdash; Joko Widodo (@jokowi) <a href="https://twitter.com/jokowi/status/1046398953124560896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Senior government official Tom Lembong took to Twitter on Monday and posted: “Last night, President @jokowi authorized us to accept international help for urgent disaster-response & relief.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last night, President <a href="https://twitter.com/jokowi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jokowi</a> authorized us to accept international help for urgent disaster-response &amp; relief. I’m helping coordinate help from private sectors from around the world. Pls message me at my social media accounts or email: [email protected]<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PaluTsunami?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PaluTsunami</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PALUDONGGALA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PALUDONGGALA</a></p>&mdash; Tom Lembong (@tomlembong) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomlembong/status/1046574677051633664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2018</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For the general public wishing to donate, this article contains some good suggestions. Again, <a href="https://twitter.com/bkpm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bkpm</a> and I will ONLY coordinate assistance from corporates and investors (businesses &amp; private sector) from overseas.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PaluTsunami?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PaluTsunami</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/paludonggala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#paludonggala</a><a href="https://t.co/vubyKyCcMD">https://t.co/vubyKyCcMD</a></p>&mdash; Tom Lembong (@tomlembong) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomlembong/status/1046679090822930434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Local volunteers have started burying bodies in a mass grave for about a thousand people.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Quake-tsunami hit Indonesia starts burying dead in mass grave | SBS News <a href="https://t.co/ILWMWNOYsO">https://t.co/ILWMWNOYsO</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/SBSNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SBSNews</a></p>&mdash; Temple Connolly (@tea_n_see) <a href="https://twitter.com/tea_n_see/status/1046722816286973952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Officials expressed fears that the official death toll may climb up further in the succeeding days. They are also preparing for the worst as government declared a 14-day state of emergency.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Indonesia’s vice president warned that thousands of people may have been killed <a href="https://t.co/yxyQBoCcWI">https://t.co/yxyQBoCcWI</a></p>&mdash; The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1046546505245630464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Source:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rescuers-scramble-reach-tsunami-hit-indonesian-city-000730587.html

Twitter: #MAGA #KAG #Indonesia #QuakeTsunami #IndonesiaAsksForIntlHelp #NaturalDisaster

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Tab No. 38426 2018-10-01 : 14:16

i don't care about these sub-human muslim scum.

Anonymous No. 38430 2018-10-01 : 14:35

As a human I see no problem sending help and humanitarian aid to any country.

But I have to ask with the BILLIONS of Muslims and the country being located in the general area of the BIG 3 Islamic ones.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

Before I watch 40+ cent on the dollar of my donation used to line a lot on pockets between point A and point B.

Anonymous No. 38442 2018-10-01 : 19:28

Let the mudslimes help each other. They have in every way claimed that we are the enemy, so why are we always good enough when you need help? They seem to think westerners are only human enough to give them a handout and then get slaughtered and raped when invited to come and ruin our countries. Just stay home and clean up your own mess, and maybe you'll be to busy to terrorize westerners. Oh by the way we have a shitload of your types that refuse to adapt to our culture that we could send over to help? They are skilled at abusing white Christians and raping anything that moves so I don't know how much help they would be? They are doing us no good and depleting our aid programs that should be used to help homeless vets. We will even pick up the one way ticket.

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