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Indonesia's ministries focus flood aid on women and children

Women Empowerment and Children Protection Ministry collaborate with the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry to ...

Air Force cooks 1,000 meals daily for West Sumatra disaster victims

The Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) has set up a public kitchen in Padang City, West Sumatra, to produce 1,000 meal ...

Environment ministry summons 8 companies over flood risks

The Environment Ministry summoned eight major companies in North Sumatra over environmental management practices ...

Indonesia reopens Kualanamu-Rembele flight for disaster response

Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar officially reactivated the flight ...

Govt reviews Aceh watershed damage, finds illegal activity

Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq stated that his office found degraded river headwaters and indications of ...

Sumatra floods: Prabowo urges fulfillment of victims' sanitary needs

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto instructed his ministers to mobilize available resources to meet the essential ...

RI Govt surveys damaged heritage sites after Sumatra disasters

Indonesia’s government is surveying cultural heritage sites and museums damaged by natural disasters across ...

Indonesia estimates $3 billion for Sumatra disaster recovery

Restoring infrastructure damaged by disasters in Sumatra will require an estimated Rp51 trillion (more than US$3 ...

Bulogstockpiles riceat Sumatrahubs to speed disaster aid

Indonesia’s state food logistics agency Bulog has begun pre-positioning up to 50 tonnes of rice at airports and ...

Govt vows aid for Aceh farmers after floods destroy farmland

Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan assured that the government would assist farmers affected by ...

W Sumatra governor urges land provision for temporary housing

West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi has instructed district heads and mayors in the flood- and landslide-hit regions to ...

Govt ensures sufficient food, medicine stocks in disaster-hit regions

State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi said stocks of basic necessities, including food and medicine, remain sufficient ...

Government begins temporary housing construction in West Sumatra

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno on Saturday conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for ...

Indonesia's MPR sends 15,000 aid packages to disaster-hit Sumatra

The Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has distributed 15 thousand packages of aid to meet the basic ...

Govt allows flexible exams for students affected by Sumatra floods

The Indonesian government is allowing flexible arrangements for final semester examinations to accommodate students ...