Womenforwater

LOMBOK (INDONESIA) EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY PROJECT:

Through Water, Shelter and Capacity Building

Background: On 5 August, 2018, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia, causing extensive damage to infrastructure, homes and the water supply in many areas. SI Clubs in Indonesia immediately sent a fact-finding team to the island, delivering emergency aid in the form of family tents, health kits and a range of basic commodities to the most affected communities, all funded by the then SISWP President’s Special Appeal: SOROPTIMIST MAKMUR INDONESIA” TSUNAMI & EARTHQUAKES APPEAL – 2018.

In the months following, SI Jakarta (SIJ) identified Rebuk Indah Satu village (later referred to in this report as Rebuk Satu), in Rembitan district, central Lombok, as being in dire straits. Due to the limited access to a clean water supply, exacerbated by the earthquake, the women of Rebuk Satu were spending hours every day fetching water from the one village well which had a decreasing water supply. The health of the average villager was poor due to unsanitary conditions, there was widespread poverty, the majority of the women were illiterate, and many of the teenage girls were being forced into marriage as child brides.

Action taken: By January, 2019, SIJ had begun designing a water and vocational education project, to be implemented in Rebuk Satu village, Rembitan. Through an application to the then SI President’s ‘Women, Water & Leadership Appeal (2017-2019), in March, 2019, SIJ received funding, enabling it to launch the ‘Lombok (Indonesia) Earthquake Recovery Project: Through Water, Shelter and Capacity Building Project” in conjunction with local partner, the non-profit Titian Foundation.   Initially this was designed as a two year project. However, due to Indonesian government restrictions on movement during covid, from 2020 – mid 2022, the Project ended up lasting 3,5 years. The completion date is now December, 2024.

For more detailed information, please open the Word file and the video attached.