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25 November 2022

100 children killed by earthquake in West Java, Indonesia

JAKARTA, November 25, 2022 – UNICEF is supporting the Government of Indonesia to reach children and families devasted by the 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Cianjur, West Java. According to the latest official estimate as of November 24, 100 children under 15 years have lost their lives, making up 37 per cent of the...

19 September 2022

Transforming Health Data into Action for Emergency Responses

As one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, Indonesia needs to race against time during emergency responses. The challenges of having a large population that spreads across the archipelago’s difficult terrains and lacking sufficient real-time information often poses problems in delivering help to those mo...

A systematic assessment of the WASH in the Emergencies Sector in Indonesia

This study aimed to complete a detailed mapping exercise, an after-action review of past emergency responses and a gap/bottleneck analysis of the WASH in Emergency sector’s responses in several affected areas in Indonesia. Findings showed strong capacity for responses in WASH with evidence of gender and social inc...

17 December 2021

Learning how to bring families back together in Palu

PALU, Indonesia – Living in a camp for displaced persons with dozens of other families, Chi Ramadhani found herself at a crossroads. After an earthquake damaged her home in Palu, she felt compelled to stay with her family and take care of her infant daughter. At the same time, she knew that as a social worker ther...

Children in Indonesia at ‘high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis - UNICEF

NEW YORK/Jakarta, 27 August 2021 – Young people living in Indonesia are among those at high risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, according to a global UNICEF report. ‘ The Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis: Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index ’...

The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis

The climate crisis is a child rights crisis presents the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI), which uses data to generate new global evidence on how many children are currently exposed to climate and environmental hazards, shocks and stresses. A composite index, the CCRI brings together innovative geographical da...

01 November 2019

Reflections on CRC Article 6

By now the images are all too familiar. Children trapped in holes as the liquefying ground beneath them turn into jelly. Villages reduced to a mass of wood and twisted concrete. Broken minarets lying across the debris. Rescuers clawing through the rubble in search of survivors. Pandemonium at the airport as people...

20 September 2019

Hope – and help – for children in emergencies

PALU, Indonesia – Living in a camp for displaced persons with dozens of other families, Chi Ramadhani found herself at a crossroads. After an earthquake damaged her home in Palu, she felt compelled to stay with her family and take care of her infant daughter. At the same time, she knew that as a social worker ther...

21 February 2019

Let every child be empowered with knowledge for emergencies

Indonesia is no stranger to natural disasters and its citizens know that they can strike at any time. Given the country’s location – at the heart of the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire – it’s critical to ensure that aid is ready and available for when disasters hit. But just as important is preparing young people for emerge...

15 February 2019

Innovative Technology Speeds Up Tracing of Children

It has been three years, but the day a 7.4 magnitude and tsunami shook the province of Central Sulawesi in Indonesia, killing over 4,000 people and injuring at least 10,000, is still etched in the minds of those who survived them. A few days after the disaster, the province was a mass scene of death and devastatio...

01 February 2019

Surviving Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami through support for breastfeeding mothers

Nela Anggraini inhaled deeply and placed her palm on her neighbour’s forehead. Listening intently to the soft voice of a trainer guiding her, Nela gently massaged the face, neck and shoulders, which visibly relaxed to her touch. Babies and young children quietly played by the feet of their mothers as they took par...

01 February 2019

Menstruation in The Time of Emergencies

The day a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Lombok, 14-year-old Kadek Ariasti Widhiari was having her period. In what she describes as one of the hardest months of her life, she and her family were forced to leave everything behind and find refuge in a temporary shelter. “All the while, I was trying to...