Indonesia toll nears 6,000; China offers aid worth $1.25m
(Xinhua/AP)
Updated: 2006-05-30 21:04
Speaking in a makeshift tent by a road outside Yogyakarta, Siwo Sudarmo said:
"I'm very sad ... we haven't received any assistance. We have to make our own
tents and I also learned that if you want to get a tent you have to fill out a
form.
"Every day trucks with signs 'aid for quake' pass by but we can't stop them,"
he said, adding he was relying on donations from passers-by for money for clean
water and instant noodles.
Idham Samawi, the head of Bantul regency, told Reuters that where people were
in government shelters "the logistics supplies and others are sufficient ... all
are satisfied."
"We have priority to rescue people and all people must eat." The social
welfare head for Bantul region, Abu Dzarin, said there had been problems.
"The first day, on Saturday, we didn't have anything. On Sunday we
distributed thousands of kilograms of rice ... On Monday the aid started
coming," he said. "The problem is that we are not receiving enough aid."
Not all the people seeking help are victims, he added.
Government and aid group officials say clean water and shelter are the
immediate needs, as well as medical care.
The United Nations is shipping three 100-bed field hospitals, tents, medical
supplies and generators this week.
The International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday it had delivered
35 tonnes of relief materials to four locations, including Bantul, the district
that suffered the most.
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