Enawati and Sotarian Back in Gomo.

The girls are finally reunited with their families in Gomo and Dr Fasa says they everyone is very excited by the dramatic improvement in their freedom of movement and general enthusiasm for life.

Dr Fasa is arranging for both girls to attend a special boarding school in Medan to help them catch up with the education they have missed as a result of their burns and treatment. We are launching a new appeal on fundable to pay their final medical bill and to help with living and travel expenses.

Heart felt thanks from the girls and their families to all the donors and volunteers who have changed their lives. Zach, Chris and Lisa in particular have made extraordinary efforts and everyone at Island Aid would like to thank you and your families and friends for their kindness and hard work. The girls will now have a Christmas to remember with their family and friends.

Enawati's scars are still terrible but she can move her head and arms freely. To remind you of how bad her situation was please visit http://www.gomogirlsfund.com/ and take a look a the video of her burns before the operation.

Dr Fasa Visits Padang

After weeks of waiting for an opportunity to travel from Gomo to Padang, Dr Fasa finally made it yesterday morning. He is now the proud owner of a MacBook laptop and software donated by Lisa Friesen and friends via Island Aid. Dr Fasa spend all day at Island Aid HQ learning how to operate the computer and managed to download all his images and send them by e-mail on his first try. "This is so easy.... I always had so much trouble to send images to people... thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Special thanks to Lisa and family for raising the funds for the computer. It has taken a while to get it safely into Dr Fasa's hands but he insisted on picking it up in person to avoid any risk that it might not make it my mail or package delivery to his remote village. UNDP have set up a hot spot at the local village administration office and Dr Fasa is looking forward to contacting all his donors and friends to keep them updated on progress in his area.

Inland Quake Kills 4 in North Sumatra

Jakarta, Dec 18 (DPA) A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's north and west Sumatra provinces Monday morning, killing at least four people and damaging a number of homes, officials said.

The quake occurred at about 4:39 a.m. local time (2139 GMT Sunday), 47 km underground, said Fauzi, an official at Aceh's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.

A resident of north Sumatra's Mandailing Natal district told Jakarta's Elshinta private radio station that at least four people were killed by the quake, one house collapsed and many others were damaged.

10 minutes before the Mandailing quake, a 5.7 quake struck just west of Pulau Raya, Aceh. No reports of damage or injury have been received at this point.

The Mandailing quake was felt strongly in Maninjau and Bukittinggi areas but it was hardly noticed in Padang.

Indonesia, the world largest archipelago nation, sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.

On December 2004, a magnitude 9.0-quake generated a tsunami that devastated coastlines around the Indian Ocean and left more than 220,000 people dead or missing.