Aid Deliveries - Mentawai

Island Aid's Aceh and Nias partners, Operation Blessings International were one of the first NGOs to arrive in Padang with substantial supplies. Obor Berkat Indonesia (their local chapter) mobilized a convoy of trucks from Medan and Jakarta to impacted areas in Bengkulu Privince and to Padang. After liason with MMTA volunteers, a cargo boat was arranged and loading and clearance expedited in Muara port.


22 tons of aid and we managed to get the boat out at 11pm on the 19th of September bound for Sikakap/Malakopa/Silabu/Betumonga area.

Aid includes 7.5tons of rice, 50 tarps, tikas, medical kits, 1,500 family packets (sugar/coffee/soap/candles/sardines/sambal/matches/torch)

OB also have a medical team in the area and more on the way. MAF are flying to Rokot airport after failing to land at the old airstrip at Sikakap (overgrown and unusable at this time)

MMTA / Island Aid Loading list - Beriloga Ferry yesterday (20th Sept) - Destination Sikakap

- 250 x 5 person tents courtesy of MEDCO
- 300 mattresses
- 20 large 20 person tents
- 150 tikas (mats)

One large truck with 2,500 cartons of noodles (40 meals per carton) arrived from MEDCO today. Waiting loading
We are expecting another delivery of 1,000 tents from MEDCO.

The 6.7 quake yesterday has made everyone in Padang very nervous. It was not the biggest but it was the closest so far to Padang and the shaking was severe.

Damage to buildings in Padang is far more widespread than is obvious from the street. Many buildings are definitely in a dangerous state with shear walls fractured and indications of subsidence. In many cases modern multi story buildings have suffered more than older 2-3 story buildings. Large glass areas or shuttered open shop fronts at street level result in almost no cross bracing on the street elevation and so all loads are concentrated on the back walls. That is where most of the damage is found and it cant be seen from the street.

Buildings that are oriented with long axis to aligned with the coast seem to have been damaged worse than those aligned perpendicular to the coast.

More images of damage to other towns:

Tua Pajet

Betumonga

Sikakap