West Java was rocked by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on 17 July, followed by a tsunami, claiming more than 500 lives, injuring about 400 people and leaving more than 50,700 displaced. Following the call for humanitarian assistance, MR sent in the first relief mission on...
Central Java was struck by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on 27 May 2006, just outside the city of Bantul, 20km south of Jogjakarta. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced as a result and over 50,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. The 5-man medical team that...
Two weeks before the authorities raised the red alert for the eruption of Mt Merapi, one of the world’s most active and dangerous volcanoes, MR sent a 2-man team to Jogjakarta to provide early assessment on the conditions of the communities that would be indefinitely...
On 8 October a devastating earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck Pakistan-administered Kashmir, instantly killing 18,000 and injuring more than 41,000 people. Those who survived lost most of their possessions and had little to protect them from the looming winter. At the...
Even as MR was toiling over the Tsunami, an 8.7 Richter earthquake hit Nias on 28 March. It destroyed 95% of its capitol, claimed some 850 lives and destroyed 13,000 homes. MR had to quickly divert resources and volunteers to the island. By 30 March, our first team,...
