PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT RESULT ON RELOCATION ROKATENDA ERUPTION

Hening Parlan

Humanitarian Forum Indonesia

S u m b e r g a m b a r : D M C - D o m p e t D h u a f a

Methodology • HFI team have been project ERF in Ende and Sikka. In coordination

meeting with UN OCHA at 28 June 2013 recommended to HFI for preliminary assessment.

• At 1 – 6 Juli HFI team supported by YEU Staff and Caritas Meumere conducted meeting, interview and field trip in the IDP’s location.

• We met with BPPD Sikka, Dinas Kesehatan, Dinas Pendidikan, Dinas Sosial, Caritas Ende

• We met peoples in Camp IDPs in Transito, iDP’s in Waturia (family home), iDPs in sub Disctrict Maurole (Aewora Village, Mausambi village, Camp Jitabewa, camp Niranusa village, Ropa sub village and Mukusaki village.

• We also conducted meeting with Local Forum PRB in Sikka, attended by 12 organizations. There are MDMC, WVI Sikka. Caritas Maumere, WTM, HFI, PKPU, Dompet Dhuafa, YEU and Local Governments.

General Situation

• There are 782 families evacuated (2.754 people)

• IDPs are located into 2 districts: (Ende 407 HH and Sikka 375 HH)

• IDPs are divided into 3 groups (in evacuation camp, in their relative’s houses, and in temporary house).

• Local foods of Palue people are banana, tubers, and peanuts. Rice is only as additional food.

• The number of IDPs is fluctuative and scattered. The number of IDPs is not fixed because their family members are still spreaded, some are still staying in Palue island, and some in Ende or Maumere. It is because there are still school children in Palue island and also elder people.

Data of IDPs, Ende REKAPITULATION OF DATA OF IDPs

ROKATENDA ERUPTION DISASTER

NO SUB-DISTRICT VILLAGE

NUMBER OF

HOUSEHOLD

(HH)

NUMBER OF

PEOPLE

LIVELIHOOD

Fisherme

n Farmer Weaver

1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

1. Maurole Aewora 55 198 41 30 35

Maurole 7 26 5 3 5

Watukamba 7 23 3 3 6

Uludala 79 297 68 13 87

Keliwumbu 110 336 53 23 101

Mausambi 72 269 56 36 45

2. Wewaria Mukusaki 46 137 19 21 31

3. Maukaro Magekapa 31 131 32 - -

TOTAL 407 1,417 277 129 310

Source : Emergency Response Post-BPBD of Ende District, 22 April 2013

IDPs in Sikka NO SUB-DISTRICT VILLAGE NUMBER OF HH NUMBER OF PPL

1 2 3 4 5

1

ALOK BARAT / West

Alok Kel.Wolomarang 10 22

Kel.Wuring 8 31

Kel. Hewuli 114 439

2

ALOK TIMUR / East

Alok

Kel. Kota Baru 22 65

Kel. Beru 16 71

Kel Waioti 4 15

Kel. Nangameting 12 46

3. ALOK Kel. Wairotang 1 2

Kel. Madawat 33 114

(transito)

Kel. Kota Uneng 87 316

4 KANGAE

Desa Habi 3 16

5 KEWAPANTE

Desa Waiara 6 24

(wolonbue)

6 MAGEPANDA

Desa Kolisia 59 176

TOTAL 375 1.337

Shelter • IDPs in Sikka are mostly staying in their relatives (‘nebeng’), there

are only few people living in evacuation camps.

• IDPs in Ende who are not staying in their relatives (‘nebeng’) but they live independently (they built houses made from zinc and stay with their families).

• Some families still lack of zinc and nails as the roof, but it can be managed by Caritas who was getting support from Indosiar and Caritas network as well.

• Made them aware by giving them zinc and nails as stimulation, meanwhile they provided their own woods and human resources.

• They occupy the land from citizens of Ende.

Health - Many health services conducted by various parties (Dinas

Kesehatan, MDMC, Dompet Dhuafa, YEU, Church network, etc)

- Some of pregnant mother go to health office. Kids still need health asssistance, particularly hygiene kits and clothes. It all very much depends on water availability.

- The highest need is mosquito nets due to many mosquites there.

Sumber gambar : MDMC

Water and Sanitation • The evacuation camps in Maumere need stock on clean water.

• Shelter in Ende will have clean water pipes and most of areas are easy to build well. Making a well is only 6 metres, and the price is also cheap - Rp 500.000 (enough to buy 5 sacks of cement and two barrels)

• There is still need of latrines because the available ones now are still lacking and mostly damaged. This need will be fulfilled by ERF Program.

Education • There are 3 schools in Palue that do not run learning activities

because located in red zone.

• Students and teachers in Maumere and Ende hold activities in schools in Ende and Maumere. Meanwhile schools that are still active in the island are 9 elementary schools and 2 junior high schools.

• According to Education office of Sikka, there is a team conducting survey in building 2 schools in Ende and Sikka. In Ende, it is suggested in Ropa, meanwhile in Sikka is suggested in Wairii.

Livelihood of IDPs - IDPs already start working. Some of them back to fishing or

become fishermen, some people help to pluck coconuts, clean up the garden and farm.

- They get paid for this.

- In terms of livelihood, there are still needs of looms (thread), fishing rods, ships, and also marketing woven fabric. The price of weaving is Rp. 400.000/sheet.

Relocation experience in 1981 In 1981, Rokatenda erupted and caused several villages in Palue

island were hit by the burst of incandescent rocks and heavy ashfall. Moreover many of them were hit by hot cloud and lava flow, covered a half of Palue area. In other words, Palue island is very dangerous to be occupied. At that time, Satkorlak cooperated with TNI and local government preparing all the things for relocating people from Palue island to new place. Houses, foods, and livelihood were all prepared. Even there was created a structure (same level like village, led by Satkorlak) for one year. However, Palue people would still come to Palue island if the mountain did not erupt. (story by Mr. Abah Ichsan, head of Satkorlak 1981 and Head of Muhammadiyah Sikka)

Policy :

•BNPB has delivered funds (IDR 13,1 billion) for relocation especially for buiding home to BPBD of Ende (IDR 6,6 billion) and BPBD of Sikka (IDR 6,5 billion)

•Head BNPB was asked to extracting the information from the community about what they need.

• From what was found on the field, majority of them are fully agreed with the relocation plan with condition: there is a guarantee that they will get house, certainty about their sustainability particularly on their livelihood and land ownership.

Sikka’s Policy

• Recommendations from local government in Sikka: Sikka’s relocation will be into 3 locations (Puring, Hewuli and Palara) due to limited available land.

• Notes: This location is steep, rocky and hilly, so according to the people around the location, it will be difficult to build a house.

• BPBD of Sikka this time is only as interim because the former head of BPBD run for election to be the Head of District (lose)

Ende’s Policy • Government of Ende assumes that Palue people are brothers and

sisters to them, so they need to be helped.

• Regarding the relocation in Ende, BPBD of Ende has coordinated with NGO in Ende, which the meeting results are here below:

• Relocation system will not only be done in just one place, but with insert method, whereas IDPs will enter into villages. This is to prevent grouping that furthermore can raise a conflict.

• Land management will be resolved by dialogue with land owner and will be legitimated by custom, so in the future the land will be their own property.

• IDR 15 millions of fund will be alocated for land management and building houses. According to Caritas information, the fund is sufficient.

• Assisting BPBD of Sikka and Ende in relocation strategy preparation.

• Taking high consideration on possible impact of social and conflict in the future (learning from the conflict in Lampung with Balinuraga community).

• Preparing structure, logistic, social, and culture must have been done before the relocation process.

Recommendations

Recommendations on Follow Up Plan

1. Discussion Post Pre Assessment (2nd week of July)

2. Discussion on Assessment Methodology (3rd week of July)

3. Assessment to the field (3rd week of August)

4. Reporting (4th week of August)

5. Delivering the assessment result to BNPB (4th week of August)

Thank you