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JAKARTA - As relief efforts are ramped up following the West Sumatra earthquake on 30 September, aid groups have warned that thousands of survivors of an earlier quake on the Indonesian island of Java are facing health risks unless they receive adequate shelter.
Aid workers said some of the 196,000 people who have been sheltered in 24 camps for the displaced in West Java province after the 2 September quake have been exposed to extreme heat during the day and cold at night.
People are living in huts, family tents or under tarpaulins. Some are built on open fields, and others are near what remains of survivors’ houses, said Tatang Husaini, programme officer for the Foundation for Disaster Control, an NGO that has been helping the displaced.
"It is extremely hot during the day and cold at night," Husaini said. "These extreme conditions make people, especially children, vulnerable to diseases such as respiratory problems." Husaini said some survivors had begun rebuilding their own houses without waiting for government assistance, but most of the displaced were too poor to do that.
The mood was somber in the camps when millions in the world’s most populous Muslim country celebrated Eid al-Fitr late last month, said Nanang Kurniawan, whose house in the Pangalengan area was destroyed. "It used to be very festive, with people gathering and families enjoying food," Kurniawan told IRIN by telephone. "But this time we have to live in these sad conditions. I feel sorry for the children."
A survivor stands near his home damaged after an earthquake at Pamoyanan Village, Cibinong District in Cianjur Regency , West Java, Indonesia, on 2 September 2009. © Jefri Aries/IRIN
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