Indonesian Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) have committed to work together to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines last weekend . Forms of cooperation that will be done is to prepare Red Cross volunteers and logistics that will be sent to the disaster site , while the ICRC will provide the funding and supervision of field activities . In addition to the ICRC , PMI will also invite National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to work together to help victims of the hurricane Haiyan .
Agreement between PMI and ICRC is achieved after the Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross ( PMI ) Jusuf Kalla Center bilateral talks on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies , held at the Sydney Convention Center , Sydney Australia ( Monday , 12/11 ) .
According to Jusuf Kalla , there are some things that have been agreed are PMI and ICRC conduct joint operations in the relief, rehabilitation , and reconstruction . Based on the experience of dealing with natural disasters in Indonesia , Jusuf Kalla added that the emergency phase usually takes 3 weeks to 1 month , then do the rehabilitation of buildings and public facilities / social damage , then continued reconstruct facilities and infrastructure suffered severe damage .
Typhoon Haiyan which occurred on 8 November 2013 , according to Jusuf Kalla , the same level of damage to the tsunami in Aceh at the end of December 2004. Many buildings are badly damaged and razed to the ground and water due to the storm that hit the residential areas are located on the coast . Because it takes a long time to rehabilitate and reconstruct buildings and public facilities / social Haiyan damaged by the storm .
Therefore , PMI has made planning and emergency response operations map that will soon be implemented, such as sending an advance team to the affected areas to conduct an urgent assessment of the need for the victim , site preparation field hospital which will be built by the Red Cross and the ICRC , the location of manufacturing water supply systems ( watsan ) .
Additionally Jusuf Kalla who accompanied the Secretary General Budi Atmadi Adipoetro PMI and PMI Head of Disaster Center penganggulangan Lt. Gen. ( Ret. ) Soemarsono , adding that PMI will prepare a 500 to 1,000 tons of rice , 1,000 cartons of Instant Noodle , 2 sets of Field Hospital , 2 car Haglun ( amphibians ) , 2 bolcow - 105 helicopter , 5 sets watsan equipment imported from Bandung , Thousands of Family Pack Kits , hygiene Kits , and Baby Kits .
PMI will also dispatch volunteers consisting of doctors Field recruited from Manado , Makassar and RS . PMI Bogor , WatSan experts from Bandung and Yogyakarta who have experience working in Haiti , Myanmar , Thailand , Cambodia , and Aceh , Yogyakarta , Mentawai Islands and Nias . They will be dispatched together relief goods are transported using roro vessel owned Kalla Lines .
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) Peter Maurer , accompanied by Head of Delegation ICRC Alain Aeschliman Asia Pacific , said the company 's involvement Haiyan help hurricane victims in the Philippines , as most of the disaster area is an area of conflict between the Philippine Government and Rebel . Therefore , looking at the experience Jusuf Kalla resolve the Aceh tsunami jointly resolve the conflict between the Government of Indonesia and GAM at the time, became one of the ICRC's assessment that invites PMI work in the Philippines .
The ICRC also has set aside about 15 million American dollars for use in humanitarian relief operations for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan storm that hit the Philippines . ICRC expects PMI volunteers can immediately dispatch and logistics to the disaster site , so that the survivors can get help .
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