Hi there,
First of all, my sincerest apologies for delaying this reconciliation for so long. I've had rather a lot on my plate, I suppose this is the sort of service you get when you donate to volunteers...
First off, some facts and figures. I received Rp. 5,030,000 (just over US$ 500) in cash donations for this effort and a lot more in in-kind donations (detailed below), most of which was used for emergency food and medical supplies. As I hinted at in earlier posts, our contact with Muslim Aid really came through with over Rp. 100 million in in-kind donations to help in the cleaning and reconstruction of the neighbourhood, especially the local school.
As you've seen from the previous updates (and as you will see from a few more coming soon) the neigbourhood is looking pretty good, Muslim Aid gave a whole lot of materials and the people reconstructed the collapsed section of the school roof, and while everything still has a bit of a brown tinge, it's all getting back to normal. Thanks again to everyone who donated, and, again, my apologies for taking so long to put up this reconciliation.
| Donations | Rp. |
| M. Armaly | 200,000 |
| J. Boomgard | 115,000 |
| C. Bouchard | 100,000 |
| S. Burningham | 1,000,000 |
| A. Day | 500,000 |
| Discindo | 450,000 |
| J. Holdaway | 415,000 |
| T. McCauley | 300,000 |
| E. Pieroelie | 500,000 |
| S. Robinson | 750,000 |
| J. Rodgers | 200,000 |
| C. Wikarsa | 500,000 |
| Total | 5,030,000 |
| Expdenditures | Rp. |
| Emergency food aid | 1,300,000 |
| Medical Supplies | 1,180,000 |
| Cash | 1,200,000 |
| Shoes | 1,300,000 |
| Books | 50,000 |
| Total | 5,030,000 |
In addition to the cash donations we had quite a few people come through with in-kind donations. Clothes from B. Tillotson, M. Soemarjono, Arlan, T. Anderton (plus some notebooks and medical supplies); and indomie and frutang from E. Juliantini. Also special thanks to T. Brunskill and the Jakarta Bintangs Australian Football Club for coming all the way out to Kampung Melayu to take photos and bring some substantial amounts of food, clothes, medical supplies, water and goodwill to the flood victims.
The shoes and books were bought a few weeks after the floods when it looked like Muslim Aid had all of the emergency aid under control. Ardy got a great deal with the shoes and managed to get 50 pairs direct from the factory for Rp. 1.3 million to hand out to kids around the neighbourhood to protect their feet. The books I bought were English textbooks, but there will be a much more comprehensive post about that.
Until then...
