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Mercy Relief deploys disaster response team to Indonesia

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Mercy Relief deploys disaster response team to Indonesia
A rescue team looking for victims after landslides hit Bogor, West Java province on Sunday. PHOTO: REUTERS
Jean Iau
Jan 08, 2020 06:00 am
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Home-grown humanitarian organisation Mercy Relief has deployed a disaster response team and started a fund-raising campaign to help victims of the Jakarta floods and landslides.

Mercy Relief said its disaster response team was deployed to Indonesia yesterday.

"Our utmost priority is to provide emergency relief aid of hot meals, clean water and solar lights to the affected communities in Jakarta Metropolitan Area," the organisation's chairman Suhaimi Rafdi said.

"We hope that these provisions will bring some levels of comfort during this difficult time."

He added that the response team would work closely with local partners and the authorities "to assess and address any other pressing needs and to expand our immediate relief operations into early recovery".

The agency's moves come after massive flooding in and around the Indonesian capital, which has killed at least 60 people as of Sunday and affected hundreds of thousands following torrential downpours that started on Dec 31.

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Heavy rains continued into the early hours of New Year's Day, flooding parts of Jakarta and nearby towns.

It was "one of the most extreme rainfall" events since records began in 1866, said Indonesia's Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG).

It said that climate change had increased the risk of extreme weather.

Mercy Relief said yesterday its fund-raising campaign will run until Feb 6.

The public can donate online on its website or on its Giving.sg page titled Jakarta Flood Relief 2020.

People can also make cash donations at Mercy Relief's Lorong 1 Toa Payoh office, or mail in a cheque.

The agency is also accepting bank transfer donations to its DBS Bank current account.

BMKG warned last Friday that heavy rainfall could last until the middle of next month, with a peak expected from Saturday to Wednesday.

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