Disaster-A way to educate the community

[Assalamualaikum & salam sejahtera]

Referring to my previous, i’m too early for the disaster. However, i’m very interested to share information on how the government educate the people who are in the risk area. In the few weeks, there are many disaster happen in Indonesia. It starts with the flood disaster in Wasior, West Papua.

(10th October 2010)

“At around 4 am East Indonesian Time on Monday, October 4, 2010, a ferocious flash floods hit Wasior the capital city of Wondama Bay regency. Within minutes the city inundated with a raging stream of water. The flood destroys houses, cars and whatever else was on its path. 65 people were reported dead and 76 were seriously injured with dozens are still missing. Local residents describe the event as a small tsunami. “

Jakarta Updates

Then, after the disaster management still in the process, volcanic activity of Mount Merapi increasing significantly. Thus, evacuation of the people living in the Merapi Mount area is started and this is officially that disaster management has begun.

"Officials have predicted that if it erupts, magma would flow to the southern side," said Sri Purnomo, the head of Sleman regency, where Mount Merapi is located. He said officials were warning some 11,400 villagers living on the mountain's southern slope to prepare for "urgent evacuation." About 40,000 people live close to the mountain.

Sri Purnomo, the head of Sleman regency

The Jakarta Post

It is not an easy task to evacuate 40 000 people out of danger area. Not all the people there want to evacuate as they believe that the Merapi is still not dangerous. Not so long after that, there are earthquake and tsunami in the Mentawai Islands, Sumatera. When its comes to earthquake and tsunami, it is totally disaster.

Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast Asia consisting of 17,000 islands (6,000 inhabited) and straddling the equator. The largest islands are Sumatra, Java (the most populous), Bali, Kalimantan (Indonesia's part of Borneo), Sulawesi (Celebes), the Nusa Tenggara islands, the Moluccas Islands, and Irian Jaya (also called West Papua), the western part of New Guinea. Its neighbor to the north is Malaysia and to the east is Papua New Guinea.

Indonesia, part of the “ring of fire,” has the largest number of active volcanoes in the world. Earthquakes are frequent. Wallace's line, a zoological demarcation between Asian and Australian flora and fauna, divides Indonesia.

Read more: Indonesia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture

Since, Indonesia are very risky to the natural disaster and man-made disaster, what are the promotion has been made by the government in order to deliver this message to the community?

While I’m browsing for the information, I have found one interesting fact that the Indonesia government has made it in a comics form and the comic is suitable for everyone and has for almost all disaster that might takes place in Indonesia.

Here are some examples related to the disaster comic made by Yayasan IDEP, Comunity Based Disaster Management.

Volcanic Eruption

Tsunami

Earthquake

Terrorism

Hopefully, by this information will be useful to the community in order to enhance the effectiveness in disaster management. This program and method I can consider as one of the best method to apply because it encourage all ages to read that.

CBDM Comic Books

Each of the following A5 sized comic books include fictional stories about what a community did when its village was struck by a disaster. Each comic book also includes a fact sheet about the specific disaster covered in the comic’s storyline and appropriate responses. These comics are appropriate for distribution to all members of communities, schools, NGOs etc.

Tsunami Comic - Download in Indonesian (2.9 mb) or English (3.1 mb)
Earthquake Comic - Download in Indonesian (4.9 mb) or English (4.6 mb)
Flood Comic - Download in Indonesian (3.3 mb) or English (3.4 mb)
Landslide Comic - Download in Indonesian (2.8 mb) or English (3.5 mb)
Volcano Comic - Download in Indonesian (3.7 mb) or English (3.9 mb)
Storm Comic - Download in Indonesian (3.9 mb) or English (3.9 mb)
Building Peace Comic - Download in Indonesian (3.6 mb) or English (3.8 mb)
Terrorist Attack Comic - Download in Indonesian (1.7 KB) or English (2.7 mb)

-tHaNk yOu-