27 May Earthquake in Indonesia

The people of Indonesia suffered more trauma when a strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the island of Java, flattening buildings in a densely populated area south of the city of Yogyakarta and causing massive loss of life.

Key Salvation Army (Please Donate Generously) emergency services personnel are being deployed to the affected area, where The Salvation Army already operates a church and a boys´ home. The Army’s International Headquarters has released an immediate grant of US$20,000 to help the people in affected areas who are in desperate need of food, shelter, medicine and clothes.

On 28 May 2006, the Indonesian government declared a state of emergency after an earthquake killed more than 6,000 people, over 20,000 are wounded and 200,000 are left homess. All figures are expected to rise dramatically over the coming days. on Java island. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said after a cabinet meeting that the three-month emergency period was aimed at providing food, healthcare and shelter to an estimated 50,000 people displaced by the disaster.