The Bali Recovery Group is an informal meeting
of NGO's and individuals wishing to coordinate their relief
activities following the Bali Bomb of 12th October 2002. The
venue is supplied by IMC and the meeting is chaired by YKIP
by current consensus of the group.
- Minute of Last Meeting
David Magson opened the meeting at 6:20pm by introducing
the minutes of the last NGO meeting (7th), which were accepted.
- Attendance New Members and Organisations
38 people attended the meeting from 13 different organizations
– the attendance list is attached.
There were 3 first time attendees and one new organization.
The new members were Michelle and Jason Childs, Sean Houston
under contract to AusAid and Geoff Thwaites from Zero
to One. Michelle is currently working with a group of
Indonesian surfers to create a possible surfing event
sometime on the island in the near future. The new organization
was The Zero to One Foundation for which Geoff Thwaites
is the Administrator.
Zero to One Foundation
The Foundation was established on the Queensland Gold
Coast to sponsor victims of terrorist attacks worldwide.
Geoff relates that he and his wife lost their son, Robert
in the Kuta Bombing and it is Robert's personal manifesto,
found within his computer that forms the basis of the
Zero to One Foundation, whose aim is simply to help those
in a seemingly impossible position gain support until
they are self sufficient. Geoff submitted the constitution
of the Zero to One Foundation to the Bali Recovery Group.
The Zero to One Foundation has created a team of local
volunteers to work in the field collecting data and screening
casualties etc. afterwards the data will be submitted
to Bali Hati for further database process. This team will
be at the disposal of all groups participating in the
Bali Recovery Group.
- Update on the Database
Graeme Stevens gave a detailed update on the information
in the Bali Recovery Group database on Balinese victims
of the bombing. Some of the figures are shown below:
Families by Support Level
| Status |
Interviewed |
Payments Made |
Total In Data Base |
| Closed |
8 |
12 |
12 |
| Deceased |
28 |
32 |
34 |
| Injured |
69 |
63 |
147 |
| Missing |
1 |
1 |
44 |
| |
160 |
108 |
237 |
Families Receiving Living Payments
| Status |
2002-10 |
2002-11 |
2002-12 |
2003-1 |
| Closed |
7 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
| Deceased |
10 |
18 |
11 |
15 |
| Injured |
27 |
31 |
31 |
46 |
| Missing |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
| |
45 |
54 |
47 |
64 |
It was noted that 108 of families have yet to be interviewed
to assess their need. Parum Samigita and Zero to One have
agreed to provide additional field teams to work with Bali
Hati on speeding this up. YKIP has agreed to try and trace
the 64 victims for whom no details are known except a name.
- Sub Committees
An update from each sub committee was discussed as follows:
- Education Sub Committees
YKIDS
Immediate financial responsibilities for the 24 families
and 51 children in the current program have been met.
A second program involving parents who may be permanently
incapacitated has been identified. This group numbers
25 families with 44 children. YKIP will enlist the
services of the Zero to One outreach team to screen
the relevant details of this group.
YKIP - KIDS children's trust fund.
An MOU is complete and awaiting signature between:
YKIDS, YKIP, BIWA, Rotary Bali Nusa Dua, Adopta, Bali
International School, Australian International School
and Sekolah Dyatmika. This MOU will govern the management
of a trust fund set up for the education of the children
of the victims.
- Family Assistance Sub Committees
David Wedd (ADOPTA) is established a garment cooperative
in the Kapaon district for the purpose of the training
and re-employment of victims of the blast.
- Counseling Sub Committees
Dr. Oka (IMC) outlined that national psychologists are
developing a model for children’s counseling.
Media campaigns continue to be developed including “Bondresan”
which is in the form of a traditional performance. A
review of IMC’s counseling program to date was
circulated at the meeting. This report will be placed
on the Bali Recovery Group web site.
Sita (BIWA) is organizing a stress relief workshop
called “Capacitar” in the 16 – 18
February 2003 (3 Days).
- Medical Immediate Sub Committees
Dr. Injil Abu Bakar (Bali Hati) is still taking care
of 30 patients. Various international specialists that
are visiting Bali continue to assist in treating bomb
victims. There are possibly 3 patients requiring (ENT)
treatment who will be sent to Perth for appropriate
care. This is in coordination with the John Forsyth
Foundation. Two seminars have been created to advise
patients of the on going treatment of burns and seminars
are also being run to counsel for PTSD.
- Medical Long Term Sub Committees
- Red Cross
Lyn McLennan (Australian Red Cross) reported that
the 3 branches of the local ambulance service will
be upgraded, and the Australian Red Cross will support
the Indonesian Red Cross with the funding allocation
to upgrade existing coordination and implementation
of a disaster relief plan.
- AusAid
Sean Houston has been contracted by AusAid to assist
Sanglah Hospital with the co-ordination of assistance
being offered to the Hospital. He informed the meeting
that it is proposed that by the end of February
a design team would be mobilized to further develop
the Australian aid efforts at the Hospital.
Sean has prepared an Inception Report detailing
current assistance offered to the Hospital from
all sources. This report has been provided to the
Hospital and AusAid Canberra. It is anticipated
that the Australian Government will soon finalise
an offer of assistance to the Hospital.
- YKIP
Richard Flax reported that the Bali Provincial Government
had given approval for a Puskesmas clinic to be
established in Legian. YKIP is working in conjunction
with the local people in helping to realise this
much needed facility.
- Enfironment
No issues were discussed.
- Economic Recovery
Lawrence Blair from Friends of Bali advised that the
World Peace Concert has chosen the date of September
21st, which is the United nation’s World Peace
Day to hold their concert in Bali. The organizing committee
has approached Michael Lang to assist in convening the
concert.
As the request of the meeting David Magson advised
that he would see if a representative of the World
Bank would be prepared to make a presentation of their
program at the next meeting for information purposes.
- Any Other Business
The Bali Recovery Group website have been set up and if
any group members require a page on the website please design
it and send it to info@mitrais.com
for display accordingly.
- 6. The next meeting will be held March 4th at
the Radisson Hotel at 6.30 PM – corrections or additions
to this minute can be sent to info@ykip.org
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