Bali
is in need of help to assist with the post-bombing
relief efforts.
Financial support is needed to help the many victims,
whatever nationality they have, the families of
victims and those people in Kuta who lost homes
and livelihood.
Bali needs all kind of help to solve the current
crisis here and the many problems Bali will face
if they tourists don't come back soon and our island
begins to starve.
Local help organizations are arranging for food,
grief counseling, trauma therapy and living basics
for the victims and their families.
Hospitals generously treated patients best as they
could, not bothering about the cost or payment.
BaliSOS
volunteers temporarily coordinated all F&B supplies
for Sanglah Hospital and purchased and supplied
food, drinks and sanitary requirements not covered
by direct donations or hospital administration.
BaliSOS did this from October 17 untill October
21, 2002.
These supplies were delivered to hospitalized victims
of the terrorist bombing, their visiting families
and volunteers working in the crisis center, the
morgue and other areas of Sanglah Hospital.
The requests came from the Indonesian Crisis Center
(Posko 3) and from the international Crisis Center
in Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar.
During this period there were
only 5-10 victims hospitalized in other hospitals
in Denpasar, outside of Sanglah hospital.
BaliSOS monitored the well being of these victims
too and informed other help organizations and doctors
to make them aware were help was needed.
All details of this operation
are listed in our
Financial
Report October 2002
BaliSOS received donations from six different donors
during this period.
We did this out of an emergency and to provide immediate
help only.
We have no intentions to establish BaliSOS as a
field help organization that seeks donations.
Only if emergency requires immediate action we shall
act and help immediately again.
Bali SOS has received requests from many different
groups here on Bali that want to give as much help
as possible.
Some have asked to have their names and bank accounts
published here.
Until today, Bali SOS has not received reliable
and sound background information from any of these
groups, though we do not doubt their integrity,
We shall not publish any requests for donations
or bank accounts here, unless we receive appropriate
background information including organisations structure,
history and recommendations, sound proposals and
concepts.
You find the current information
we have about Bali based volunteer groups &
help organisations here: Messages
& Forum and
here Minutes
of coordination meeting between many volunteer associations
at Sanglah Hospital on Saturday 19/10/02
The newly formed Bali
Recovery Group is a coordination committee composed
of some lNGO's working to help the victims of the
Bali bomb blast on 12 October.
The objective of the group is to coordinate activities
between organizations in order to deliver the best
services and minimize duplication of effort
Bali
Recovery Group does not collect funds itself.
Potential donors should contact the individual members
who fit their sponsorship profile.
We hope to be able to publish financial reports
and other information of these organisations here
and will update this page immediately when as we
learn more.
We have received many inquiries
from individuals, groups and organisations who want
to donate or already have funds waiting to be released.
We have also received and continue to receive emergency
requests from victims, hospitals or others affected
and in need of help.
We network all these requests with locally available
helpers and funds we know of, as best and as fast
as we can.
BaliSOS is tracing all those requests and whenever
neccessary we work on solving the problems directly
and on our own with the help of many local donators
and volunteers.
We shall publish the names of these donators, of
our volunteers and the financial reports here as
soon as we find the time to do this.
Please let us have any available
information about:
- injured victims who were not hospitalized and
are without proper medical or social help
- emergency help requests
- help organisations
who want to publish information
- requests for donation
- information about
about funds available right now!
Living here on
the Island of the Gods, inspite of the bmombings,
most of us do believe in miracles and wonder:
We hope to see all the individuals and groups wanting
to help Bali join under one umbrella in this time
of darkness.
Showing the world and ourselves that all the people
living on Bali work peacefully together, regardless
of nation, religion or whatever else may separate
us.
We hope that the people of Bali, as they are deeply
rooted in Adat Bali and the system of the banjar,
where all people are bound to help each other and
live together, relying on each other trustfully,
will find together for a new kind of SARENG SAMI
and begin something new:
A Banjar
Bali (Bali Village Association) or
Koperasi
Bali Mertulung Sareng Sami in balinese
language, which could coordinate with all the many
individuals, groups and professional organisations
who dedicate themselves to help solving the current
crisis here and the many problems Bali will face
if they tourists don't come back soon and our island
begins to starve.
Such a joint foundation could help coordination
between foreign help organisations and banjars,
receive and distribute incoming donations reliably
and transparent to other organisations here or directly
to those in need, and try to find solutions for
a better Bali where our children have a future and
visitors from all over the world feel home and safe.
Please contact BanjarBali@BaliSOS.com
if you want to help plant this tree!
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