Blog Post: How can you help earthquake survivors? ›
Topics: Emergencies, Displacement
As we delivered recovery kits to families in earthquake-stricken Ulakan village today, some of the survivors' worried faces turned into smiles.
Blog Post: Searching for answers in Padang ›
Topics: Emergencies
I feel like my heart stopped for seconds when I watched the news on TV that afternoon. Once again, Padang had been shaken by a massive earthquake. And this time it was really destructive.
Blog Post: Disaster risk reduction in Padang — not just earthquakes ›
Topics: Environment, Emergencies, Climate Change
Flying in to Padang to help with earthquake response, an aerial view makes it clear that earthquakes are not the only problem people have to deal with now or anticipate in the future.
Blog Post: Excited to help ›
Topics: Emergencies, Displacement
Even though I've come to Padang under much different circumstances than what I'd once imagined, I am excited to be here as part of the Mercy Corps emergency response team.
Blog Post: A village prepares — and survives ›
Topics: Rural, Emergencies, Citizen Involvement
When a massive earthquake hit the West Sumatran village of Mangopo last week, Zulkifli didn’t panic. He didn't have time to think — just act.
Blog Post: When it rains... ›
Topics: Emergencies
Throughout the downpour here in West Sumatra, the Mercy Corps team was out in the field, procuring much-needed basic items like blankets, clothing and water containers.
Blog Post: Sometimes more than meets the eye ›
Topics: Emergencies
As our emergency teams continue to venture out into the more remote areas around Padang, we're learning more about what needs to be done to help earthquake survivors.
Blog Post: What else I'm seeing in Padang ›
Topics: Emergencies
Driving around the city of Padang, you can almost forget the enormity of the disaster that's happened here, until you turn a corner and see a building-sized pile of rubble.
Blog Post: Update on our Sumatra earthquake response ›
Topics: Emergencies
I'm on the ground in Padang, a city that was hard-hit by the Sumatra earthquake. I arrived here last night, so it wasn't until this morning that I got the full effect of the devastation that occurred.
Blog Post: Beginning the response ›
Topics: Emergencies, Displacement
Today is an intense day for the team in Padang, according to Sean Granville-Ross, with more team members arriving and emergency assessments of affected areas underway.
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