KAREBA PALU KOROdecember 2018 - I issue #3

Lambara Community is constructing

bathing, washing and latrine facilities

independently. Photo: Martin Dody/ERCB

TOGETHER, WE BUILD FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL

It can’t be denied that disaster survivors will need aids both

in the form of goods and other kinds of aid. However, an aid

provider organization may not forget that disaster survivors are

still have power. In other words, don’t forget the capacity owned

by them.

Providing aids without considering the beneficiaries’ capacity

means just giving the aids without giving capacity strengthening

for the beneficiaries. During the emergency response phase right

after a disaster, perhaps a stand-alone aid distribution measure is

a correct intervention. However, during the next phases post the

emergency response, like the current situation in Central Sulawesi

after the earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction, which is now in

a transition period to start the rehabilitation phase, it requires to

involve the assisted community in the implemented intervention.

Community involvement is important because it empowers

the communities’ existing capacity and also tries to increase

the current capacity. This capacity building is targeted by the

Emergency Response Capacity Building (ERCB) Team in the water,

sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector intervention, especially

in building bathing, washing and latrine (in Indonesian: MCK)

facilities in some target villages.

“Our principle is the aids that we provide should be beneficial

and do not cause any problem,” said Agus Suranto from the

Rural Technology Development Institution (in Indonesian:

LPTP). Beneficial because what is provided is really needed by

the community. It doesn’t just bring benefit for the community

when they are staying in the evacuation points after the disaster,

however, it can be continuously beneficial after they return home.

It doesn’t cause any problem because during the construction,

people involved have considered some aspects. The permit over

the land used for building the MCK, the water and electricity

availability and also the awareness not to cause pollution is

reflected in the design that becomes a reference during the

construction process.

“When the construction and the management are correct, this

design offers a never filled-to-capacity absorption mechanism as

it accommodates the decay process to work. The water comes out

as the final product is clean water that doesn’t contaminate the

environment,” added Agus.

The knowledge transfer process, as a part of the capacity

strengthening, happens during the design explanation and

community accompaniment processes when they are building

the MCK facilities.

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NEWS ON CENTRAL SULAWESI EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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TEMPORARY WASTE COLLECTION SITEA coordination meeting, attended by the organizations who join

the Emergency Response Capacity Building (ERCB) consortium,

was held to discuss ERCB’s one of its interventions plans during the

emergency response transition phase in Central Sulawesi post the

earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction that struck the area on the

last 20th November 2018.

“We are planning to build some temporary waste collection sites

in some points in the evacuation places,” said Sutikno Sutantio, the

ERCB Coordinator.

The current concern is that when the temporary sites are full

and the waste is not immediately brought by the waste trucks and

this may cause problems. Along with this initiative, ERCB tries to

assist the local government in its waste management by filling in

the existing gap from what have been implemented by the local

government.

The Head of the Sigi District Environment Agency, Mr. Mohamad

Afit, S.T., M.Si., also attended the meeting.

“At the moment Sigi District only has 2 waste collection trucks

and 7 cargo beds, 5-6 labors as the facilities to support the district’s

waste management activity,” said Afit.

With the size of Sigi which is quite large, the limitations of

facilities and human resources have caused a big operational cost

and inefficiency. During the post disaster phase, there is an aid offer

for adding the number of waste collection trucks.

“In addition to the offer for adding the number of the waste

collection trucks, we also encourage community empowerment in

waste management,” said Afit.

The empowerment starts from community groups

establishment. At least there are already 4 waste management

groups that have been established. One of them is Waste Bank

45 in Kalukubula Village, Sigi Biromaru Sub-District, Sigi District.

It’s informed that at the moment there is a three-wheel waste

collection vehicle in each village, provided by the Green Sigi

Program implemented by the Sigi District Government. This

support aims to encourage the community to be more concern and

involved in the waste management activity in their own areas.

It Should Be MaximumTo make the discussion on the planned intervention becoming

sharper, ERCB organized another meeting with Afit. The team met

Afit in his house, and talked again about some options concluded

from the earlier meeting. First, is to build mini final waste disposal

sites (in Indonesian TPA). For this option, the development doesn’t

just focus on the sites themselves but also the system. The human

resource should be prepared to do the management. The system

establishment is considered a slightly difficult because of the

limited duration of the ERCB existence in the location.

“However, if this initiative will be executed, colleagues from

KARSA Institute are ready to work on the management system,”

said Titik from the Rural Technology Development Institution (In

Indonesian: LPTP).

The second option is to develop an integrated waste

management site (in Indonesian: TPST) and to place 2 cargo beds

to separate compostable and recyclable waste. This option is in

line with the need of Environment Agency who is in the process to

increase the number of waste cargo beds and also the trucks.

While talking about learning taken from various waste

management methods in other countries, Afit shared that to

determine the steps that would be taken by ERCB, the things

that need to be considered are where the intervention will be

implemented and how much budget allocated for that purpose.

“The other measure that I expect is the community

accompaniment, minimum to provide a guidance and then at

least they do practice to separate the compostable and recyclable

waste,” said Afit.

When it’s mentioned about the kind of incentive gained from the

waste collection and separation activities, Afit shared again what

have been done by Waste Bank 45. There are some good programs

that have been implemented, for example, paying electricity bill

by using waste, paying the vehicle monthly installment and some

other activities.

The main point of the discussion on that day was sharpened by

Afit’s statement which said that any step that will be taken by ERCB

in implementing its waste management related intervention, it

requires to also prepare the human resources.

“There should be people who fully dedicate themselves to do

it’, said Afit. The community involvement in each process must be

encouraged.

“But don’t talk about the wage on the first place as the benefits

that will be gained will be returned to the management and

community,” he added.

As the follow up, ERCB will explore the possibility to provide a

waste collection truck and whenever possible with its cargo bed.

(mdk)

Mohamad Afit, ST., M.Si, the Head of Sigi Environment

Agency

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The wind blew coolly when we arrived in Ramlah’s house in Porame Village, Kinovaro Sub-District, Sigi District. Ramlah is slightly different from other women on her age, she is very concerned towards other human beings. She loves to do social activities that makes Ramlah, who were born in the village on 21 March 1962, is popular as an active women figure in the surrounding community.

Ramlah lives with her daughter, Nifa.

Being a single parents since her husband

passed away in 2010, didn’t drag her on a

prolonged despair. Her main livelihoods

is farming. Besides being a farmer, she is

also recruited by the Government Social

Agency, in an accompaniment program

organized in Marawola Barat Sub-District,

as a Sub-District Social Welfare Worker (in

Indonesian TKSK).

The earthquake that struck Sigi District

on the last 28 September 2018, has

disabled the community economy life,

especially in the villages that are located

in Marawola Barat Sub-District. Her high

empathy towards the survivors has enable

her to conduct serious efforts to look for

correct solutions so that the economy life

in the area may return to normal again.

As it’s recognized, one week post the

disaster, the community in those locations

perceived the economy and social impacts

from the disaster. The villages in Marawola

Barat Sub-Districts are categorized as

isolated areas in Sigi district. At that time

the price of gasoline reached IDR 100,000

– IDR 150,000 per bottle (1 litre) – normal

price is IDR 8,000-10,000 per litre. Besides

that the community tended to act more

individually because they faced a situation

where the logistics were limited and the

uncertainty status of the local government

aid.

Responding to that situation, Ramlah

who is trusted to be a sub-district

community facilitator had a responsibility

to look for solutions for those problems

soon. Fortunately, she has experiences in

community organizing works. Collecting

information through discussions with her

peers, looked like give her good spirit to

conclude her concern.

“Actually, I was confused when the

disaster hit, where should I go to assist

community in need, the community

here (Porame Village) had received a lot

of assistances. Meanwhile, I am a social

worker in that location (Marawola Barat

Sub-District). Luckily, I was contacted by

Mr. Erwin and Karsa Institute,” she said.

Her pure intention to relieve other’s

burden, guided her to the ERCB team.

Her understanding on the community

social, economy and culture problems in

Marawola Barat becomes an important

asset in participating in this humanitarian

works.

Earlier, Ramlah was a female figure who

became an initiator for the establishment

of Bentaya, a non-government

organization who works on environment

and indigenous people issues in Central

Sulawesi. Her experiences working in the

organization and doing networking had

made ERCT gave her trust to take part

in the logistics distribution activity in

Marawola Barat Sub-District.

During the distribution technical process

in her village, Ramlah was assisted by some

of her neighbors who gathered themselves

in “Sintuve Nobesi” community group.

The groups has an important role in the

logistics packing process. The volunteer

post in Ramlah house started to do the

distribution from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central

Indonesian Time. In the distribution

process, Ramlah always advised the

beneficiaries to follow the procedure and

be honest “Never misuse the disaster aid, if

you misuse it, it means that you are praying

for the next disaster to happen your

village,’ she said firmly.

Besides expressing gratefulness,

Ramlah expects that ERCB is always

consistent in serving the community. She

hopes to continuously receive capacity

strengthening, especially in order to assist

the community in facing the post disaster

economy challenges. (se/mdk)

RAMLAH, A SOCIAL FIGHTER

FROM SIGI

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Related to the benefits, Bahtiar, the Tuva

Village Head, confirmed the positive results of

the initiative when Kareba Palu Koro asked him

whether the MCK facilities constructions in his

area bring benefits for the community.

“The community usually use the river to do

bathing and toilet activities. For washing, the

community in this surrounding area usually

use the nearby water source,” said Bahtiar. The

problem is the community are afraid to go the

river in the evening because of minimum lights.

“So, the construction (MCK facilities) is very

beneficial. There are only some houses that

have these facilities. So, when they are ready,

the communities do not need to worry anymore

although the evening comes,” he continued.

The plan is that the MCK facilities will be built

in three places. It will involve the community in

the construction process. Even in one place the

community do communal contribution to build

the absorption part.

The coordination and community involvement

related to the MCK facility construction

implemented by ERCB can also be seen in

other villages, such as in Lambara Village,

Taweli Sub-District, Palu City. The community

members whose houses were damaged because

of the earthquake and tsunami were relocated

temporary to a soccer field in the village up

to now. The evacuation point is managed by

a community organization named Lambara

Remaja Tawaeli (Lamreta), and the location

becomes a quite well managed evacuation post.

“In the beginning this organization was

established as a place for young people to do

positive activities,” said Fino, the 2nd Head of

Lamreta Community. Their involvement in the

evacuation point management was triggered by

the fact that their soul called them to help the

others although actually the people leave in the

evacuation point mostly are not native Lambara

community.

“There are some families here, however, most

of the people evacuated to this place are people

from Panau Village that were hit by tsunami.

However, we don’t differentiate them in our

service,” he added.

When Kareba Palu Koro met them in the

post when they are working together to build

the MCK facilities, Fino and his Lamreta friends

expressed that they happily welcome the

availability of the facilities.

“It’s very beneficial,” said Fino when we asked

about the availability of the MCK facility.

The field that is being used as an evacuation

point, in the normal situation usually is used for

soccer training and scouts’ camping activity.

Besides, the local communities also use the field

for praying during Eid Mubarak Festival.

“So, when the survivors are no longer live here,

this facility will still be used and well maintained,”

he added.

Even the community themselves modify the

size of the MCK room, the size of the roof, the

wall and its terrace in order to make it more

comfortable when people use it. The additional

material used for the modification is provided by

the community themselves. The good technical

performance of Lamreta members, has made

ERCB assess the possibility to invite them as the

technical facilitators in other villages where ERCB

is working. Sometimes the ERCB Team meets

technical challenges in some points where ERCB

Team facilitates the construction of MCK facilities.

The biggest challenge faced is the cement

availability. The quite high demand causes

difficulties to get cement. When it’s available,

the price is quite high, although actually there is

a regulation that regulates the cement price in

Central Sulawesi. (mdk)

Lambara Community is constructing

bathing, washing and latrine facilities

independently. Photo: Martin Dody/ERCB

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