Help AGRA Members, Victims of 7.3 earthquake in Indonesia

September 4, 2009

Dear Friends,

On behalf of Alliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria or Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement (AGRA), a member of the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) in Indonesia, we are writing you regarding the 7.3 earthquake that hit West Java on September 2.

One of the areas worst damage was Pangalengan, Bandung. Pangalengan is a strong mass base of AGRA, thousand of their members lived there. More than 80% of houses were destroyed affecting thousand farmers and their families including house of Rahmat, AGRA national officer.

As of today 13 people were dead, and thousands were injured. People now lived in a temporary shelter and urgently need food (including baby food), milk, medicine, clothes and blanket.

As a response, the People’s Struggle Front (FPR) and AGRA set up a quick reaction team by sending volunteers and built temporary shelter for the affected people called JABAR BANGKIT (Humanitarian Center). For more information, you can check the web site www.jabar-bangkit.webs.com and www.asianpeasant.org.

For any help, please send email to JABAR BANGKIT information team at jabar.bangkit09@gmail.com with copy to irfan_agra@yahoo.com and roda_g04@yahoo.com .

You may also send donations (in kind) thru:
JABAR BANGKIT c/o: INDIES
Jl. Mampang Prapatan XIII, Jakarta Selatan
Phone/fax 021 7986468

For cash donation, please send to : ERPAN FARYADI
(via any Western Union branch), please send us copy of remittance form.

Save the People, Serve the People!

DANILO RAMOS
APC Secretary General