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Peta Pulau Sumatera dan Titik Gempa Aceh (Foto: BMKG)
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Scientists cannot predict the exact time (when) an earthquake will strike
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Jakarta (Nias Online) – Scientists are not able to determine the exact time (hour, date, and year) when an eartquake will strike a certain region. Such a prediction is false and will never come from credibel experts in the field. This statement comes from two leading earthquake experts Prof. Kerry Edward Sieh and Dr. Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, M. Sc.
“Scientific research does not allow us to predict whether an earthquake will happen in Sumatra on a specific day, month, or year.†said Prof Sieh and Dr. Natawidjaja in a joint statement received by Nias Online, Monday (15/11/2010).
As reported by Nias Online earlier, Nias inhabitants, in particular those living in South Nias have been overwhelmed by rumours of imminent large eartquake that will jolt the region. The rumour even predicted that the earthquake will strike at any time between 10 – 20 November 2010 resulting in some people fleeing their homes and stocking basic household needs in large amount.
The statement from these two scientists strongly discredits such rumours.
“Any such predictions are fake and do not come from reputable scientistsâ€, they said.
Profesor Kerry Sieh is the Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore – Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, whilst Dr. Danny Hilman Natawijaya, M. Sc. is a geologist from Research Center for Geotechnology, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Bandung. Both scientists are actively involved in the research on earthquake activities along the west coast of Sumatra.
However, they hinted that in the coming decades a great earthquake and the resulting tsunami will hit the region of western cost of Sumatera and islands nearby.
“Our research does show that a great earthquake and its tsunami are very likely sometime in the next few decades in the area between the Batu and Pagai Islands and along the neighbouring mainland West Sumatran coast. However, we cannot say exactly when within the next few decades this might occur. “ they explained in the joint statement.
“This means that young people living in this region today are very likely to experience this great earthquake and its tsunami within their lifetimes. There are many actions that can be taken in the time between now and then to lessen the loss of life, livelihood and property.â€, the joint statement concluded.
Pictures: Kompas.com dan Nanyang Technological University website – ntu.edu.sg (EH/EN/*)
Govt, MDF launches final rehab projects in Nias
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Nias, North Sumatra – Five years after the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that devastated the North Sumatra island of Nias, the central government and Multi Donor Fund of the World Bank launched Friday their last three projects on rehabilitation and reconstruction program in the area.
The projects, worth US$24 million, comprise Nias Islands Transition Project, Nias Islands Rural Access and Capacity Building Program (RACBP) and Nias Livelihood and Economic Development Program (LEDP).
Backed by the UN Development Program and Home Affairs Ministry, the transition project aims to prepare the local government and people to take over and maintain the assets, which were built by the Aceh-Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR).
The BRR operation ended in April last year.
The MDF will end its program in 2012.
The RACBP is dedicated to build basic infrastructure, including village roads and bridges, as well as train local people to maintain it. The project is jointly executed by the International Labor Organization and the Ministry of Disadvantaged Regions. Â
The last project aims to boost economic activities of the local people, focusing on cocoa and rubber plantations, rice and vegetable production as well as livestock. The World Bank is assisting the Ministry of Disadvantaged Regions to implement the LEDP.
“It is time for Nias government, people and NGOs to build the region by themselves. The central government will continue supervising the construction and training local people to maintain their assets,” director of local government and special autonomy at the Home Affairs Ministry, Soni Sumarsono, said during the project launch at Nias regent office in Gunungsitoli.
Nias regional secretary R.E. Nainggolan said that the regency administration would fully support the final projects.
MDF has a total 14 rehab and construction projects worth $115 million in Nias since 2005. (The Jakarta Post, 30 July 2010)
Vacancy as Community Health Coordination
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Medical Teams International is a non-profit organization, which serves to bring aid and medical care to those in need worldwide. We are looking for people who are skilled, passionate, determined and experienced for the positions below:
Community Health Coordinator (Code: CHC)
Duty station: Nias Selatan
She/He will supervise the Health Facilitators and will plan and coordinate their activities as well as provide internal and external training as necessary in community development principles in the Community Health Nias project.
Requirements
1. Bachelor Degree of Social, Nursing, Midwifery or equivalent with minimum 3 (Three) years experiences in related fields as a coordinator with an international NGO.
2. Proficiency in Nias language is an advantage
3. Negotiation and mediation skills to deal with staff, community, and service providers.
4. Excellent communication and presentation skill
5. Good character
6. Experience in health communities program and community mobilization.
7. Willingness to work in remote areas and live in the community.
8. Fluently in English (Oral and written)
9. NON SMOKER
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants should send a complete Resume/CV to Medical Teams International, Wisma Kosgoro 20th Floor, Jl. MH Thamrin No. 53, Jakarta or send an email to **@***********ia.org and cc ls*****@***********ia.org by put the position code in the subject heading.
Please note only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Further information:
http://www.medicalteams.org/
Rabies declared endemic in Nias Island
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
The Jakarta Post | Tue, 03/09/2010 3:46 PM | National
North Sumatra Animal Husbandry Agency head Teti Erlina Lubis said Tuesday that she had declared rabies endemic in Nias Island following the recent death of a local health agency head due to a bite from a rabies-infected dog.
North Nias health agency chairman Christian Zai was reported to have died on Thursday apparently after being bitten by his own dog.
Teti said in Medan, North Sumatra, that her team had conducted a thorough test on the dog and found that the animal was infected with rabies. She said she believed most dogs in Nias Island were infected with the disease.
“We have delivered a total of 18,000 doses of anti-rabies vaccine to Nias Island so far,†Erlina said as quoted by kompas.com.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/09/rabies-declared-endemic-nias-island.html
Nias demands self-governance
Sunday, February 21st, 2010Four regencies and a mayoralty in Nias Islands have agreed to go ahead with their aspiration to set up an autonomous province separated from North Sumatra mainland. (more…)
RCHN-NTU Visits Pulau Nias
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Pulau Nias was hit by both Asian Tsunami and Sumatra earthquake in 2004 and 2005 respectively. As part of our official mission trip to Pulau Nias, we had a chance to talk to the locals as they shared their experience on coping with the aftermath of both disasters. (more…)
Little things still matter
Monday, December 21st, 2009THE modest grey bricked building looks a world away from its counterpart across road, where shiny blue glass panes are framed by freshly scrubbed walls. (more…)
Nias Statue Smuggling Rethwarted
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009MEDAN – Resort police of Sibolga city again thwarted the illegal selling of Nias tribe megalithic statues. The human shaped statues were about to be sold by someone with initials WE (47) to Medan. The Nias statue selling has occurred repeatedly through land and sea. (more…)
Preserving local culture
Monday, October 12th, 2009Nias, an island to the west of Sumatra, is known as home to a living megalithic culture with its iconic hombo batu (stone jumping) tradition portrayed in an Rp 1,000 banknote in the early 1990s. (more…)
Bringing hope to poor villagers
Thursday, August 27th, 2009A group of caring Coolum people will head to Indonesia next month to help poor villagers living on the islands of west Sumatra. (more…)
Quake energy has potential to further rattle West Sumatra
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Padang, W Sumatra (ANTARA News) – A series of aftershocks which rattled West Sumatra province on Sunday and Monday (Aug 16 and 17) followed the quakes which struck the region back in 2007. (more…)
Indonesia: Toilets and tap stands change lives in Nias
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
*A Red Cross water and sanitation programme on Nias Island is making a dramatic difference to the daily lives of local.
By Ahmad Husein, Communications Coordinator, IFRC Jakarta, Indonesia
Sabaria Lasse, 49, always looks enthusiastic every time people asking about her new latrine. It is a half brick and wood construction situated behind her house in Hilizokhu village in the northern district of Lahewa, on Nias Island.
“I copied the design of the latrines that the Red Cross built and I made it with my own money,†she says proudly.
Before having the latrine, Sabaria and others in the village just dug a hole in the back yard or used the riverbank as their local toilet. With a poor understanding of good hygiene practises it wasn’t surprising that the incidence of diseases such as diarrhoea was high among the villagers. (more…)
