40,000 people still remain in Evacuee Camps.
This is only a fraction of the 150,000 which were in camps while the Alert Level was at 4.
Quite a few events have occured since #helpbali2017 received it's last submission, I will highlight some them in this post.
As always, if you want to stay up to date on all the efforts achieved by the many amazing charities helping us out here on Bali, Indonesia, follow MountAgungRelief Facebook Group and follow @charitysteemit, the charity account currently raising funds to help the Evacuees Of Bali.
Level 3 Alert Level
There are still 40,000 people living in evacuation shelters unable to return to their homes. This is because the local government advises people to not return home if their homes are located within 6 kilometers of the crater of the volcano.
We are dealing with the unpredicatable nature of a volcano here.
The alert level could be raised back to level 4 or the volcano could even erupt at any time.
The focus is still on education and empowerment to help ensure that community leaders can look after their populations if the volcano's activity increases again.
The potential danger facing an unprepared populace remains significant.
Recent Supply Drops
On November 14th the Mount Agung Relief team brought rice to evacuees.
This was because they received many reports of extremely low food stocks in the remaining evacuee centers.
In Sangem, 453 evacuees from Yeh He (near Sebudi) only had enough rice left for their evening meal and nothing else, not even salt.
Agung Relief are currently providing cash to trusted community members to purchase food supplies, so Rio Helmi and Eko Teguh Paripurno (pictured above) headed straight to the village with their donation. We feel this is an important way to keep the local economy going.
PSA Videos
Mount Agung Relief also posted the below video to teach the local community how to wear the masks which will protect you from the volcanic ash in the case of an eruption
Mount Agung Relief also released a video teaching people about water filters and the importance of clean water.
And finally we released this video teaching people proper germ etiquette, it may be the largest contributing factor to any disease spreading through the camps so I was very happy to see this video released ๐.
Evacuees have now spent 8 weeks in temporary accommodation,
without any indication of when or if an eruption will even take place. But the Mount Agung Relief effort will continue to support their evolving needs. As will the @charitysteemit account here on Steemit. Currently run by @samstonehill & @chron.
You can see below we are very close now to achieving the half way point towards our goal of $1000 and we are sincerely grateful to those of you who have donated. A full list of donations is displayed at the bottom of this post.
JouLite 150
It has been decided the Sundaya product you can see here will be the most useful to these people.
It gives them light and a USB charing port.
When we hit $480, we will use this money to buy 15 solar of these kits.
When we hit the final target of $1000, a total of 31 kits will be out there in the hands of the Balinese people.... thanks to you the people of Steemit.
We will document the entire journey, from Steemit to the moment these kits are handed out, so that there may be no doubt what your STEEM/SBD is being used for.
It has been amazing to see the response from the Steemit community over this and I personally can't wait to hand out these solar kits!
All Images In This Post
are taken from the Mount Agung Relief Facebook group and the newly created Pustaka Terbuka website SEE HERE where you will find an amazing number of useful Bahasa downloads.
Thank you @petrabali for your consistent focus on helping the people of Bali with your work.
Creating toilets has been a huge part of the relief mission
150,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes and many of them are living in poorly funded camps, unable to provide the most basic of facilities. Leading some of them to even make the journey home, potentially putting their lives in danger. Since the alert status has gone down, only 40,000 evacuees remain.
How can you help?
STEEM/SBD Donations are being accepted in the @charitysteemit account for the purchase of these solar products & water filters too, when the value of STEEM goes back up!
Once the products have been acquired, we will document them being given out to the evacuees of Bali.
A Bitcoin donation QR code is displayed on the @charitysteemit account banner.
All donations will be logged and listed here on a weekly basis.
If you want to get involved by writing related articles...
This is the procedure to follow:
Please write informative articles & do not seek to capitalise on spreading fear.
It is our job to provide accurate decentralised reporting on this situation, so speak to people you know who live in Bali, rather than quoting mainstream news. You have my full permission to copy the information you find in my posts... but please try and present it in your own way!
Feel free to use any up-to-date images you find in the Facebook group, Mount Agung Relief remembering to quote your source if you do.
Use helpbali2017 as one of your tags. It doesn't have to be the first one.
Upon reviewing your article, assuming it fits our criteria, we will resteem it into the @charitysteemit account and add you to the weekly published list of awesome contributors.
Make sure you select the 50/50 option at the bottom of your post before you submit.
- When the payout is received after 7 days keep the STEEM POWER for yourself and transfer the SBD to @charitysteemit
If you are found to be abusing this system you will be flagged on your future posts and listed for all to see alongside those who have made genuine donations.
Multiple review articles
I have noticed people linking to the posts in this account with review type articles on multiple topics. This is much appreciated and a great to help in spreading awareness but if you want to really make a difference... you should write articles exclusively about this subject.
And as such, we regret that we can only resteem articles which are 100% dedicated to the situation here and helping the people of Bali.
They will be resteemed from the following accounts which support this cause: @charitysteemit @refugeeaid4bali @samstonehill @samstonehilltube @steemshop @steemholdidays @steemtv @chron @savetukadpetanu @jockey @cryptogranny @yaariart
If you would like to help us spread the word by resteeming our posts and have your name added to this list, please let us know in the comments below.
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If you are unable to donate anything, you can still help by simply upvoting & resteeming this ๐๐ป
Wallet screengrab from the @samstonehill account showing all those who have currently donated
Wallet screengrab from the @charitysteemit account showing all those who have currently donated
The liquid rewards from this post (Steem & SBD) will go towards this important cause๐๐ป
A Big THANK YOU To The Following People Who Have Donated Money To The #helpbali2017
- @samstonehill
- @chron
- @dannyshine
- @happyphoenix
- @adventureevryday
- @mrwanderlust
- @fadli79
- @stephen-somers
- @jinmi17
- @tishyaoedit
- @mitchiesfoodrace
- @brains
- @ekavieka
- @doyanphotography
And a big thank you to @canadian-coconut, @teamsteem, @ausbitbank, @v4vapid, @good-karma and @acidyo for being extra generous in voting the posts from @charitysteemit.
Blessings to these people. I hope a lot of SBD can be raised.
Thank you very much, thanks for the support @thekittygirl, have a good day ๐
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