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Aid Distribution Remains Hampered

A lack of information on refugee shelters and the needs of locals affected by the recent 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), has hampered the distribution of aid following the catastrophe.

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NORTH LOMBOK, KOMPAS – A lack of information on refugee shelters and the needs of locals affected by the recent 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), has hampered the distribution of aid following the catastrophe. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has been relying on the Qlue mobile app to compile a database of refugee shelters and refugees’ needs.

BNPB deputy of prevention and preparedness B. Wisnu Widjaja said the agency had found no problems in aid availability, but distribution was made difficult as there was little information on the exact locations of remote refugee shelters and what the refugees in those shelters need.

Thus far, there is no complete database of all refugee shelters, let alone a detailed list of the needs of refugees in those shelters. “If we can gain this information quickly, we can also distribute aid quickly,” Wisnu said after an earthquake management evaluation meeting at the North Lombok regent’s office in NTB on Sunday (12/8/2018) afternoon.

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