CARE's staff in Indonesia are delivering emergency assistance to Sumatra's Aceh state and capital city Banda Aceh, which were virtually on top of the earthquake's epicenter.
Reports of mind-numbing destruction and an estimated death toll of more than 79,000 people attest to the need for and difficulty of disaster response in this zone.
CARE will distributing 200,000 bottles of sodium hypochlorite solution for water purification with buckets with lids and jerrycans in which people can store and safeguard their drinking water.
Survival of tsunami and earthquake victims Prevention of major waterborne disease
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).