Help Survivors Flashflood West Bali Indonesia 2022

Rain has been pouring down Bali, especially in Jembrana Regency, since the weekend of October 15, 2022, causing a number of villages along the rivers in Jembrana Regency to experience mudflows that brought downed logs and trees. Flash floods on Sunday, October 16, 2022, hit four sub-districts, namely Mendoyo, Negara, Jembrana, and Melaya. As a result of this incident, several houses were badly damaged, submerged in mud and waste materials, and paralyzed the residents' daily activities. Access to the main road that connects Java with the southern part of Bali was also cut off for several hours, although it is slowly recovering.

The Jembrana Disaster Management Agency reported that 3,889 houses were affected by the flash floods. As of Wednesday, October 20, 2022, 892 families or 2,676 people were evacuated to public facilities (community halls) in seven evacuation locations - with the largest number of refugees living in the Melaya Village refugee camp - 400 families or approximately 1,200 inhabitants.

The regional government declared an emergency status and officially started the Emergency Response to Flash Floods and Strong Winds in Jembrana Regency by issuing Decree Number: 496/BPBD/2022 for 14 days from 17 to 30 October 2022.

2. IDEP's Emergency Response Plan

IDEP's rapid assessment on Monday, October 17, 2022, found that refugees urgently need food, clean water, beds, blankets, sanitation equipment, and the special needs of the elderly, infants and toddlers, and pregnant women. For recovery and rehabilitation, families need support to clean and rehabilitate houses, schools, and public facilities that have been submerged in water, mud, and waste materials; kitchen and household appliances; cattle; and school books and materials.

3. IDEP Emergency Response

Thanks to the contributions from all IDEP Donors, IDEP was able to provide the following support to the affected communities:

a. The aid package of 350 Back to School kits from Save the Children Indonesia was received along with the 300 hygiene kits.

b. Hand sanitizer assistance 5 boxes (25 pieces/dos) with a total of 125 pieces from Bali Soap have been distributed to schools together with the BTS kit distribution.

c. From the school data received by the team, there were 314 beneficiaries. from 6 schools. consisting of 3 kindergartens and 3 elementary schools in the flash flood-affected areas. Distribution is carried out during school hours from 08:00 am to 11:00 pm., gradually from Poh to Yeh Embang Kauh hamlets. The children are happy with the assistance provided. 

d. IDEP is supported by Jejac Offroad team members, with 5 Idep personnel and 1 Jejac team, and supported by three 4-wheeled vehicles. Distributions are received directly by school children with recipient representatives from the school principal or a representative.

e. The remaining of family bucket packages are 18 bucket packages with 166 packages of SCI hygiene kits and 3 boxes of hand sanitizer (25 pieces/dos) handed over to the Village representatives.

From the recent field findings. the post at the screening has been closed, as well as the kitchen in general. in the poh booth, there are still evacuation posts but not enough public kitchen because the emergency period was not extended. IDEP also surveyed the houses of the affected residents in the Poh booth. There we found that due to the closure of the public kitchen, the survivors cooked themselves even though cooking utensils were not complete and food ingredients were still supplied by the post and stove that had been given. The need for basic cooking utensils, such as pots, frying pans, etc., is currently still needed.