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IDRN-International Disaster Response Network Disaster Risk Reduction Training
! CFK has joined the IDRN - International Disaster Response Network. The IDRN is a collection of organizations and individuals who are committed to work together in preparation, training and response when signicant international disaster events occur. The IDRN model provides a roadmap for private sector organizations to know exactly how, when, and where to engage in disaster response. " in February 2012, CFK hosted the rst IDRN1100 - Disaster Preparation Workshop to be held in the Indonesian language, the training was held at CFKs Medan Training Center and was attended by

January - March 2012

CFKs Medan and Mentawai staff as well as individual volunteers and staff from other NGO who are based in Medan. The trainer for the event Mr. Medi (pictured below, far right) was generously provided by another IDRN member, HAND (Humanitarian Assistance Network for Disasters) who are based in Surabaya. CFK representative, Lynnette Johnson also attend Training the Trainers for the IDRN 1100 training as well as the IDRN1300 and IDRN1500 - Disaster Response Workshops which were hosted in Surabaya by HAND from 1-5 April 2012.

! While CFK has been working and implementing programs for almost 8 years, we were ofcially registered as an Indonesian Yayasan (Non-prot Organization) in Dec 2008, since then we have experienced rapid organizational changes which have been part of the process of forming and dening who we are and why we exist. ! Over the past 3 years, as well as establishing our corporate identity and our Board of Directors, CFK have been strategically developing project implementation practices and operational systems. During this time we have been challenged to manage the tensions between project and organizational priorities, often stretching all of our resources to the limit. ! We desire to continue to grow by developing best practices from lessons learnt and through gaining new skills and knowledge.As such, on 10 March 2012, CFK held a workshop to develop our Strategic Plan for the coming 2 years, 2012-14. ! In order to continue to improve in conducting our operations and delivering our programs effectively
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CFK Strategic Planning Workshop ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 2012 - 2014

and efciently, demonstrating accountability and transparency in all we do, CFK have identied two key areas which we plan to strategically develop over the next two years: 1) Training & Capacity Building - CFK desire to develop a Training Unit which is based in Medan to train and capacity build our staff, volunteers and other workers in best principles and practices for delivering Holistic Community Transformation as well as Disaster Preparation & Response initiatives. 2) Disaster Risk & Response Management CFK op in areas that are classied as high risk of potential disaster, as such will expand and strengthen our network of Disaster Response partners both nationally, internationally and at the local community level. CFK plan to be better prepared to survive in the event of a disaster and to be better trained and equipped to provide humanitarian assistance in the most timely manner possible after a disaster.
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Organic Agriculture Training

Mentawai Island Disaster (Tsunami) Recovery Program

Improving Nutrition & Economic Development

and pest control, seedling production, planting and garden maintenance. The people from Raumonga are now reaping the benets of their rst successful harvest. " The success of Raumonga's Organic FAITH Garden has motivate tsunami survivors from other villages, who initially did not want to join the program, they have now changed their minds and want to establish organic F.A.I.T.H Gardens in their IDP Camps. Even people from villages where CFK are not focusing because they were not hit by the tsunami, but are none the less living in poverty - are now coming to CFK's Organic Team and asking if we will train them to establish Organic FAITH Gardens as well. ! CFK envision that as the tsunami survivors begin to move from the IDP Camps to their permanent home sites, each household will eventually establish their own Organic FAITH Garden producing vegetables, fruit, chicken, eggs and sh for their own consumption. The surplus produce can then be sold to the market and shops in the main port town of Sikakap, where all vegetables, eggs and chickens are currently imported from the main land at expensive inated prices.
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Survivors of the 2010 Mentawai Island tsunami are still living in temporary IDP (Internally Displaced People) Camps waiting for the Government to finalize issues related to land rights and zoning, so that their new village locations and permanent home sites can be allocated. !
These temporary IDP Camps are located high in the mountains along muddy tracks, in jungle clearings here the tsunami survivors must start from zero, there are no facilities, no electricity and no markets or shops to purchase food. " To help improve food security and nutrition, over the past 12 months CFK trained a team of local language facilitators in organic vegetable growing, they have now mobilized and are mentoring/training tsunami survivors from Ruamonga village to establish an Organic Demonstration Plot called a F.A.I.T.H (Food Always In The House) Garden. CFKs local language facilitators have already provided initial training/mentoring on soil improvement and soil bed preparation, organic fertilizer
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CFK ACTIVITY REPORT & NEWSLETTER Jan - Mar 2012

CFK ACTIVITY REPORT & NEWSLETTER Jan - Mar 2012

Early Childhood Development Establishing Playgroups & Kindergartens

Mentawai Island Disaster (Tsunami) Recovery Program

CFK have been providing Child Rights awareness building to Mentawai tsunami survivors living in the IDP (Internally Displaced People) Camps, including advocating on the importance of Early Childhood Development. As a result the parents living in one of the IDP Camps have been quick to established a PAUD (Early Childhood Eduction Center or Playgruop) called Bukit Moria (Mount Moria).
! CFK rst trained a team of local language facilitators, capacity building them to deliver awareness sessions on the UN Convention On Child Rights in the local Mentawai language. ! These local language facilitators, then became transformation catalyst or agents of change in the IDP camps. They explained that while every individual has inherent, basic rights, children are particularly vulnerable and have specic rights that recognize their special need for care and protection. The Convention outlines the important role of families, communities, organizations and governments in realizing these rights so that all children thrive and have the full opportunity to become productive members of society. It sets a standard of protecting the rights of children in all areas of life including civil, political, economic, health, social
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and cultural spheres and asserts that every child has the right to survival, development, protection and participation, without discrimination. The heart of one of the mothers named Ibu Dorlan, was moved, Ibu Dorlan (pictured above left) is from the village of Ruamonga, which was totally destroyed during the 2010 tsunami, only 25 families survived, they are now all living in an IDP Camp located at Km 6 on Pagai Utara Island where they are waiting for the Government to nalize the allocation of their new village location and permanent home sites. Ibu Dorlan has since become a Champion for Early Childhood Education in the Km 5 & 6 IDP Camps, together with the help of CFKs facilitators she has mobilized the parents to form a committee and select 5 volunteers to be trained as teacher aids and register the PAUD with the Department of Education. Everyone agreed that Ibu Dorlan should be the PAUD Coordinator. Her husband agreed that she should fulll her life long dream, which is to become a teacher. Ibu Dorlan feels so blessed, she is now enrolled in the Distance Learning University to complete her teaching degree and even though PAUD Bukit Moria is still operated in a temporary shack, that does not offer protection from the rain, the village children are eager and excited to attend each morning, to have the opportunity to grow and develop through playing and learning with their friends.
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Community Health
Mentawai Island Disaster (Tsunami) Recovery Program

Improving mother & babys well-being

" Risnawati Sinaga joined CFKs Mentawai Tsunami Recovery Program in March 2011, initially to promote better hygiene habits amongst the Mentawai tsunami survivors. However, after completing a health survey, as a midwife, Risna was burdened by the stories of unreported miscarriages as well as the number of deaths, during or soon after birth, of both mothers and babies. Poor nutrition, heavy work loads, minimum to no understanding of pre and post natal or maternity care as well as superstitious practices - such as throwing away their rst ow of nutritious breast milk as it is considered unclean - were all contributing poor health and often death. " CFKs community health survey found that many expecting mothers relied on the services of traditional birthing women during pregnancy, and at birth, for a variety of reasons including a lack of money and limited access to the regional health centers as well as feeling more comfortable giving birth in their home village with the help of the traditional birthing women. However, for the most part the traditional birthing women only use methods passed down from previous generations, only a few have had any training and that was many years ago. " Over the past 3 months, Risna together with CFKs Community Health Team have been providing trainings to capacity build the traditional birthing women aimed at enabling them to understand and practice safer and more hygienic birthing methods. Trainings have included reproductive health, fetal development from conception through pregnancy to birth - the use of a real life lm footage amazed the traditional birthing women as for the rst time they were able to see what is really happening on the inside, instead of only what they could see and feel from the outside. Other topics covered have included maintaining good health during pregnancy and how to recognize complications during pregnancy. The traditional birthing women are now learning about the birthing process including safer & more hygienic birthing methods. " Returning wet and muddy from a long day working in the villages, Risna climbs down from the back of a motor bike, you can hear the joy in her voice as she shares I feel so blessed to be able to pour all that Ive learned as a midwife into these

Risnawati Sinaga, CFKs resident midwife is pictured above and below as she works in difficult conditions to train traditional Mentawai village birthing women.

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CFK ACTIVITY REPORT & NEWSLETTER Jan - Mar 2012

women and contribute to reducing the mortality rate of mothers and babies in Indonesian villages that dont have quality medical services. Im just so delighted when I see that they are using the methods that I have been teaching them and precious lives have been saved despite complications - it makes all the hardships and difculties reaching these remote villages to train the traditional birthing women so worth while.