Indonesia

In September 2018, a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sulawesi Island, triggering a tsunami and landslides. The disaster killed over 2,000 people and destroyed crucial infrastructure, creating a humanitarian crisis. Hundreds of thousands of families were displaced and lacked access to essential goods and services.

The disaster caused damage or destruction to hundreds of schools and early childhood learning centres in the Palu City, Donggala, Sigi and Parigi Moutong districts. Tens of thousands of students found themselves without a place to learn. Students also lost access to the key components offered by a safe school environment, including school meals, child protection, safety from sexual abuse, and access to hygiene and sanitation facilities, further exacerbating existing health and nutrition issues affecting children and adolescents.

In response to the crisis, ECW supported partners to establish temporary learning spaces and provide materials to educators to ensure stability and continuity of education for children and adolescents. Additionally, ECW funded training sessions for educators to provide psychosocial support, address gender-based violence, improve child protection services and increase capacity in emergencies to address current trauma – building resiliency for future events.

All ECW-funded activities were part of the First Emergency Response (FER) concluded in October 2019. There are no active programmes in Indonesia.