Struggling to recover

One week after the earthquake that killed more than 6,000 people,
residents of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas are still
struggling to recover.
The slow arrival of relief supplies at disaster sites has
added insult to injury for victims. Reports abound that aid, both
in the form of goods and medical assistance, has not reached some
areas since the quake struck on May 27.
The uneven distribution of relief goods and medical teams has
forced victims and their families to rely on their own resources
to try to repair their broken lives. Some have even resorted to
begging to sustain themselves.


Struggling to recover
A member of the Indonesian Military offers a helping hand to a mother in a makeshift
hospital in Wonokromo, Bantul, Yogyakarta. The military has been deployed to help
victims of the quake, which measured 5.9 on the Richter Scale according to the national
Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG). Other sources put the magnitude at 6.3.
(JP/R. Berto Wedhatama)


Residents of Pesu village in Gantiwarno, Klaten, carry the bodies of their loved ones.
The Yogyakarta quake killed over 6,000 people. Because so many families have suffered
losses, burial processions are often attended by immediate family members only.
(JP/Blontak Poer)