Appeal

Over the last decade, many disasters that struck Indonesia, including flash flood in Sinjai, Yogyakarta quake, Pangandaran tsunami, hot mud flood in Sidoarjo, have lessen the capability of many of our brothers and sisters in sustaining their lives. They need our hands. Qurbani Indonesia 2007 from PortalInfaq UK is one of our effort in giving our hands to those who need the most.

Here are just some of the reasons why you should offer your qurbani now through PortalInfaq UK:

• We will offer the qurbani in the name you specify, which will be mentioned at the time of slaughter
• We will carry out the qurbani in the areas of your choice (or where most needed if you choose)
• We will send you a full report with photos upon completion of qurbani
• Animals are selected and slaughtered in accordance with the shariah
• Choice of two sizes of sheep and also the option of lumping together qurbani for 7 people in a cow
• You can choose to pay by cheque, bank transfer, credit or debit cards, and also direct from your PayPal account

We prioritise the designated site of qurbani to the poverty and disaster stricken areas, although we also cater for qurbani to other sites all over Indonesia as well.

Please choose now the qurbani from our Qurbani Options.

If you have further queries, you may contact us:

At least 327 people were killed, officials said, with another 160 or more missing as quakes and tsunami hit the southern coast of Java island. Most of the casualties are from seven villages of five district in Ciamis, West Java, where the Pangandaran resort, is one of a tourist destination in West Java. These villages include: Desa Karapyak, Pantai Barat, Pantai Timur, Pamugaran, Karang Tirta Batukarang, Belukbendo, and Desa Legog. Most of the casualties were found stranded in trees near the beach, or buried under the debris of flattened homes.

Most of the injured people were treated in the Community Health Center Pangandaran, and some of them were moved to the Banjar Town Hospital. Many of the displaced people still stay at the Great Mosque Pangandaran, which is located a little bit on a high ground, where some others have gone home. Other refugee camps include Purbaluyu Community Hall which caters for 800 people, 2000 people in the Sukahurip secondary school, 2500 people in Desa Cinta Ratu, and 100 people in Desa Sukajadi in the Sido Mulih district. Some uncounted refugees still stay in mosques, particulary children and seniors. The Pangandaran resort is practically shut down, as the stores are still closed, schools are shut, and people still prefered to stay together in groups in coming to terms to what happened. Many of the dead bodies are still laid in the Community Health Center Pangandaran for administration and identification purposes.

Other than West Java south coast, the tsunami also hit the Central Java south west coast. In Pantai Suwur, in Ayah district, Kebumen county, one fisherman is found dead, and ten other are reported missing. As many as 500 fishermen boats are ruined. People still take refuge in higher grounds away from the beach. In Pantai Puring, tens of buildings and fishermen boats are ruined.  In Cilacap county, the dead toll reaches 37 people. Most of the quake and tsunami victims are children and seniors. These victims include 13 people who came from Desa Welahan, in Binangun district. The dead tolls is still rising, as there are many hotels in tourism areas are flattened and many people are still missing. 

On Monday (17/07/06), the quakes can be felt shattering Jakarta, the capitol city of Indonesia which is about 400 km away from the epicentrum, and in other cities in West Java, including Bandung which is the West Java capital city. According to the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency, the epicentrum is located in the Indian Ocean about
620 km to the south of Bandung and 33 km below the sea level. The quake and its aftershocks were between 5.5 to 6.8 on the Richter scale. The first quake was on 6.8 Richter scale happened at 15.19 western Indonesia time. It lasted around 30 seconds and can be felt in high tower offices in Jakarta that sparks panics in cities in west Java, like Bandung, Sukabumi and Ciamis. The second quakes hit minutes after the first one on 5.5 Richter scale. The second aftershock on 6.1 Richter scale hit again at 16.13. Soon after that the tsunami hit, which is reported in Pangandaran to have been up to 3 metres high and went in the shore up to 1 km beyond the normal coast line.

Since Tuesday morning (18/07/06), PortalInfaq volunteers that form a Rapid Reaction Team have been on the location in Pangandaran to collect data about the victims, refugees, and the necessities there. 
PortalInfaq appeals for your zakah, infaq, or shadaqah to help our brothers and sisters in need through our account below:

or send it directly to our bank account:

We have not even started to recover the devastation caused by the earthquake in Yogyakarta, on 21 June 2006, a flash flood struck the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. This has washed away hundreds of houses and thousands of people are displaced. Until the afternoon, the death toll is up to 280 and rising because tens of people are still missing.

Heavy rains during the last 2 days causes a flash flood that struck houses. The victims were either swept away or buried under the debris of stricken buildings. The county of Sinjai is completely shut down, with a meter deep water in some places. People have gone to high places, but they are lack of clean water, food and shelters. Transportation links within the town and to and from other areas are also cut off. This is caused by either falling bridge or drown in a meter high water.

In Bataeng county, it has counted 4 bridges have fallen. About 618 acres (250 hectare) of newly planted rice fields are ruined. Schools are still shut down, just as shops and markets.

Other counties that are reported stricken by the flood are Gowa, Sidrap, and Selayar.

PortalInfaq representatives in Makassar, South Sulawesi has sent an emergency relief team to 2 counties: Sinjai and Bataeng, and will directly go to the refugee camps to send aids. In Makassar, PortalInfaq is also raising money to help the victims. PortalInfaq appeals for your zakah, infaq, or shadaqah to help our brothers and sisters in need through our bank account below:

or send it directly to our Paypal account:

The 6.5 richter eartquake on the early hour that hit south Yogyakarta in the island of Java, has left more than 5,800 dead, thousands injured and as many as 200,000 people are displaced. Although relief operations have been coming, many of the remote villages are still untouched. These people, not only are without home, but also are left without food and in some cases without clean water.
Portal Infaq Indonesia, our partner in Indonesia, have engaged relief operations, targeted at these remote villages, like Tulasan-Bambang Lipuro, in Bantul district and Sangeang-Srimulyo, in Piyungan district. Currently, the operations in this emergency phase are focused on providing temporary shelters, medical aids and basic food. If you would like to know the progress of the Yogya Quake programmes, you could check out the news in PortalInfaq Indonesia, which are in Bahasa Indonesia.
It is clear that we need to reach out to many more such villages. We certainly need even more resources to help these people in building up their lives again in the months to come. Your donations, would certainly be welcome and much appreciated.

To donate by debit/credit cards, please click the following image, which will take you to our PayPal account. You don't have to be registered at PayPal. 
All donations will be 100% transferred to PortalInfaq Indonesia to be distributed through the Yogya Quake Programme. Fees and transfer charges from GBP to IDR will be met by Portalinfaq UK. This page will be updated regularly with amounts received.

Alternatively, if you would like to donate through Gift Aid, you could use The British Red Cross services.

12 June 2006: £40.00 exchange rate (12/6/06) Rp. 17,277.85, transferred to PortalInfaq Rp. 691,114.00
Total to date: £330.00 ~ Rp. 5,689,217.00