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Indonesia

The jetty at Pulo Aceh
The jetty at Pulo Aceh [Sarah Belson]

Located in the Pacific "Ring of Fire", Indonesia is home to the world's largest democratic Muslim population but, despite being a middle-income country, 53% (more than 100 million people) live on less than $2 a day.

The 2004 tsunami devastated the Aceh province yet also paved the way for the resolution of 30 years of separatist conflict. Our Aceh partners are now developing a peaceful and democratic society which is more resilient to disaster.

Through our partner Caritas Indonesia (known locally as Karina), we are working to reduce people's risk of disaster, to be better prepared when disasters do strike, and to respond quickly and effectively in the aftermath.

CAFOD spent £423,000 in Indonesia in 2008/09

Our partners are also helping those in need following the devastating earthquake that struck the western coast of Sumatra in September 2009.


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Mount Merapi emitting smoke

Indonesia: Life-saving aid after the volcano

Our partners in Indonesia are providing vital supplies to people displaced by erupting volcano, Mount Morapi

A woman shields herself and her child with an umbrella during an ash rain while they walk to their tent at a temporary shelter in Jumoyo village in the city of Magelang [REUTERS/Beawiharta courtesy of alertnet.org]

Indonesia: CAFOD scales up response to volcano

We have scaled up our emergency response in Indonesia following a further fatal eruption of Mount Merapi in the early hours of 5 November

Santa Cruz Cemetery, site of the massacre of more than 200 people on a pro-independence march in 1991.

East Timor: Ten years since independence vote

On August 30, 1999 the people of East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia. A brutal backlash from the departing Indonesian military killed many people, destroyed roads, schools, and hospitals and left three-quarters of the population homeless

Published on 30/01/2006, last updated on 26/10/2009

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