AN N U A L
RE P O RT
2005 •
2006
www.idepfoundation.org
Permaculture
Training
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Sustainable
Development
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Disaster
Preparedness
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E m e r g e n cy
R e s p o n s e
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Communi ty
Recovery
IDEP FO U N DAT I O N
IDEP is an
independent Indonesian
NGO that works with local and interna-
tional partners, volunteers and staff to increase envi-
ronmental awareness, improve ecological systems and support
the realization of enhanced, sustainable, harmonious and safe living.
IDEP’s Vision - To help people understand our interconnectedness with
nature and support safe and sustainable lifestyles. IDEP’s Mission - To learn
from existing community-based knowledge and use this knowledge to develop
appropriate methods of preserving and developing local resources while strengthen-
ing community resilience to disaster. To provide access to hands-on demonstrations,
information and tools that help address the challenges faced by local communities. To
develop and utilize various types of educational media in order to raise public aware-
ness about community-based sustainable development and disaster management. To
participate in and strengthen local, national and international networks that support
community-based sustainable development and disaster management. To provide
assistance to disaster affected people in need. IDEP’s Name - In the Balinese
language ‘IDEP’ is the aspect of human consciousness that allows us to
plan and create. IDEP’s name conveys our belief that understanding
our environment and developing and implementing appro-
priate ways to maximize our positive impacts, gives
us, and generations to come, a better
chance for survival.
IDEP works in partnership with compassionate people from through-
out the world to support safe and sustainable l i festyles in Indonesia
Annual Report 2005 / 2006 Table of Contents
The interconnected cycle of IDEP’s programs 4
Sustainable Development 5
IDEP’s Permaculture Training Center & Demonstration Site on Bali 7
Permaculture outreach to local Communities & Schools on Bali 10
IDEP's Development of Effective Media for Community Education 11
Looking to the future for IDEP's Permaculture Program 12
Disaster Preparedness 13
Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Building for Communities 15
IDEP’s Community Based Disaster Management Tool Kit 16
IDEP’s Network of Disaster Management Partners in Indonesia 18
Emergency Response 19
IDEP's Rapid Response to the Asian Tsunami 20
Community Assistance in the devastated area of Samatiga, Aceh 24
IDEP's Response to the Java Quake & Pangandaran Tsunami 27
IDEP's Response to the Second Bali Bombing Tragedy 28
Community Recovery 29
Sustainable Community Recovery in Tsunami Affected Aceh 30
Development of the GreenHand Field School & Training Center 31
GreenHand Aceh Community Recovery Outreach Activities 33
Information about IDEP 36
Looking to the future & how you can help IDEP continue 36
Did you know that... 37
Who supports IDEP and how the money is used 39
Permaculture Training
EmpoweringSustainable Development
“The starting point for a better world is the belief
that it is possible.” - Norman Cousins
Dear friends and donors,
2005-2006 was an important year for IDEP. It has been a year of growth and achievement
while responding to many disasters in Indonesia. This year has highlighted the urgent need
for more community-based sustainable development, environmental awareness and disaster
resilience in the areas in which we work.
IDEP’s response to recent disasters in Bali, Aceh and Java has brought attention to the plight
of Indonesian communities, which are at extremely high risk. The issues faced by the people
of Indonesia today are how to reduce poverty, rehabilitate damaged environments and pre-
pare for further disasters, with minimal support and using limited local resources.
Our ongoing projects in Bali and Aceh continue to bring achievable and sustainable solu-
tions that address issues faced by Indonesian communities. Our approach has always been to
promote culturally appropriate sustainable development and how to help communities utilize
knowledge and local resources to rehabilitate their environments and increase their resilience
to disasters.
IDEP’s concern is that the challenges are so enormous, and that so many people are in need
of support, education and tools, that IDEP, in turn, needs to increase its capacity and scope
in order to deliver effective programs to more people in the years to come.
As IDEP and its partners look at these challenges, we also look to you, our supporters, for
help. When you responded to the Tsunami with such incredible force, your voices were loud
and clear: You told the world that you cared. And when you joined us in calling for an end to
the suffering, when you gave generously as disaster struck over and over again, you demon-
strated your commitment. You are the pulse of this movement. We can’t thank you enough.
On behalf of everyone at IDEP and all of our program beneficiaries, thank you so much. We
could never have achieved so much without your invaluable support.
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Petra SchneiderExecutive Director, IDEP Foundation
IDEP Foundation - 42 Jln. Hanoman, 80571, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
A message from the Executive Director
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IDEP’s continued focus on sustainable practices has resulted in an ‘organic growth’ and interdependence
of our various program departments. The benefits, techniques and problems solved by each of the pro-
gram departments at IDEP provide positive inputs and support towards each other.
IDEP has 4 main areas of work:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - The Bali Permaculture Project (BPP) - Develops innovative sustain-
able agriculture techniques that combine traditional practices with contemporary technology.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS - Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) - Trains communities
at risk of disaster how to prepare for them and reduce the risk to lives and livelihoods during and
after disaster occurrences.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE – IDEP provides immediate response and aid for communities who are suf-
fering from disasters. Our first responder teams aim to be operating on the ground within the first
36 hours of an emergency, and then once larger agencies have started working in critical areas IDEP
shifts its focus to assisting smaller, overlooked, peripheral communities in need.
COMMUNITY RECOVERY - The GreenHand Field School (GFS), Aceh - Develops sustainable community
recovery techniques and teaches them to local trainers and communities in the devastated province of
Aceh, where more than 425,000 people were displaced due to the 2004 Asian Tsunami.
IDEP’s direct work with local communities and grass roots networks In-
donesia wide provides us with intimate experience and knowl-
edge of the needs of communities before, during and after
natural disasters.
Communities who have suffered disasters can take
a long time to recover. IDEP helps to reduce these
challenges by educating and supporting people to
establish sustainable living practices and disaster
preparedness in order to reduce the impacts of di-
sasters on lives and livelihoods.
This self-generating cycle of education, participatory
planning and practical solutions supports the growth of
sustainable living practices in Indonesia and simultane-
ously reduces the impact of disasters on communities.
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Sustainable Development
Disaster Preparedness
EmergencyResponse
Community Recovery
The interconnected cycle of IDEP’s programs
The Bali Permaculture ProgramPermaculture is a fully integrated community and environmentally senstive de-
sign and management system, which is highly applicable to sustainable com-
munity development and culturally attuned to Indonesia. The components of the
system cover environmental rehabilitation and management, food security, local
economic development and sustainable resource management.
IDEP's Bali Permaculture Program has made great progress in 2005 / 2006...
Establishing a Demonstration Site & Training Center on Bali
Continuing our outreach programs with women and children's groups
Campaigning & Educational Tools Development & Distribution
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“The closer we get to a
virtuous circle, in which
our work, our home life,
our ethics and our
spirituality are mutually
reinforcing, the closer we
will be to achieving
genuine sustainability”
- James Wilsdon,
Senior Researcher,
Forum for the Future
2005/6 SU S TA I NA B L E DE V E L O P M E N T
“The World needs an enormous number of new
innovators, change agents, and transformers, all
dedicated to turning development in the direction of
sustainability. People like you.” - Alan Atkisson
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IDEP’s Permaculture Training Center & Demonstration Site on Bali
On Bali, the impacts of un-checked development, de-
forestation and chemical pollution are widespread.
IDEP teaches sustainable agriculture combining tra-
ditional methods with appropriate technologies.
In 2005, thanks to support from OXFAM Australia, IDEP
began developing a demonstration site which is now
the home of IDEP's Bali Permaculture Project (BPP).
The 'BPP Demo Site' is a 2,500 square meter area of
land in the center of the village of Pengosekan, two
km outside of Ubud. The site cultivates and propa-
gates vegetables, medicinal herbs and several va-
rieties of rice, while chicken, ducks, geese, rabbits
and cows provide free, nutrient-rich fertilizer for the
crops, as well as pest and weed control. Cassava and
bamboo lined fish ponds on site contain tilapia, carp
and catfish. These, as well as other ponds on site, at-
tract frogs and other natural pest predators, while the
small farm's irrigation water is filtered using natural
filtering systems. No chemical fertilizers or pesticides
whatsoever are used. Using 'System of Rice Intensi-
fication' (SRI), the site yielded four times more com-
mercial value, with an 80% reduction in the use of
water compared to conventional planting methods.
The site also houses a teaching facility for up to fourty
people, a seed-saving nursery and Wastewater Gar-
dens® waste-water treatment system.
The BPP Demo Site is helping to prove that organic
farming and gardening are economically and evi-
ronmentally feasible options for the Balinese. This
site acts as a teaching and training facility for farm-
ers in the area and as an outreach base for training
further afield.
To date over 1,200 people from Bali and other areas of
Indonesia have attended training sessions facilitated by
the Bali Permaculture Program.
IDEP on site trainings include:
Soil rehabilitation
Seed Saving & Seed Propagation
Recycling and managing wastes
Compost systems
Organic farming & gardening
Permaculture Design
Support products developed include:
Organic herb and vegetable seedlings
Gardening and composting tools
Natural pest control products
The BPP Demo Site has working examples of:
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Wastewater Gardens®
Seed Saving Gardens and Seed Bank
System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
A variety of composting systems
Waste Management & Recycling
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“Permaculture is a design sys-
tem that reconciles human com-
munities with the ecological
imperatives of a living planet.”
- Ben Haggard
Nyoman is one of 938 school children who received free waste
management education conducted by IDEP’s waste management
trainers at six local Balinese schools during 2005/6.
Through the training Nyoman and his classmates were taught
the importance of recycling and waste management and how it
effects their environment. They learned about the importance
of separating waste, reducing plastics, and about the process of
recycling waste paper to make new paper.
In conjunction with his school, IDEP built a waste separation
station behind the school, from which the solid waste is collect-
ed and sent to a local recycling center. The children at Nyoman’s
school in Pengosekan (SDN 4) are now motivated to clean up the
environment around their school and homes, and their school is
now the cleanest in the area.
The success of this program, through the active participation of
teachers, parents and students, has subsequently benefited the
entire community.
“The World needs an enormous number of new Inno-
vators, change agents, and transformers, all dedicated
to turning development in the direction of sustainabil-
ity. People like you.” - Alan Atkisson
“We thrive and survive on planet earth as a single human family.
And one of our main responsibilities is to leave to successor
generations a sustainable future.” - Kofi Annan
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Permaculture outreach to local Communities & Schools on Bali
Waste Management Workshops for schools and com-
munities help increase understanding about the causes
of environmental problems, and facilitate community-
based solutions appropriate to local needs and resourc-
es. IDEP’s aim is to empower local communities through
sharing information and resources which makes it pos-
sible for them to solve their own problems.
Solutions include:
• Household waste reduction and management
• Community clean up programs
• Waste education at local schools
• Community recycling micro-industries
Women’s Waste Recycling Cooperative - Local women’s
groups sort plastic and paper in their homes and bring
waste to a central drop-off area donated by local vil-
lage authorities. This innovative program has been rec-
ognized as an outstanding example of Balinese women
solving their own waste management problems.
Nyoman Sayang is a female farmer from Mang-
gis, Karengasem, Bali, who attended one of IDEP’s
Permaculture Design Courses, conducted by the
BPP team in her village. The course teaches fe-
male Balinese farmers the principles and practices
of ‘Permaculture’ and community-based sustain-
able development.
Before the course, Nyoman’s village was growing
crops using standard chemical monoculture crop-
ping. Immediately following the course, a wom-
en’s collective was formed which now uses com-
munal land to grow a variety of polyculture crops
and practices companion planting and natural In-
tegrated Pest Management techniques. These tech-
niques have resulted in better soil quality, better
produce and a reduction in the amount of pests in
local fields. Nyoman and her partners now have
an increased profit margin from the sale of their
produce, which is then used to further their en-
deavors.
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To support its community education and training work, IDEP has devel-
oped a wide range of educational media. Beneficiaries of IDEP’s media
and training include local sustainable development and disaster man-
agement trainers and community members from across Indonesia, with
more than 50% of these being women. Users of IDEP’s educational media
include community groups, NGOs, farmers networks, government work-
ers, universities and other organizations. In 2005/6, IDEP developed a
new Permaculture Education Kit, which includes a Community Permac-
ulture Reference Book, a Trainer’s Handbook detailing a wide range of
techniques for delivering effective Permaculture workshops and a Per-
maculture Facilitator’s Training & Assessment Resources book. This new
curriculum now joins IDEP’s Community Based Disaster Management
Education Kit as a primary resource in Indonesia for non-formal educa-
tion. These kits are used by local facilitators to design and implement
effective courses in regions across Indonesia. Other media produced
by IDEP cover topics such as the environmental impact of agricultural
chemicals and monoculture cropping systems, deforestation, community
waste management, seed saving and genetically modified crops.
IDEP distributes its media through community outreach, networking and
trainings, and all of its practical education tools may be freely down-
loaded from the organization’s website. For a complete list of IDEP’s
media online see: www.idepfoundation.org/ idep_downloads.html
IDEP Develops Effective Media for Community Education
Traffic on IDEP’s website has dramatically increased since december 2005
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THE CHALLENGES FACED ON BALI TODAY
Every year, millions of visitors come to Bali, contributing to the island’s major environ-
mental degradation and development problems. Rapid, unplanned development has
also created water shortages, land issues and increased pollution on the once pristine
island. More than 20% of the solid waste produced on Bali is left in “informal” land-
fills, dumped in canals or left on the street. The ongoing destruction of coral reefs,
forests and agricultural land has had an almost irreversible impact on the islands river
basins, coastal erosion and food security.
The risk of earthquake and Tsunami on Bali is very real. Recent increases in seismic activ-
ity along the subduction zone where the Eurasian and Australasian tectonic plates
meet has resulted in a series of earthquakes and related Tsunami affects through-
out Sumatra and Java. The government of Indonesia has declared that Bali is ex-
tremely vulnerable subsequently, and a national Tsunami drill was conducted
in Sanur, Bali on December 26, 2006.
There is an urgent need to provide community-based disaster prepared-
ness training and introduce practical solutions for disaster mitigation to
local communities. There is also a need to reduce the rising fear and
tension felt within Bali’s coastal communities, by providing simple and
accurate information which corrects some of the misinformation and myth
associated with natural disasters.
IDEP’S SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES
In the coming years, IDEP will continue to address these problems through the ex-
pansion of its outreach activities, and by increasing its focus on target areas
of Bali and Indonesia which are clearly prone to disasters. Effective solu-
tions for community based disaster risk reduction will be disseminated
through community education and practical activities.
Bali lies in a very strategic location for supporting national scale
capacity building activities. Should support be forthcoming to
do so, IDEP very much hopes to be able to develop a fully inte-
grated national training center designed to provide sustainable
development, disaster risk reduction and disaster recovery.
This would dramatically increase IDEP’s ability to share its
knowledge, resources and tools developed with other local
organizations.
IDEP’s dynamic media department team continues to develop
and share innovative and effective community education tools for
disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. These tools
include videos, campaigns and practical curricula for use by local
communities and community facilitators.
Looking to the future for IDEP's Permaculture Program
Community Disaster Risk Reduction
Through education, training and preparation, communities are able to drasti-
cally reduce the impact of disasters on their lives and livelihoods. IDEP has
developed an integrated Community Based Disaster Management System for
conducting community training across Indonesia. Such training helps local com-
munities increase their resilience to disaster, and become better prepared to
confront disasters. This program has made a significant impact within communi-
ties and as a result, many lives have been saved.
Aspects of IDEP's Community Disaster Risk Reduction work include:
Community Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Building
IDEP’s Community Based Disaster Management Tool Kit
IDEP’s Network of Disaster Management Partners
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“Do we have to wait until
a disaster overwhelms
us before we make the
radical changes necessary
to protect our world for
future generations? That is
the vital challenge of sus-
tainable development. If
we act now there is much
that can be saved which
will otherwise disappear
forever.”
- John Gummer
2005/6 DI S A S T E R PR E PA R E D N E S S
“The more we study the major problems of our time, the
more we come to realize that they cannot be viewed in
isolation. They are systemic problems, which means that
they are interconnected and interdependent.” - Fritjof Capra
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The risk of disasters in Indonesia, including
Bali, is very real. Recent increases in seismic
activity along the subduction zone where the
Eurasian and Australasian tectonic plates meet
has resulted in earthquakes and related tsuna-
mi throughout Sumatra and Java.
There is an urgent need to increase local com-
munity's disaster preparedness through the de-
velopment of community disaster management
groups that are able to implement evacuation
plans and disaster management strategies. There
is also a need to reduce rising fear and ten-
sion within coastal communities by providing
accurate information that corrects some of the
misinformation and myth surrounding disasters.
IDEP’s Community Disaster Preparedness work
helps develop the capacity of local Indonesian
communities and local government institutions
to prepare for and respond to disasters through
effective training, demonstrations and the rais-
ing of public awareness about Community
Based Disaster Management (CBDM).
To date, IDEP has trained over 90 community mem-
ber from 12 local, high-risk communities.
IDEP also delivers specially targeted CBDM educa-
tional activities for children in local communities.
By educating and empowering children, IDEP's
CDBM team hopes to make a lasting difference far
into the future.
IDEP's disaster preparedness activities for chil-
dren include educational evacuation drills,
games, story telling and viewing and discussion
of disaster related films. These educational ex-
periences are delivered to local kindergartens
and elementary school students and teachers.
Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Building for Communities
“The era of procrastina-
tion is coming to a close,
we are entering a period
of consequences.”
- Winston Churchill
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Communities throughout Indonesia face elevated risks from volcanic
eruptions, landslides, flooding, earthquakes, Tsunamis, coastal storms,
terrorist attacks and social conflict.
IDEP’s emergency response work in Indonesia has given the organiza-
tion a unique understanding of the needs of Indonesian communities
before, during and after disasters. In 2003, IDEP developed one of the
world’s first fully integrated Community-Based Disaster Management
(CBDM) self-help kits. Since that time, the CBDM Kit has been used by
communities and facilitators throughout Indonesia as a practical and
useful tool at all stages of disaster management. Since its initial publi-
cation, the CBDM kit has been adopted by a wide range of stakeholders
and has received endorsement from The Indonesian Disaster Manage-
ment Coordination Agency (BAKORNAS PB), MPBI (The Indonesian So-
ciety for Disaster Management) and UNESCO CSI.
IDEP's CBDM Kit is also being used by various local and international
NGOs.
The kit includes a user-friendly self-help manual which helps com-
munities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters. It also
includes two large all-weather public awareness billboards and eight
comic books with inspiring educational stories about local communi-
ties and how they successfully responded to a disaster.
In 2006, IDEP, in conjunction with a range of local stakeholders and
disaster management specialists, began developing the second edition
of the kit, which now covers 13 different type of disasters common to
Indonesia. IDEP also received a grant from OXFAM Australia to support
the development of a Monitoring and Evaluation System for measuring
the effects of the Kit’s distribution to local Indonesian communities.
IDEP’s Community Based Disaster Management Tool Kit
“To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know
who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go
and why you want to get there” - Kofi Annan
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IDEP works with and receives a high level of sup-
port from local, national and international vol-
unteers, advisors and partners, in all aspects of
its work. IDEP works with partner communities,
local NGOs, volunteers and other stakeholders
through a trust-based approach that has been
established over time and refined through direct
working experiences. This gives
IDEP the ability to very
rapidly mobilize the
right support when
disasters happen,
in a way that is
flexible and ap-
propriate to the
immediate needs
on the ground.
IDEP also participates in a range of Indonesian
networking activities for disaster risk reduction
and disaster management coordination. Activities
organized by these national networks include;
consultation forums facilitated by The Indone-
sian Society for Disaster Management (MPBI)
and UNOCHA coordination initiatives. Issues ad-
dressed through these networks in-
clude; disaster management
policy and procedure
review, the sharing of
disaster information
and lessons learned,
and strategies to in-
crease coordination
and collaboration.
IDEP’s Network of Disaster Management Partners in Indonesia
Bakornas PB
Bali Crisis Centre
Dolphin Indonesia
FAR Network
GTZ
HIKESPI
IFRC
KESBANGLINMAS
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LIPI
MPBI
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)
Indoensian Red Cross (PMI)
SurfAid International
Ministry of Marine Affairs
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UNOCHA
USAID IOTWS
WALHI
Yayasan Bahari
Yayasan Bumi Sehat
Yayasan Pikul
Yayasan Swagina
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Feedback on IDEP's Community Based Disaster Management kit is provided by kit users and advisors. This
important feedback is used to develop additional resources. Contributors include:
Effective Emergency ResponseIDEP’s mandate for disaster response is to be operational on the ground and
providing assistance to survivors within 36 hours of a disaster occurring. Due
to IDEP’s local presence and nation-wide network of local partners, it is able
to respond long before larger agencies are able to reach the scene. Once larger
agencies arrive, IDEP shifts its efforts to remote communities on the periphery
of the disaster zone, which are difficult to access or overlooked.
IDEP's Emergency response work in 2005 / 6 included:
The Asian Tsunami Disaster
The Yogyakarta Earthquake
The Pangandaran Earthquake & Tsunami
The Second Bali Bombing
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“We have very little
control over external
forces such as tornadoes,
earthquakes, floods, di-
sasters, illness and pain.
What really matters is
the internal force. How
do I respond to those
disasters?”
- Leo Buscaglia
2005/6 EM E R G E N C Y RE S P O N S E
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With seed capital provided by Bali residents in-
cluding Surfer Girl, RipCurl and QuickSilver IDEP
was able to begin providing urgently needed aid
within 3 days of the Tsunami occurring. The day
after the Tsunami, IDEP began sourcing money,
food, medical supplies and equipment for deliv-
ery by truck through the Indonesian Friends of
The Earth (WALHI) to Banda Aceh. These trucks
continued to make countless 24 hour-round trips
from Medan to Banda Aceh. By the first week of
January 2005, IDEP volunteers had facilitated the
delivery of 50 tons of emergency relief supplies to
villages located near the earthquake’s epicenter
using boats commissioned out of Padang, Suma-
tra. When IDEP volunteers arrived at the Tsunami’s
‘Ground Zero’ area they were horrified to find that
several villages had been completely destroyed.
In one area, the local population of 35,000 had
been reduced to just 7,000 survivors.
Support from hundreds of donors worldwide
made it possible for IDEP to help survivors stay
in their communities and begin rebuilding their
lives as quickly as possible. In conjunction with
local partners, community groups and over one
hundred volunteers, IDEP delivered more than
USD$ 500,000 of ‘intelligent’, appropriate aid,
quickly and directly to those most in need. IDEP
continued supplying aid to communities on the
west coast of Aceh for several weeks after the
Tsunami. Over four hundred tons of emergency
supplies were delivered on five private boats
during this period. IDEP’s work was made possi-
ble thanks to support from several local organi-
zations such as the FAR Network , Give a Hand
4 Aceh, Green Camp, JALA, LeapIn.org, Rakata,
Sumatran Orangutan Society, Sumatran Surfzone
Relief Organization, Telapak, WALHI, Yayasan
Andaru Selaras, Yayasan Bumi Sehat, Yayasan
Leuser Lestari, as well as various national and
international volunteers.
IDEP's Rapid Response to the Devastating Asian Tsunami
Many of the powerful images
included in this report, in-
cluding this one, were taken
by Sumatran photographer
Rama Surya. When the Tsuna-
mi struck, Rama left for Aceh to
document the reality on the ground, while
acting as a scout for IDEP. Rama’s personal
understanding of the local culture allowed
him to quickly assess areas in the greatest
need, appropriate local partners and loca-
tions for IDEP emergency response.
Rama spent more than two months docu-
menting the disaster and IDEP’s work, in
what he says was the most intense experi-
ence of his life. “I was shocked by the de-
struction at each new place I went. I had
to calm myself before I could work. I felt
such a deep sadness, I didn’t think I could
take the pictures, but I reminded myself
that I needed to document this terrible
event to increase understanding about the
terrible plight of the people of Aceh.”
“Disasters teach us humility” - St Anselm
When IDEP’s disaster response charter boat the Sumber Rejeki
arrived in Lho Kruet, it found the coastal population had been
devastated to only 10% of its original size. IDEP volunteers
provided emergency supplies to survivors, who for 10 days had
been living off only water and noodles.
Approximately 3,000 people were hiding in the hills, many in
dire need as they were sick with malaria and diarrhea. Local
women were walking seven hours each day to receive limited
supplies from a local military outpost. The Sumber Rejeki team
was able to distribute larger and more varied quantities of ap-
propriate aid that would last families for several days.
As long as supplies lasted the team gave each family rice, pro-
tein, milk, tea, salt, sugar, cooking oil, personal hygiene sup-
plies, candles and flashlights.
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Community Assistance in the devastated area of Samatiga, Aceh
Between January 2005 and May 2006, IDEP volunteers
worked in conjunction with the Bumi Sehat Founda-
tion to assist the devastated communities in Samatiga,
Aceh, just north of Meulaboh. Starting in mid-January
2005, IDEP staff and volunteers offered continuous
support to seven villages in the area.
A base camp was established in Cot Seulamat, from
which dedicated volunteers coordinated efforts to:
evacuate the deceased
offer medical care, midwifery & trauma counseling
dig pit latrines
assess and rehabilitate local wells
liaise with agencies for delivery of food, water etc.
train villagers in mapping and proposal writing
The IDEP Samatiga team then built on the relation-
ships created during the emergency response work
to implement activities for an integrated community-
based approach to disaster recovery.
1. Provision of Health Services & Health Training
In conjunction with its local partner, the Bali based Bumi
Sehat Foundation, IDEP established a clinic and infor-
mal counseling centre where hundreds of international
and Indonesian volunteers provided primary medical
care and informal trauma counseling. In 2005/6 over
17,000 patients were treated. For more information on
Bumi Sehat see: www.bumisehatbali.org
2. Restoration & Community Empowerment
The dedicated IDEP Samatiga team worked for six
months, around the clock, to repair and protect the
environment in Samatiga, including:
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The rehabilitation of 10.5 km of drainage canals that had
been severely damaged by the Tsunami. This project en-
abled farmers in the area to begin planting crops again.
Planting of 5,000 mangrove trees along the coast to
stabilize one particularly vulnerable area.
Delivery of 3 tons of vetiver seeds and 100 neem trees
to be planted along the edge of a new road which
became the main artery of transportation between
Meulaboh and the region’s capital, Banda Aceh. Veti-
ver helps stabilize the road against erosion, while the
neem trees help reduce mosquito infestations.
The rehabilitation of rice fields damaged by the Tsu-
nami in the village of Suak Pante Breu. In conjunction
with 200 local village residents, this program reha-
bilitated 50 hectares of rice fields so that local farm-
ers could return to their food provision and income
generating activities.
“We wildly underestimate the
power of the tiniest personal
touch of kindness.”
- Unknown
The Bumi Sehat Clinic in Samatiga serves an
average of 70 patients per day. It rains endless-
ly. There are earthquakes. And there are tears,
lots of tears. Most of the people we see are
malnourished, and of course very traumatized.
There are many faces of anguish. A mother
wears sleepless guilt lines because she lacked
the physical strength to prevent her baby being
torn from her arms by the violent Tsunami. A
man comes to cry for his daughter. His wife is
also missing, and he has no photos of them.
His skin is covered with festering wounds, now
two months old, from the debris-choked waters
he swam in on December 26th. Most of the
schools we saw were either destroyed or filled
with mud and debris. A school teacher came
to the clinic for help so that he could sleep.
“I had 116 students before the Tsunami, only
nine survive,” Pak Abdul said before he broke
down. We gave him homeopathy remedies to
take before bedtime, and we listened. Two days
later he returned, looking much better. “Thank
you,” he said, “for hearing their names. I am
now sleeping a little.”
Robin Lim - Director and Chief Midwife Bumi
Sehat Foundation
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“If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands,
or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disas-
ter or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be to-
tally chaotic no matter what you plan to do.” - Warren Rudman
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IDEP's response to the Java Earthquake & Pangandaran Tsunami
On the 27th of May 2006 a massive earthquake
triggered 752 aftershocks of up to 6.2 on the Richter
scale in central Java. The earthquake left over 1.5
million people homeless with a death toll of over
5,700 and almost 40,000 people injured.
While aid from national and international sources was
provided to those in the immediate area, IDEP’s rapid
assessment team, along with our partners
on the ground, reported that relief was
not reaching people in at least two
remote locations outside of Yogyakarta.
These small agricultural communities
of subsistence farmers in the districts
of Bantul and Klaten became the main
beneficiaries of relief efforts extended by
IDEP and its partners. In these two areas,
there was an urgent need for the removal
of the deceased, for rescuing the injured,
for emergency medical care, clean water,
shelter and food. IDEP along with its
partners Yayasan Bahari and UPN-V
responded rapidly, providing temporary
shelter, fresh water, food and hygene kits,
first aid and reconstruction tool kits.
A total of IDR 1,013,293,905 or
USD $110,000 was donated by various agencies and
private donors and these funds were immediately
turned into relief supplies which were directly
distributed to those in need.
On the 17th of July 2006, a strong earthquake
measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, occurred in
south Pangandaran. Following the earthquake, a
Tsunami measuring seven meters in height stuck the
coast of south Java between Ciamis and Kebumen.
The earthquake destroyed thousands of houses
leaving 5,000 homeless, killing 500 people
and injuring over 200. Most
of the fishing boats in the area
and local public facilities were
destroyed. Within seven hours of
the Tsunami, IDEP’s emergency
response partner Yayasan Bahari
had mobilized 110 volunteers
and arrived at the disaster area
by boat. While the rapid response
volunteer teams conducted search,
rescue and evacuation, emergency
relief supplies were distributed
to people in remote locations,
including temporary shelter, fresh
water, food and hygiene kits and
first aid. Simple activities to help
with trauma relief for local children
were also conducted.
During the six weeks of relief work a total of IDR
702,935,023 or approximately USD $76,400 was
donated by various agencies and private donors
and immediately distributed to those in need.
IDEP Emergency Response
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On the night of Saturday October 1st, 2005 IDEP received news of the sec-
ond bombings to hit Bali, and immediately swung into action. Within a few
hours of the bombing, a Crisis Centre staffed by volunteers, and supported
with computers, fax machines and information boards, was organizing
medical and volunteer logistics at the island's main hospital.
Support for the challenges faced in the hospital's morgue was pro-
vided, while IDEP staff organized purchase of urgently needed
medical supplies. In addition IDEP volunteers began construct-
ing a website for disemintating critical information concerning
the victims of the disaster. Within 24 hours, data was being
prepared for uploading, including information for relatives and
friends of victims, as well as instructions for volunteers and a
listing of immediate needs on the ground. At the crisis center, vol-
unteers used IDEP’s CBDM Kit components, including the missing
persons tracing forms, volunteer data sheets and FAQs.
Once injured foreign nationals had been evacuated
IDEP was able to focus its full attention on assisting
Indonesian victims and their families. Many family
members and friends of victims were sleeping on
floors in the hospital's corridors without pillows or
covers and were in need of food and water. IDEP was
able to provide basic support and comfort in this time
of great need.
IDEP Response to the Second Bali Bombing Tragedy
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Sustainable Community-Based RecoveryAid dependency in post-emergency zones creates major challenges for affected
communities and their environments. IDEP believes that as soon as possible
after disasters have occurred, communities must be encouraged and supported
in their efforts to establish self-sufficiency and to begin rebuilding their lives.
To do this, they need strategies for producing food on changed landscapes, as
well as strategies for re-establishing basic food security and local economies.
In Tsunami struck Aceh, IDEP is working through its GreenHand Field School to
teach communities the skills needed to strategize, develop and action their own
recovery plans, while using and strengthening their local resources in a sustain-
able way.
IDEP's Sustainable Community Recovery Activities in 2005 / 2006.
Sustainable Community Recovery in Tsunami Affected Aceh
Development of the GreenHand Field School & Training Center
GreenHand Aceh Community Recovery Outreach
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“We do make a difference -
one way or the other. We are
responsible for the impact of
our lives. Whatever we do
with whatever we have, we
leave behind us a legacy for
those who follow.”
- Stephen Covey
2005/6 CO M M U N I T Y RE C OV E RY
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Sustainable Community Recovery in Tsunami Affected Aceh
The Tsunami of December 2004 completely destroyed
much of the west coast of Aceh. Towns, villages,
roads and other infrastructure were swept away in
minutes along with over 165,000 people, in one of
the greatest natural disasters in living history.
Hundreds of devastated communities in Aceh need
assistance to focus on establishing more self-suffi-
ciency and to rebuild their lives using local resources
in a sustainable way.
In Aceh, IDEP has developed an innovative program
for sustainable community recovery. The GreenHand
Field School has educated dozens of Acehnese train-
ers in Permaculture rehabilitation and community
facilitation techniques. These dedicated Tsunami sur-
vivors are now helping other survivors to find ways
to produce food on their new, changed landscapes,
to replant their home gardens and to re-establish
their agriculture systems and local industries. IDEP's
Acehnese GreenHand trainers teach local community
members how to restore damaged soils, rehabilitate
irrigation systems, and address agricultural input
needs.
Standard recovery approaches in the area include the
re-introducing of un-sustainable farming practices
such as the use of hybrid seeds and chemical inputs.
IDEP's trainers offer local communities an alternative
and teach the skills needed to strategize, develop and
action recovery plans, while using and strengthening
their local resources in a more sustainable way.
Not only does this approach to community recovery
give a quicker, more cost effective and sustainable
result, both in short and longer terms, it also gives
participating communities a sense of empowerment
and ownership of their own recovery.
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In 2005 / 2006 IDEP has successfully:
Capacity built the program’s 100% Acehnese training team of 12 in-house
trainers and 25 volunteer trainers, who are now actively delivering training
and establishing outreach programs in several areas throughout the region.
Secured 2 hectares of land in Lamsujen Lhoong and constructed the Green-
Hand Field School (GFS) and demonstration site. The center’s facilities in-
clude classroom, accommodation and study areas, wastewater treatment sys-
tems, animal husbandry and compost systems, a small enterprise workshop
training area, a bamboo treatment facility and several gardens and nurseries
containing hundreds of species of vegetables, medicinal plants, fruit trees,
erosion control plants and forest rehabilitation trees. Between 30-70 visitors
come to the site each month
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Over 159 people have graduated from intensive 2-week Permaculture cours-
es which teach the basic principles and methods for Permaculture design as
well as various components of sustainable agriculture and recovery such as
home gardening, food production, seed saving, nursery design, house de-
sign / construction, small enterprise development and organic farming. Over
53 people have graduated as GreenHand trainers with the knowledge to
design and train sustainable recovery programs with other communities and
groups. Over 494 people have been trained in various components of sus-
tainable agriculture and recovery practices, such as home garden and food
production, seed saving, nursery design, house design and construction,
small enterprise development and organic farming. Over 57 people (70%
women) have been trained in various small scale livelihood development
activities which use renewable or recycled material and safe production
techniques that do not lead to environmental degradation. These include ac-
tivities such as: sewing, handicrafts from Tsunami wood, bamboo furniture
and construction, food nutrition and cooking.
Many GFS training graduates have shown major behavioral changes includ-
ing: choosing to rehabilitate and use their environments and local resourc-
es instead of relying on aid, shifting from chemical farming systems to
methods learned during training about soil rehabilitation, seed propagation
and sustainable agriculture, establishing better household security through
home gardening, solid waste and wastewater management. To date, in Aceh
Besar alone, over 500 people are implementing activities.
Development of the GreenHand Field School & Training Center
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18-year-old Joni Basrizal survived the Asian
Tsunami but lost all of his family including
his mother and father in the disaster. The GFS
team met Joni when he was living rough in a
refugee tent in one of their outreach areas. Joni
was very shy and reserved and even angry and
stubborn. As a single young man Joni was low
on the priority list for receiving housing assis-
tance.
Joni graduated from a Permaculture Design
course and a GFS Training of Trainers (ToT)
course, after which his attitude and outlook on
life changed dramatically. Joni pleaded to be
kept on as part of the growing GFS team. He
explained that GFS was his “new family”.
IDEP’s GreenHand Program provides more
than Sustainable Community Recovery skills.
In Joni’s case it has provided a new family and
the ability for him to pass on important skills
to the community in his area. True sustainabil-
ity grows from the grass-roots level and Green-
Hand helps to propagate this process.
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GreenHand Aceh Community Recovery Outreach Activities
Today the highly effective GreenHand Field School
continues to deliver effective training programs
to Acehnese from throughout the region. The GFS
community facilitation team also works directly with
several Tsunami affected communities to establish
community outreach centers and supports the reha-
bilitation of local resources and skills.
GFS has successfully implemented community de-
velopment programs in partnership with interna-
tional organizations in Desa Teurebeh, Kec. Jantho,
Kab. Aceh Besar (IOM), Desa Suak Pandan, Kec. Sa-
matiga, Kab. Aceh Barat (MercyCorps), Desa Lung
Mane, Kec. Kuala, Kab. Nagan Raya (MercyCorps),
Desa Mireuk Lamreudeup, Kec. Baitussalam, Kab,
Aceh Besar (MercyCorps), Desa Lhok Pu’uk, Desa
Matang Lada, Desa Teupin Kuyun, Desa Ulee Rubek
Timar and Desa Ulee Rubek Barat, Kec. Seunnudon,
Kab. Aceh Utara (Cordaid).
GFS is currently establishing pilot communities in
four villages in Kabupaten Nagan Raya, Aceh Barat,
Aceh Utara and Aceh Besar. These pilot communi-
ties work with the GFS trainers to establish:
organic food security gardens in local homes
the production and use of organic liquid & solid
compost
waste separation and waste management
wastewater management & treatment
the production of natural insect repellents
community seed nurseries & seed banks
greenhouses for plant propagation
bamboo, sewing and handicrafts small industries
BRR NAD-Nias considers GFS as a ‘sustainability
par excellence program’ for rebuilding Aceh (Sao-
deh Lubis, Conservation Manager, BRR).
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GreenHand Community Trainings cover:
Sustainable Recovery design skills
Soil analysis and rehabilitation
Seed saving & nursery development
Home and community gardening
Waste separation & wastewater treatment
Nutrition and cooking skills
Natural pest management
Small business development
Training topics are selected by the community
members themselves and are in keeping with local
needs and aspirations for development
IDEP also provides communities with tools, seed-
lings, books and other resources so that commu-
nities can establish sub-programs including tree
planting in coastal areas and / or along rivers, com-
munity fencing, rice field rehabilitation, home and
community garden development and other small
scale income generating activities.
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Through IDEP's GFS program
over 500 Acehnese women
have been empowered and
are actively contributing to re-
building their families lives.
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“You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your
grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is
rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children,
that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth.”
- Seattle, Chief of the Duwamish, Suquamish and allied Native American tribes 1854
GreenHand Master Trainer Dessy was in Medan when
the Tsunami struck. Three days later she traveled to
Banda Aceh where she worked as a volunteer for the
Indonesian Red Cross. Dessy assisted with evacuat-
ing victims and distributing aid to those in need.
Dessy graduated from the very first Permaculture Design
training course held at the GreenHand Field School. ‘The course
gave me a new vision for my life, an opportunity to work in
harmony with the natural environment’ says Dessy. During her
time at GFS Dessy saw that Permaculture could give communi-
ties independence and sustainability, and she is now committed
to the GFS mission of helping communities to work in a construc-
tive way with their environment. Dessy says that the impact that
GFS is having on local communities is striking. She remembers
one participant who was particularly interested in liquid fertil-
izer and compost. After graduating and returning to his village,
he conducted liquid fertilizer and compost demonstrations of his
own, and Dessy reports that now all the people in the village are
‘very excited’ about this technique and using it for themselves.
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“The World needs an enormous number of new Inno-
vators, change agents, and transformers, all dedicated
to turning development in the direction of sustainabil-
ity. People like you.” - Alan Atkisson
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IN F O R M AT I O N A B O U T IDEP
IDEP is a local Indonesian NGO
whose work is made possible from
donors and supporters worldwide.
The organization and its programs
are very much in need of support to
continue and expand its important
work in Indonesia.
IDEP welcomes expressions of inter-
est from potential donors,
supporters and pro-
fessional vol-
unteers who
would like to
help us reach
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of safer and
more sustain-
able lifestyles in
as many communities
and organizations across In-
donesia as possible.
IDEP’s key activities are:
Sustainable Development
Disaster Risk Reduction
Rapid Emergency Response
Sustainable Disaster Recovery
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IDEP is in need of support to:
Expand our community disaster risk
reduction and disaster preparedness
work with local communities who are
vulnerable to disasters but whom we
have not yet been able to reach.
Increase IDEP and its local partners’
emergency response capacity through
the provision of emergency
supplies (food, water,
sanitation, first aid,
medicine, shelter,
r econs t ruc t ion
tools etc.) so
that when di-
sasters happen
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capacity to re-
spond immedi-
ately to commu-
nities in need.
Train more local volunteers
as Emergency First Responders across
Indonesia.
Develop a national support and train-
ing center on Bali for sustainable
community development, disaster
preparedness, community risk reduc-
tion and recovery best practices.
Looking to the future & how you can help IDEP continue its work
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CHALLENGES IN INDONESIAAccording to a World Bank and British government climate change report, Indonesia is among the world’s top three greenhouse gas emit-ters due to deforestation, peatland degradation and forest fires.
Every year Indonesia loses a million hectares of forest. Taking the mid-1990s harvesting rate, loggers will completely deplete Indo-nesia’s old-growth forests in under three decades.
In 1998 a joint UK-Indonesian study of Indonesia’s timber industry suggested that about 40% of logging was illegal, with an estimated value in excess of $365 million.
Source: Indonesia-UK Tropical Forestry Management Programme (1999)
As of 2006, an estimated 17.8% of the Indonesian population live below the poverty line, and 49.0% of the population live on less than US$2 per day.
Source: World Bank (2006). Making the New Indonesia Work for the Poor - Overview
At least 38 major flood and landslides have occurred in the last five years throughout Indonesia killing more than 2,000 people and affecting one million more.
The Asian Tsunami claimed 165,788 lives and made 532,898 peo-ple homeless and displaced in Indonesia.
Indonesia has more earthquakes per year than any other country on earth. 224 earthquakes of magnitude 5 or above shook Indonesia in 2005.
Indonesia has 128 active volcanoes.
Every year several provinces of Indonesia suffer from severe flash flooding and mud flows, while many parts of Indonesia are suscepti-ble to drought resulting in crop failure and uncontrolled bush fires.
There are over 5,000 rivers, 30% of which pass through high-den-sity population centers and regularly cause floods.
Source : UNDP - www.undp.or.id/factsheets/2006/CPRU%20DRR.pdf
HOW IDEP HELPSIDEP provides Indonesian communities and community workers
with practical tools and training for:
Sustainable Community Development
Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction
Rapid and Effective Emergency Response
Sustainable Community Disaster Recovery
IDEP has developed a range of practical community education
tools, media and campaigning materials that helps socialize
key environmental and community disaster management issues.
These resources ‘help people to help themselves’.
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“Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you
can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out.
Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely
critical moment in the history of our planet.” - Carl Sagan
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In 2005 and 2006 IDEP received outstanding support from
international foundations, donor agencies, corporate
sponsors, private and corporate donors. IDEP also strives
to strengthen self-sufficiency through sales of our
media and contract services for trainings. A complete list
of IDEP donors can be viewed at:
www.idepfoundation.org/ idep_supporters .html
Who supports IDEP and how the money is used
Along with hundreds of private donors & local businesses, IDEP’s work in 2005/6 was made possible thanks to support from:
CORPORATES/BUSINESSES
AmandariAmerican Express Interna-tionalAspect Capital LimitedBali AdvertiserCaldwell Assosiates LTDChesterson Builder, Inc.Continental MicronesiaCV Banyan InternationalCV Lumbung BusanaCV ParamithaDevotion YogaElectric BabyElgate Productions LtdEnvironmental Services ProgramEssential MediaFlava LoungeFrom Bali to BalaGaia Oasis
Guy Morgan Architects
Hotel Tugu Bali
Hyperion Companies INC
IALF Bali
Kahn Scheepvaart BV
Kararu Dive Voyages
Karya Tangan
Kusuma Agro Wisata
Latitude Magazine
LuxWest Properties, Inc.
Matahari Cottage
Moby Dick Restaurant
Nyoya IndustriesOTIS Elevator InternationalPalm ManagementPerks Design Partners Pty LtdPoppies BaliPT AndritzPT Aninda ExpresstamaPT AsterikPT D. ClassicPT Dharma HarmaraniPT Kararu Dive VoyagesPT Pelangi IndahPT RipindoPT Sourcing BaliPuri Damai HotelQuiksilverRestaurant Florent INC
In 2005 and 2006 IDEP's charitable expenditures of
$1,449,108 allowed us to undertake the work outlined in this
annual report. In 2005 and 2006 IDEP's work included a
high level of emergency response to the Asian Tsunami
and community recovery and training projects across In-
donesia. Complete annual audits of IDEP finances can
be viewed at:
www.idepfoundation.org/ idep_transparency.html
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FOUNDATIONS/AGENCIES
ACCESS / AUSaidAUSaidBritish Community CommitteeCaritas Aotearoa New ZealandCatholic Relief ServiceCharities Aid Foundation (UBS)Cordaid MedanCuso Asia /Pacific RegionalCUSO IndonesiaDirect Relief InternationalUN FAOIndonesian Community of ChicagoJakarta International SchoolJapanese ConsulateMisereorOXFAM AustraliaOXFAM Great BritainPermaworldRotary Club of Bali SeminyakRotary Club of Bali UbudSolidariteSumatran Orangutan SocietySurfAidThe Prem Rawat FoundationTides FoundationTrocaireUNESCO JakartaUSAIDWogen Anniversary TrustWorld NeighborsWorld Vision Maluku UtaraYayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi
w w w. i d e p f o u n d a t i o n . o r g • i n f o @ i d e p f o u n d a t i o n . o r g • A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 0 5 / 2 0 0 6 - I D E P F o u n d a t i o n 40
Ibu Nasriah is a female graduate from IDEP’s GreenHand Aceh Recov-
ery program who is implementing the techniques she learned from the
trainings in her home gardens. She uses natural compost and mixes it
with her soil so she can grow completely organic produce. Ibu Nas-
riah has no need for any farming chemicals, removing the economic
cost associated with them. Using seeds given to her by GreenHand
she is now growing beans, sweet potatoes, eggplants, spinach and
other green vegetables with amazing results that make her totally self-
sufficient for vegetables.
Using Permaculture principles Ibu Nasriah has incorporated ponds
within her gardens which supply her with fish while providing her
with a practical means to water her gardens. She has also built a gray
water treatment system that is very useful for her during the dry season
which can last up to 6 months in the area of Aceh where she lives.
Ibu Nasriah says that hopes GreenHand will continue to train many
more people across Aceh because she can see the benefits she is reap-
ing from her new knowledge. She has been so successful with her
gardens that she has inspired her neighbor to plant organic gardens
– demonstrating one of IDEP’s beliefs, which is that “when people see
it works, it spreads”.
41I D E P F o u n d a t i o n - A n n u a l R e p o r t 2 0 0 5 / 2 0 0 6 • w w w. i d e p f o u n d a t i o n . o r g • i n f o @ i d e p f o u n d a t i o n . o r g
“The World needs an enormous number of new Inno-
vators, change agents, and transformers, all dedicated
to turning development in the direction of sustainabil-
ity. People like you.” - Alan Atkisson
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed
citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing
that ever has.” - Margaret Mead
AN N U A L
RE P O RT
2005 •
2006
w w w. i d e p f o u n d a t i o n . o r g
• Sustainable Development
• Disaster Preparedness
• E m e r g e n cy R e s p o n s e
• Communi ty Recovery
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