HHRD USA’s experienced and vetted partner NGO has sent in team members, who with the help of local volunteers are coordinating with authorities in the search and rescue efforts. Within 36 hours, they will deploy a water and food kitchen center with phone charging stations. The situation continues to remain extrememly urgent and dangerous as authorities search for individuals lost within the rubble. Families have become homeless overnight and are left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. 

Immediate Need For: ready-to-eat meals, staple food distribution, clean water provision, tents and canvas, facemasks, and much more. 

Per the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), heavy destruction has been reported in the City of Majene, including a five-story Mitra Manakarra Hospital, where several people are trapped inside. Also damaged are the Governor’s office, two hotels, a mall, a community health center, and over 300 houses have sustained losses. Initially the earthquake temporarily interrupted electricity, communications networks, and fuel supplies. The situation continues to remain active and everchanging. Within the next few weeks the long term damages will be known and HHRD will be present to provide necessary programs and projects to ensure families regain a sense of normalcy.