Word: sumiardi
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Dates: during 2006-2006
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...emergency teams were flowing into the disaster zone. But for every life saved, every child fed, every family housed, countless others continue to suffer and go without. In the village of Pundong in Bantul district, the hardest-hit area with 60% of the fatalities, 60-year-old farmer Sumiardi has been camping out beside his home with his wife and two children, even though it has been smashed to rubble. "We have been waiting for days for some kind of help," says Sumiardi. "Luckily our neighbors have given us clean water and rice to hold us over...
...Like Sumiardi, many survivors refuse to go to government shelters for fear that their few remaining possessions will be looted. And though it rained for much of last week, many prefer to sleep outdoors under tarpaulins in paddy fields or on soggy mattresses along the side of the road in case another quake strikes. Indeed, in the days following the temblor, nearly 500 aftershocks were recorded...
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