Assistance to Jakarta Kuningan Bombing

On 9 September 2004, a bomb was detonated in the Kuningan area of Jakarta, killing 10 people and injuring over 200. Responding to this tragedy, Australia's Prime Minister, the Hon. John Howard MP, announced that Australia would provide A$1 million to establish the Indonesia Disaster Response 2004 Fund. The fund aims to help Indonesian victims and their families recover from the effects of the bombing. Australia is partnering with Australian Red Cross and Indonesian Red Cross, community-based organisation (Yayasan 'Aisyiyah), international NGO (International Medical Corps) and Indonesia's national and provincial governments to implement this assistance.

The fund supports programs in four key areas:

• Family assistance (including financial and livelihood support)
• Trauma counselling
• Specialist surgical and medical treatment
• Long term capacity building in disaster response

This page was last updated on 2 September 2005

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