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PC(USA) - Presbyterian Disaster Assistance - PDA - Photo Essay on PDA response to the earthquake in Nias, Indonesia - ... More than five months after the March 28, 2005 earthquake laid waste to much of the island of Nias’s urban areas, many residents of Gunung Sitoli, Manrehe and Sirombu are still living in tents in front of their homes, or in fields or mountainsides in cities and towns. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and ACT members in Indonesia, Yayasan Emergency Unit (YEU) and Yayasan Tanggul Bencana di Indonesia (YTBI), have continued to assist the residents of Nias since the island was struck by the tsunami in December 2004. Gunung Sitoli, the capital of Nias District, with 27,000 inhabitants, was the worst hit, with 400 people killed and 400 others injured. www.pcusa.org /pda/response/asia/tsunaminiasphotoessayp1.htm   (629 words)

Lebih dari 90 Persen Gedung Sekolah di Nias Rusak - Selasa, 05 April 2005 Gunung Sitoli, Kompas - Akibat gempa bumi sepekan lalu, lebih dari 90 persen gedung sekolah di seluruh Kabupaten Nias rusak parah. Berdasarkan pengamatan Senin (4/4), baru satu sekolah di Gunung Sitoli, Kabupaten Nias yang melangsungkan kegiatan belajar-mengajar, yaitu Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 3 Gunung Sitoli. Padahal penghasilan kami satu-satunya dari menjual karet," kata Nurmala Silaban, penyadap karet dari Lolombali, 10 km dari Gunung Sitoli. www.kompas.com /kompas-cetak/0504/05/utama/1667074.htm   (1079 words)

Steve Quayle News Alerts GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia - Residents searched through smoldering rubble for survivors on Indonesia’s Nias island Tuesday, and relatives wept over the bodies of the dead after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake hammered the region, triggering a tsunami scare. An overflight Tuesday of Gunung Sitoli, the island’s biggest city, indicated about 30 percent of its buildings were destroyed, and there was significant damage in the island’s second biggest town, Teluk Dalam. In Gunung Sitoli, people could be seen digging through the rubble as smoke from burning buildings hung in the air. www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/05_Cosmic/050329.rubble.html   (909 words)

Gunung Sitoli Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) All ferries currently dock at Gunung Sitoli's harbour, 2km north of the town; bemos (until 6pm; Rp500) and becak (Rp2000) run to the bus station at the southern end of town, from where frequent buses leave for Teluk Dalam (every 30min until 4pm; 4hr), where you can get onward connections to Lagundri. Those who take advantage of SMAC airlines' reasonably priced flights from Medan to Gunung Sitoli, arrive at the tiny airstrip to the southeast of town; the fifteen-kilometre jeep ride to the town centre is included in the flight price. The better-value accommodation is on the southern side of town, near the bus station and across the river bisecting Gunung Sitoli. www.infohub.com /destinations/asia/Indonesia/Gunung-Sitoli   (380 words)

Indonesia quake toll estimated at 1,000; search continues | The San Diego Union-Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia – The death toll from a powerful earthquake that devastated a remote Indonesian island rose to an estimated 1,000 today, according to Sumatra's governor, as rescuers searched frantically through collapsed buildings for survivors. Dr. Haogombowo sat with the body of his wife, Lisbet Sihanturi, at a makeshift morgue in Gunung Sitoli on the Sumatran island of Nias, which reported most of the deaths from Monday night's 8.7-magnitude earthquake. From the air, it appeared that about 30 percent of the buildings in Gunung Sitoli were destroyed, and there was significant damage in the island's second biggest town, Teluk Dalam. www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050330/news_1n30quake.html   (941 words)

Indonesia Toll Could Reach 2,000 GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia—Indonesians searched through smoldering rubble for survivors on Nias island Tuesday and relatives wept over the bodies of the dead after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake hammered the region, triggering a tsunami scare and killing at least 330 people. In Gunung Sitoli, the biggest town on the island of some 600,000 people, an Associated Press reporter saw many residents huddled around candles outside their homes, too fearful to spend the night indoors after the aftershocks that set some buildings swaying. From the air, it appeared that about 30 percent of buildings in Gunung Sitoli were destroyed, and the island’s second biggest town, Teluk Dalam, suffered significant damage. www.sacunion.com /pages/world/articles/3576   (1115 words)

Gunung Sitoli, Indonesia. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com The capital of Nias, GUNUNG SITOLI, isn't the sort of place you'd want to spend much time in and most travellers scoot straight through to the beaches in the south, but if you want to send a letter, make a phone call or change money, this is the best place to do it. Arriving in Gunung Sitoli from the harbour in the north, Jalan Yos Sudarso splits into the parallel Jalan Gomo (right) and Jalan Sirao (left, nearest the sea). Those who take advantage of SMAC airlines' reasonably priced flights between Medan and Gunung Sitoli (Mon, Wed, Fri Rp550,000), arrive at the tiny airstrip to the southeast of town; the twenty-kilometre jeep ride to the town centre is included in the flight price. www.hostelbookers.com /guides/indonesia/gunung_sitoli   (497 words)

Lutheran World Relief Partners Working in Nias as Earthquake Hits - March 29, 2005 - News - Wave of Giving - A ... Some websites describing the effects of December's tsunami described Gunung Sitoli, the capital city of Nias island, as having been sheltered from the worst of last year's devastation. In Gunung Sitoli however, it was mayhem, as electricity and phone access still was out in the early morning hours, as the world awaited reports of the damage and loss. Monday, its capital, Gunung Sitoli, was struck by a 8.7 earthquake that leveled nearly 80% of its buildings. www.waveofgiving.org /news/032905.asp   (1150 words)

Southern Baptists saving lives, sharing love after earthquake GUNUNG SITOLI, Nias, Indonesia (BP)—Five days after a major earthquake rocked Nias, Indonesia, Singaporean relief workers recovered a survivor from the rubble in the capital, Gunung Sitoli. More than a week after the earthquake, workers in Gunung Sitoli are removing bodies from the rubble and setting up a program to distribute food. After the earthquake, most business owners in Gunung Sitoli, Nias's economic center, either were killed or fled the island. www.floridabaptistwitness.com /4148.article   (945 words)

Rescuers find survivor 5 days after quake - Indonesia Quake - MSNBC.com GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia - Rescuers on Saturday pulled out alive an Indonesian man trapped for five days in the rubble of his three-story shophouse, giving some rare cheer to residents of these islands devastated by tremors. The navy Sea King helicopter crashed near the town of Gunung Sitoli on Nias, off the west coast of Sumatra in the afternoon, a defense statement said. The U.N. has said 1,300 people may have died in Gunung Sitoli alone, and there are concerns the death toll could rise as they reach isolated parts of the island that have been cut off by landslides and damage to roads. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7363175   (894 words)

The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today On a day when she was supposed to tap latex on her five-hectare rubber plantation, Ameria Hura, 32, was instead sitting and chatting with her relatives in Hiligodu village, 12 kilometers from the town of Gunung Sitoli in north Nias. Meanwhile, Yanto, the owner of shipping company PT Gunung Silewi, said he had three ships and three trucks ready to transport Nias' produce to start the economic wheel, but he could not access the port, which is crowded with relief aid and panic-stricken Nias residents who wanted to leave the island. Meanwhile, the Gunung Sitoli port administrator, Sudirman, said that trade and industry officials from Jakarta and Medan had come to him to talk about the possibility of opening the port for trading. www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20050408.A06   (751 words)

Press Releases: Indonesia: Earthquake - Mar 2005, Highlights from Governor Meeting, Gunung Sitoli, 8 April 2005 chaired ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Pertamina informed that there are 40 drums of JT 1 on the way from Sibolga to Gunung Sitoli by ferry, ETA, 9 April 2005. Gunung Sitoli hospital as a referral hospital for patients in order to minimize the medivacs to Sibolga and Medan. Governor informed that he is to visit Sibolga on 9 April in order to see the problems at the harbor and assist the local authorities in prioritizing the delivery of humanitarian assistance from Sibolga to Nias. www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6BMGZU?OpenDocument   (607 words)

The Seattle Times: Nation & World: 9 die when rescue helicopter crashes on Indonesian island GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia — An Australian helicopter on a relief mission crashed yesterday on earthquake-devastated Nias island, killing nine people on board. The United Nations has said 1,300 people may have been killed in Nias' main town of Gunung Sitoli, and there is concern the toll will rise when areas cut off by landslides and damaged roads are reached. An Australian navy Sea King helicopter ferrying an emergency medical team to a remote village on Nias crashed yesterday near the island's capital, Gunung Sitoli, killing nine of the 11 people aboard, the Australian Associated Press reported. seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002229312_indocrash03.html   (892 words)

Survivor heard under rubble five days after Indonesian quake -DAWN - International; 3 April, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) GUNUNG SITOLI (Indonesia), April 2: Rescuers said on Saturday they had spoken with a battered survivor still alive beneath the rubble five days after a massive earthquake in Indonesia collapsed a two-storey house on top of him. Large sections of Gunung Sitoli were reduced to rubble in Monday’s quake, which at 8.7 on the Richter scale was one of the biggest in the past century. UN relief agencies have estimated 1,300 people were killed, most of them in Gunung Sitoli. www.dawn.com /2005/04/03/int2.htm   (525 words)

Red Cross Red Crescent - News On 28 March, a massive aftershock of the 26 December earthquake destroyed most of Firman’s home city of Gunung Sitoli, on Nias, an island of about 700,000 people off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. They will hand their treatment plants and water trucks over to the PMI at the end of the emergency phase, which is expected to last for about one more month. Thousands of the most vulnerable among them now sleep with safe shelter over their heads, food in their bellies, water and light in their homes and proof that they are not alone. www.ifrc.org /docs/News/05/05042702/index.asp   (1360 words)

Nias Island, Tour to Nias Island to see the stone jumping & Nias peoples West Sumatera Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Early breakfast at hotel, then transfer to airport for your flight to Gunung Sitoli, the city in Nias island. So you must be ready of this conditions, and your purpose of visiting, we strongly believed that is to know Nias’ nature and culture for a true experience of a simple and just-free-name from primitive culture. In Gunung Sitoli (Nias Capital city) Wisma Soliga or Hotel Hawaii or Hotel Gomo are basic hotel. www.balitouring.com /tour/adventure/nias_island/index.html   (656 words)

ANTARA News :: Quakes Hit Gunung Sitoli Four Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Heron Tarigan, Head of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency for Region I of North Sumatra, through his staff Kaban as contacted from Medan by phone confirmed the quakes in Gunung Sitoli. The epicenter of the first quake was in the sea about 86 km southeast of Gunung Sitoli city, while that of the second quake was also in the sea about 88 km southeast of the city. The third quake had its epicenter in the sea about 67 km southeast Gunung Sitoli, while the epicenter of the fourth quake is in the sea 68 km southeast of the city.(*) www.antara.co.id /en/seenws/?id=8202   (208 words)

Nias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gunung Sitoli is home to Nias' only museum, the Museum Pusaka Nias (Nias Heritage Foundation)[2], which houses over 6000 objects related to Nias' cultural heritage. The museum had recently built a new building and had improved their storage and exhibitions when the 2004 earthquake and tsunami occurred. To reach Nias, there is a weekly ship from Jakarta to Gunung Sitoli; there were ferries from Sibolga to Gunung Sitoli, Teluk Dalam, or Lahewa every day; before the crisis hit Indonesia, there was a daily flight from Medan to Gunung Sitoli, however it is less frequent nowadays. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nias   (1100 words)

The Fisheries and Fisherfolk of Nias Island, Indonesia-BOBP/WP/78 Part I is a brief and factual presentation of data and information on the main features of the small-scale marine fisheries of Nias Island, Indonesia, which is the result of a preliminary field survey undertaken in June and October 1988 by G. Pajot, Senior Fishing Technologist, BOBP. It is based on observations and discussions during field visits to the main fishing villages and on information and data provided by the District Fisheries Service of Gunung Sitoli in Nias Island. In the absence of reliable statistics, some of the data given are estimates and should, therefore, be regarded as orders of magnitudes and trends. www.fao.org /docrep/007/ae457e/ae457e00.htm   (538 words)

InterAction.org | Media Baltimore -- Some websites reporting on the effects of December's tsunami described Gunung Sitoli, the capital city of Nias island, as having been sheltered from the worst of last year's In Gunung Sitoli however, it was mayhem, as electricity and phone access still was out in the early morning hours, as the world awaited reports December's tsunami decimated small coastal villages on the east side of Nias, near Sirombu, yet left the east coast, where Gunung Sitoli is www.interaction.org /newswire/detail.php?id=3870   (643 words)

Schools struggle to reopen after quake - Indonesia Quake - MSNBC.com Residents run out of a church during an aftershock Sunday in Gunung Sitoli, the capital of Indonesia's Nias island. GUNUNG SITOLI, Indonesia - Thousands of students on Nias island turned up at schools Monday only to find that classes could not be held because most school buildings were damaged from the powerful earthquake that hit a week ago and many teachers had not turned up. At the Santo Xaverius school in the main town of Gunung Sitoli, about 100 students showed up for classes on Monday, less than a quarter of the student body. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7376225   (650 words)

Indonesian Retrospective - Escape From Indonesia         The first step of my journey home was in getting on a bus to take me to Gunung Sitoli from where I could catch a plane to Medan. The bus ride was not too bad by Indonesian standards, I actually had a whole seat to myself, but the locals seemed to think my white legs were pretty funny and a protracted conversation in their local language about them. I got off the bus with great relief just outside Gunung Sitoli at the losman in which I would be spending the night. markc.ethereal.net /indonesia/depart.html   (1261 words)

[No title] Southern Baptists saving lives, sharing love after earthquake By Manda Roten Gibson Apr 5, 2005 GUNUNG SITOLI, Nias, Indonesia (BP)--Five days after a major earthquake rocked Nias, Indonesia, Singaporean relief workers recovered a survivor from the rubble in the capital, Gunung Sitoli. HUNGER, GRATITUDE AND FEAR More than a week after the earthquake, workers in Gunung Sitoli are removing bodies from the rubble and setting up a program to distribute food. More volunteers are needed where initial urgent tsunami and earthquake needs have been met. www.bpnews.net /storydownload.asp?ID=20522   (1067 words)

Gunung Sitoli Vacation Rentals | Hotels HotStays.com has a comprehensive list of Vacation Rentals, Cabin Rentals and Bed and Breakfast Inns, and Hotels near Gunung Sitoli Indonesia. HotStays.com offers thousands of cheap Vacation Rentals, Rental Cabins and BandB's that are great for families and individuals who want to get away, but are on a tight budget. Our Vacation Rental Homes, Cabins for Rent and Cottage Rentals near Gunung Sitoli Indonesia are perfect for quick weekend getaways or weeklong stays. www.hotstays.com /Gunung-Sitoli-Indonesia.html   (293 words)

METAR Site Information for WIMB in Gunung Sitoli / Binaka, Indonesia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) METAR Site Information for WIMB in Gunung Sitoli / Binaka, Indonesia METAR Information for WIMB (GNS) in Gunung Sitoli / Binaka, Indonesia If you think that any information is incorrect, then please follow the instructions for correcting that data item. weather.gladstonefamily.net /site/WIMB   (892 words)

Nias Island, Gunung Sitoli, Anak Dalam, Lagundry Bay - Sumatera, Indonesia Surfers are better be ready when your heart can not leave this island after a visit. Transfer to domestic airport for flight to Nias island. Drive to Gunungsitoli and up on arrival visit traditional of Tumori village in the northern part of Nias. bali-travel-online.com /sumatra/adventure/5days_nias_island_tour.htm   (412 words)

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