The Mourning and Groaning from Victims of the Great TUNAMI in Aceh, Sumatra : The Movement of Sending Malaria test kits to Children in Aceh

"The great earthquake of Sumatra and the Indian Ocean Tsunami attacked in Indonesia on December 26, 2004. The first stage of emergency support has almost completed and overseas aid such as supporting army of foreign countries, U. N. organizations, and international NGOs are gradually leaving from the disaster areas. However, the victims have still confronted with a huge number of problems to be solved and needed more support for something in the future as well. Due to its emergency, inefficient aids had been provided soon after the primary disaster. However in order to fully proceed mid and long term aid activities, a study of the situation regarding the distribution of aid supply and aid fund should be sufficiently examined with the principle that the best support and contribution should be directed to those most in need. Our activity of sending“Malaria test kits”to Aceh was carried out from January, 2005, just after the Tsunami disaster. Mitsuda organized a NPO group to save children in Aceh in March, 2005. He spearheaded a nation-wide campaign to raise the funds and introduced in a dozen of national and local newspapers for it. A variety of meetings and charity concerts were held in many cities of Japan. A large amount of donation made it possible to produce 30,000 sets of“Malaria test kits”and send them to Banda Aceh, in March and June, 2005. Mitsuda conducted a field survey in Banda Aceh, interviewing with the victims of Tunami from August to September in 2005. This paper will report and introduce the catastrophe of the great Tsunami, mourning and groaning from Tsunami victims, and the current problems of their daily life in temporary evacuation campuses. It also examines to execute the socalled“ pinpoint support”to deliver the“kits”to those most in need with the highest priority, to clarify the process of“When, Who, and How to”hand over the kits to get the traceability. In conclusion, the job creation plan and biomedical technological transfer in affected local areas as well as malaria eradication will be discussed. About the detail of our activities and interviews in disaster Aceh, please visit our website : http : //www16.plala.or.jp/lombok2005/top.html"TsunamiAchemalariaNPODisaster Sociolog