When the Earth Shook, Humanity Must Rise: Save Lives in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra
When the earth trembled and the skies opened, it did not just shake the ground — it shattered lives.
In the past weeks, relentless floods and landslides have ravaged Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, sweeping away homes and burying dreams. According to Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), more than 1,059 souls have been confirmed dead — mothers, fathers, grandparents, and children whose laughter once filled every corner of their villages.
Still, the pain is not complete. Nearly 200 people remain missing, their families clinging to hope as search teams work through debris and mud, calling names into the silence.
Across the three provinces, hundreds of thousands have been displaced. Entire neighborhoods lie in ruins. Children — some barely old enough to speak — huddle with blankets that offer little warmth. Parents sit motionless, eyes hollow with shock, unable to explain why dinner never came and why school may never start again.
The Children Suffering in Silence
Imagine a child who has not eaten properly in days.
Imagine toddlers too weak to play.
Imagine young eyes wide with fear as they see tents instead of homes, dust instead of playgrounds.
Hunger now stalks the survivors almost as cruelly as the disaster itself. Food stocks are running dangerously low. Evacuation centers — once places of refuge — struggle to provide even a single warm meal a day. Infants cry for milk that is nowhere to be found. Mothers skip meals so their children can eat. And every sunset brings fear that the next dawn will bring only more hunger.
Without urgent food assistance, more lives — especially those of children — are at risk of being lost to starvation, malnutrition, and disease.
What Your Donation Can Do
In this moment of unimaginable suffering, your compassion can be the light that saves a life:
- $1 can provide a meal to a starving child.
- $25 can feed a displaced family for several days.
- $100 can help operate a community kitchen serving dozens of children daily.
Each donation delivers life-saving food: rice, nutritious meals, clean water, baby formula, and vitamins — especially for those who have lost everything. Your gift goes directly to the children whose futures now hang in the balance.
Urgent Call to Action
These are not just statistics.
They are mothers without supper,
fathers in silent disbelief,
children with hollow eyes and aching stomachs.
No child should face hunger after surviving a disaster.
Your generosity can fill plates, restore strength, and — most importantly — restore hope.
- Donate now — because every child deserves a tomorrow.
- Feed a child today — because hunger cannot wait.
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When the earth took away, let humanity give back.
In this tragic hour, your compassion can be the difference between despair and survival.