DDHK News, Indonesia - Floods inundated thousands of residents' houses and rice fields in 13 sub-districts in Pati Regency, Central Java. Dompet Dhuafa (DD) Central Java deployed a team to respond to the flood.
The Central Java DD team and local volunteers found several villages worst affected by the floods, namely Tondomulyo and Karangrowo Villages (Jakenan District), Doropayung, Kedungpancing, and Tluwah (Juwana District). The average water level is 1-3 meters.
About 7000 residents took refuge in several refugee points scattered in Pati. The lack of evacuation tools such as rubber boats makes the evacuation process long.
"For the evacuation of refugees to run smoothly, the obstacles are the access of residents who are difficult to reach and limited facilities. Meanwhile, those who do not want to be evacuated because they argue that they are protecting their property, "said Fadillah Rachman, Branch Head. Dompet Dhuafa Central Java.
The man who is familiarly called Fadil said that he had deployed 30 volunteers to help evacuate residents who still had no access to logistical assistance or who had no electricity due to a blackout.
This banner resulted in the isolation of 3 districts (Jepara, Kudus, Pati) because they could not be accessed either through the pantura route or alternative roads. Dompet Dhuafa Central Java carried out several follow-up actions such as building a soup kitchen to support the food supply for refugees. (Dompetdhuafa.org). *
