MAYORS LETTER

Fauzi Bahar is Padang's first "definitive" or elected City Mayor. Jane & I were called to a coordination meeting the day after the quake and an appeal was launched through-out West Sumatra for food, clothing and shelter materials. We called friends at Padang FM to broadcast the appeal. Fauzi ordered the passenger terminal at Teluk Bayur converted to an aid wharehouse and we discussed the options for storage of aid flown in should that be required. An immediate survey of hospital capacity was ordered and all extra beds requested to be made ready.

Over the following days, we attended a number of coordination meetings between John Dudley (Australian Naval Attache) and Aus Aid and embassy staff. Air lifts were promised and containers sourced to establish a cargo holding area on the tarmac at Tabing Airport. Teluk Bayur port facitlites were inspected and wharehousing surveyed.

Fauzi arranged for government doctors and paramedics to join Electric Lamb and Sembilan and he offered us full access to donated food and clothing supplies as well as medicine as it was collected. Mayor Fauzi offered ELM his full support and prepared a recommendation letter for us to carry to Aceh.



This is a thumbnail of the letter. A high resolution image is opening at the bottom of this page but it will take some time on a dial-up connection.

Download the file here: mayor_letter.jpg

The image is a scan of the fax copy we recieved in Jakarta while we were loading Batavia. The original was posted but was never recieved at the Rolls Royce office.

The downloaded file is suitable for printing and all volunteers should bring a copy when arriving in Indonesia.

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