Bantul Earthquake 2006, Indonesia

Central Java was struck by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on 27 May 2006, just outside the city of Bantul, 20km south of Jogjakarta. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced as a result and over 50,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. The 5-man medical team that...

Mt Merapi Eruption 2006, Indonesia

Two weeks before the authorities raised the red alert for the eruption of Mt Merapi, one of the world’s most active and dangerous volcanoes, MR sent a 2-man team to Jogjakarta to provide early assessment on the conditions of the communities that would be indefinitely...