Thin Lei Win
Thin Lei Win joined AlertNet in June 2008, becoming the first AlertNet journalist to be based in Asia. Prior to joining AlertNet, Thin worked at trade publications in Singapore and most recently as a freelance writer in Vietnam. She has a Masters in Multi-Media Journalism from Bournemouth University.
Possible new landslides threaten displaced quake survivors in Sumatra
BANGKOK, Oct 30 (AlertNet) - Fresh landslides threaten 3,000 to 4,000 people displaced by a recent earthquake and subsequent landslides in Indonesia's West Sumatra, with close to a fifth living in cramped conditions, aid agencies said on Friday. Two powerful earthquakes on Sept. 30 set off landslides that crushed many villages in the area, including those around the Lake Maninjau in Agam district north of Padang, the city that bore the brunt of the disaster. Local media reports have put the total rehabilitation and reconstruction costs at $745 million. ...
Aid finally reaches isolated villages in Indonesia earthquake region
BANGKOK (AlertNet) - Essential aid has reached most villages on Indonesia's West Sumatra nearly four weeks after an earthquake triggered landslides that buried communities and blocked roads, aid agencies have said. Indonesia's government wanted the reconstruction stage to start on Nov. 1 but aid agencies said that because only half the medical facilities were operational and shelter was still a major concern the emergency relief mission would continue for another two months. ...
Clean water running out for Sumatra earthquake survivors
BANGKOK (AlertNet) - About 500,000 survivors of an earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra may be forced to live without clean water because of a lack of funds, aid agencies said, conditions that could spread disease more quickly. In Padang, a city of about 900,000, only 20 percent of the people have access to clean water and it would take at least six months for the network to become functional again, according to local authorities. ...
The real lives behind sketchy West Sumatra quake numbers
PARIAMAN, Indonesia (AlertNet) What both aid workers and media are still struggling to get a handle on in the aftermath of the West Sumatra earthquake is the scale of the disaster. Both professions are driven by statistics in general, the bigger the disaster and the number of casualties, the bigger the coverage and possibly the bigger the donations. ...
Trauma haunts quake survivors in West Sumatra
PARIAMAN, Indonesia (AlertNet) - Roha, a small, wiry lady of 82, wanted to talk to the group of Red Cross staff and volunteers who had come to distribute aid at her village. The villager from Cubadak Air in Pariaman district, dressed in a long black and purple dress and a black headdress, shook hands and opened her mouth. ...
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