Emergency Relief and Rebuilding Materials & Equipment Needed
We are currently negotiating the donation of a new mother ship for long term operations. ISLAND-AID also requires many practical resources such as boats, vehicles, trail bikes and chainsaws. If you can help provide us with any of these, please contact us directly. These resources will go towards putting our plan into effect. We also greatly appreciate outright donations. All monetary donations will go to purchasing necessary supplies as well as securing the following resources.
Any and all help that you may be able to give us will be immediately directed towards our relief efforts. All personnel working on this mission are volunteers, and transparency and accountability are of utmost importance to us. Read our core values. Thank you for your help!
Any and all help that you may be able to give us will be immediately directed towards our relief efforts. All personnel working on this mission are volunteers, and transparency and accountability are of utmost importance to us. Read our core values. Thank you for your help!
PRIORITY ITEMS:
Mother Ship
Generally our requirements are:
- Fuel efficiency (1.5 - 3.0 tons per day) our plans call for regular trips from Banda Aceh to Padang and Batavia consumed over 9 tons per day when steaming.
- Range - 2,500 nm (Batavia had only a 1,000nm range)
- Speed - 10knots minimum 12knots sprint
- Draft - 3.5m maximum (Batavia was 3.5 but her props were not protected so we always anchored in 8m or more)
- Cargo - 100 tons or more below decks or in containers on deck (Batavia could carry 120tons if tanks were full)
- Accommodation - 30 plus crew with air conditioning (Batavia could sleep 40+ on the open plan 3rd deck but there was no privacy at all)
- Ease & flexability of loading - we need to load our skiffs in rough conditions. Some ships are suited to this and others are very difficult
- Stability - A stable ship is essential. (Batavia rolled more than we liked making loading at her side doors dangerous in bad weather)
Equipment
- CHAINSAWS with blades for ripping. Stihl 30" bar.
- 4 x 125cc TRAIL BIKES
- 2 x 4x4 DOUBLE CAB PICKUPS
- 4 x Concrete Well liner MOULDS. 1m & 1.2m diam
- 100+ x Cement block MOULDS
- SOLAR PUMPS about 2+ tons per day capacity
- UV WATER STERILIZERS - 30ltr/min
- SHIPS STORES always needed (even when we are ashore)
- BLOCK MAKING EQUIPMENT
- TENSION STRUCTURES FOR TEMPORARY WHAREHOUSING - all sizes
- PE WATER TANKS 1,000ltrs and up
- GALVANIZED STEEL BUILT UP WATER TANKS WITH PVC LINER - 10,000ltrs and up
- BUILDING MATERIALS almost any durable type is required
- CORRUGATED ZINCALUME ROOFING - Traditional profile with fastenings
- PETROL PUMPS - 1.5"-2" range
- BAND SAW - 30" wheel for lumber or similar
- LUCAS MILL - Portable timber mill for turning debris into planks
Emergency Survival and Rebuilding Materials:
Tents - 5 person or larger
Tarps: or rolls of tarp material
Ground Sheet Plastic
Roofing Iron
Buckets - 20lt with lids and scoopers
Lighters
Knives
Cooking pots
Plastic Dishes/Bowls
Bed Mats (Tikar)
Bedding - sheets/towels/blankets
Mosquito nets - treated & mosquito coils
Lanterns/ kerosene
Jerry cans or small water storage containers (5, 10 or 20 litres)
Torches/ batteries
Transistor radios
Fisheries Rehabilitation:
Boats (contact us)
Hooks lines, tackle & sinkers
Nets / Netting
220ltr drums for whitebait fishing platforms
Floats
O/B Engines - 8, 15, 25 & 40 hp (Must be models that are supported in Indonesia)
Inboard diesel marine engines - 15hp to 75hp
Navigation equipment (please ask for details)
Boat nails
Personal Needs:
Soap
Shampoo
Disinfectants
Tooth Brushes/paste
Clothes packages
Underwear
First aid kits
Cosmetics
Nutrition/Hydration:
Water in bottles
Plastic bags in different sizes for food and aid distribution
Rice/ Salt/ Sugar/ Noodles/ Flour/ Fruit and Vege
Tinned food/ Tinned fish and meat for protein (sardines, corned beef)
Protein powder/ Multivitamins/ powdered milk
dried salted fish (white bait)
Cooking oil/coffee/tea
Housing/ Infrastructure:
Cement
Metal stud framing and roof trusses
Nails for housing and zinc boatbuilding nails
Hammers/Saws
Piping/hoses/taps
Spouting/guttering/down pipes
Zinc roofing
Water tanks
Tomahawks
Cross cut saws
Hand drills and Bolts and drill bits
Handsaws
Shovels
Metal bars
Hacksaws
Social Welfare:
Paper/pens/pencils
School books
Reading books
School backpacks
Volley balls/ Soccer balls
ISLANDAID sustainable support for isolated communities
operated by The Electric Lamb Mission
On December 26, 2004, the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia was rocked by one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history. The tsunami that followed had a devastating affect on the region. Many small coastal towns were left inaccessible by road. ELM was formed to bring aid to these remote areas. ELM has grown and expanded it's mission to support isolated island communities in Indonesia and the region. We are now called ISLAND AID Organization.