October 2018

Due date of the Palu earthquake and tsunami disaster response that was extended to October 26 has come. Novi Fani Rovika, Orangufriends from Padang who has been a volunteer for Animals Warrior team in Central Sulawesi from October 18 will be back to West Sumatra soon. Hundreds of dogs and cats in Petobo and Balaroa was successfully being fed from donations on https://kitabisa.com/bantusatwapalu . Not only feed them, there was several dogs and cats that had to be evacuated to the shelter to get some treatment because of their condition.

There was not much time left, but the desire to meet the children in the refugee camp was the reason to go out on the last night in Palu. It’s simple, armed with a fable book, Novi started the night by storytelling. A tale before sleep for Palu children.

“Their school might be ruined by tsunami and went down by liquefaction. But it won’t shed their enthusiasm in learning. They’re not traumatise, even though the anxiety is still there. Even if they don’t know how long they will live in tents, they have to keep learning. Falling crumb one must be content with crust. Unable to study at school, they can still study in the middle of tent’s dim light. It’s this little thing that will be useful later. After all, they have to recover soon. Although sometimes it’s sad and heartbreaking, but they’re steadfast, even strong!, said Novi closing the night. (SAR)

DONGENG SEBELUM TIDUR UNTUK ANAK PALU
Tanggal tanggap bencana gempa dan tsunami Palu yang diperpanjang hingga 26 Oktober pun tiba. Novi Fani Rovika, orangufriends Padang yang menjadi relawan Animals Warrior di Sulawesi Tengah sejak 18 Oktober pun akan segera kembali ke Sumatera Barat. Ratusan anjing dan kucing yang berada di Petobo dan Balaroa berhasil diberi makan dari donasi yang masuk ke https://kitabisa.com/bantusatwapalu Tak hanya pemberian makanan saja, tetapi ada beberapa anjing dan kucing yang harus dievakuasi ke shelter anjing maupun kucing dan terus mendapatkan perawatan karena kondisinya.

Tak banyak waktu yang tersisa, tapi keinginan untuk bertemu dengan anak-anak di pengungsian menjadi alasan untuk keluar di malam hari-hari terakhir di Palu. Sederhana saja, dengan bermodalkan buku cerita satwa, Novi pun memulai malam ini dengan bercerita. Dongeng sebelum tidur untuk anak-anak Palu.

“Sekolah mereka… boleh saja diratakan oleh tsunami dan ditelan oleh likuifaksi. Tapi takkan mampu merontokkan semangat belajar mereka. Mereka tidak trauma, meski was-was itu ada. Meski entah sampai kapan akan menjalani hidup di tenda-tenda pengungsian, mereka harus tetap belajar. Tak ada rotan, akar pun jadi. Tak bisa belajar di gedung sekolah, di tengah temaran cahaya camp pengungsian pun jadi. Justru yang sedikit inilah akan sangat berguna nanti. Bagaimana pun, mereka harus segera pulih. Meski kadang sedih dan pilu mendera, tapi mereka tabah, bahkan kuat!”, ujar Novi menutup malam ini.

“Copies of the image to be coloured, done. I have put in the markers for colouring, too. Well, today I escaped from the routine of animals caring in the clinic and shelter”, said Novi Fani Rovika, volunteer of Animals Warrior for the Palu earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Novi had spent her full week feeding dogs and cats who were left and abandoned by their owners in the earthquake and liquefaction area of Patobo and Balaroa Villages. She took care of several confiscated animals in the BKSDA Central Sulawesi and Tahura Kapopo, Sigi District, Central Sulawesi. She also shared her time caring for dogs in Palu Dog Lover shelter and for cats at Mrs. Ana’s shelter, with around 80 cats. Now, it’s time to interact with children in the refugee camp, who still have time to think about cats and dogs in Patobo and Balaroa.

It starts with singing together, playing, telling stories and colouring images. Suddenly, 90 minutes passed. Their smile brings happiness to me. All the 20 elementary students from 4-5 grade finally can hold paper and colour markers again after the disaster. “Let’s color our life, kids!” said Novi with enthusiasm. (IND)

SAATNYA BERMAIN DENGAN ANAK-ANAK DI PENGUNGSIAN PALU
“Fotokopi gambar yang akan diwarnai, sudah. Spidol untuk mewarnai juga sudah kumasukkan tas. Baiklah hari ini melarikan diri dari rutinitas merawat satwa di klinik dan shelter.”, gumam Novi Fani Rovika, relawan Animals Warrior untuk bencana gempa dan tsunami Palu.

Setelah seminggu penuh mengisi hari-hari dengan memberi makan anjing, kucing di daerah bencana gempa dan likuifaksi kelurahan Patobo dan Balaroa yang ditinggal mengungsi penghuninya. Novi juga mengurus beberapa satwa sitaan di BKSDA Sulteng dan Tahura Kapopo, kabupaten Sigi, Sulawesi Tengah. Novi juga berbagi waktu merawat anjing di shelter Palu Dog Lover maupun kucing-kucing di shelter ibu Ana yang jumlahnya mencapai 80-an kucing. Saatnya berinteraksi dengan anak-anak di pengungsian, yang masih juga sempat memikirkan nasib kucing maupun anjing yang mereka tinggal di Patobo maupun Balaroa.

Dimulai dengan bernyanyi bersama, bermain, bercerita dan ditutup dengan mewarnai tak terasa 90 menit pun berlalu. Senyum mereka adalah senyum bahagiaku. Keduapuluh anak kelas 4-5 SD ini pun kembali bisa memegang kertas dan spidol warna kembali. “Ayo warnai kehidupan, anak-anak!”, ujar Novi dengan semangat.

A very tiring day. This is not the first time the team has been around feeding dogs and cats in Petobo, Central Sulawesi. Petobo has experienced liquefaction with severe damage and destroyed almost one village in Palu. “There are 21 dogs and 52 cats recorded today while we doing a street feeding,” said Faisal, animal volunteers who joined Orangufriends.

At the house in the corner seems like there are not only 3 dogs. One mother dog has wet nipples, that indicates she is still breastfeeding. The team braves themselves to enter the collapsed house. In the bathroom, between buckets of water, they saw baby dogs hiding. Their eyes are still covered, still only 1 week old. The homeowner, evacuated and has not returned yet. The team immediately coordinated with neighbours and conveyed the existing conditions and the possibility of evacuating the dogs.

Together with Mrs. Ana, the owner of a cat shelter in Palu, the Animals Warrior team headed to a house which was reported to have sick kittens. The search for cats is not easy. All the cats were roamed, so the team had to chase and catch them. There are 5 cats with wounds in their eyes. Now the five are in the shelter of Mrs. Ana.

If you want to help animal victims of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Palu, Central Sulawesi, you can go to kitabisa.com/bantusatwapalu

ANIMALS WARRIOR SELAMATKAN 5 ANAK KUCING DI PETOBO
Hari yang sangat melelahkan. Ini bukanlah untuk pertama kalinya tim berkeliling memberi makan anjing dan kucing di daerah Petobo, Sulawesi Tengah. Daerah yang mengalami likuifaksi dengan kerusakan parah dan menghilangkan hampir satu kelurahan di Palu. “Ada 21 anjing dan 52 kucing tercatat pada hari ini saat keliling pemberian pakan.”, ujar Faisal, relawan satwa yang tergabung di Orangufriends.

Rumah pojok ini ternyata tak hanya ada 3 anjing di situ. Terlihat satu induk anjing dengan puting susu yang masih menyusui. Tim pun memberanikan diri memasuki rumah yang rubuh tersebut. Di kamar mandi, di antara ember air, terlihat bayi-bayi anjing bersembunyi. Matanya masih terseliputi, masih baru 1 minggu usianya. Pemilik rumah, mengungsi dan belum kembali. Tim segera berkordinasi dengan tetangga yang kebetulan ada, dan menyampaikan kondisi yang ada serta kemungkinan mengevakuasi anjing-anjing tersebut.

Bersama ibu Ana, pemilik shelter kucing di Palu, tim Animals Warrior menuju rumah yang dikabarkan ada anak-anak kucing yang sakit. Pencarian kucing tak semudah yang dipikirkan tim, datang ke rumah dan menemukan kucing tersebut. Ternyata kucing-kucing berkeliaran, sehingga tim pun harus berkejar-kejaran menangkap kucing-kucing tersebut. Ada 5 kucing yang mengalami luka pada matanya. Kini kelimanya berada di shelter ibu Ana.

Jika kamu ingin membantu satwa korban bencana gempa dan tsunami Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, bisa melalui https://kitabisa.com/bantusatwapalu

Her small body screamed and hobbled toward the Animals Warrior team. Among the ruins of the house, the team found a kitten who was dehydrated and malnourished. The Animals Warrior team, who had worked two weeks on the field, went around looking for her mother. Unfortunately, after trying to find, the mother never appeared. Gempi, this kitten was evacuated from the liquefaction location in Balaroa Village, Palu, Central Sulawesi.

The team took Gempi to the Palu Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Relief Camp at the BKSDA (Natural Resources Agency) Central Sulawesi and then moved it to the Palu cat shelter, run by Mrs. Ana. In this shelter, there are about 70 abandoned cats treated by Mrs. Ana. The condition of the shelter is not much different from the condition of the house or office in Palu, it is cracked and collapsed. Mrs. Ana was forced to put up a temporary tarpaulin in front of her house to avoid heat and rain but it did not last long, because when the wind blew hard, the tarpaulin was scattered.

Animals Warrior immediately divided the team into 2 groups, one group evacuated several animals from the BKSDA Central Sulawesi to Manado and the others rebuilt Mrs. Ana’s cat shelter. “Luckily, there is material shop already open. The team also bought wood and other necessities. In two days, the shelter roof was installed. Cages were arranged to make maintenance easier”, said Daniek Hendarto. Strong winds often blow in Palu and the last two days of rain are quite heavy. Meanwhile, to include cats into the house, Mrs. Ana was still traumatized by the earthquake so she did not dare to stay in the house for too long.

Thank you for the donation via https://kitabisa.com/bantusatwapalu. Without all the help, it might be difficult to immediately realize a better place for cats in Ms. Ana’s shelter.

GEMPI DAN TEMAN-TEMAN TIDAK KEHUJANAN LAGI
Tubuh kecilnya berteriak dan tertatih-tatih mendekati tim Animals Warrior. Di antara reruntuhan rumah, tim menemukan anak kucing yang mengalami dehidrasi dan malnutrisi. Tim Animals Warrior yang saat itu sudah bekerja dua minggu di lapangan langsung berkeliling mencari induknya. Sayang, setelah berusaha mencari, sang induk tak kunjung muncul. Gempi, anak kucing ini pun dievakuasi dari lokasi likuifaksi kelurahan Balaroa, Palu, Sulawesi Tengah.

Tim membawa Gempi ke Posko Satwa Terdampak Bencana Gempa dan Tsunami Palu yang berada di BKSDA Sulteng dan kemudian memindahkannya ke shelter kucing Palu ibu Ana. Di shelter ini sendiri ada sekitar 70 kucing terlantar yang dirawat ibu Ana. Kondisi shelter tak jauh berbeda dengan kondisi rumah maupun perkantoran yang ada di Palu, retak bahkan rubuh. Ibu Ana pun terpaksa memasang terpal sementara di depan rumahnya untuk sekedar menghindari panas dan hujan namun tak bertahan lama, karena saat angin berhembus kencang, terpal pun kocar-kacir.

Animals Warrior segera membagi tim yang ada, sebagian mengevakuasi satwa sitaan BKSDA Sulteng ke Menado dan yang lainnya membangun kembali shelter kucing ibu Ana. “Beruntung, sudah ada toko bangunan yang buka. Tim pun berbelanja kayu dan keperluan lainnya. Dalam dua hari, atap shelter darurat pun terpasang. Kandang-kandang pun disusun untuk lebih memudahkan perawatan.”, ujar Daniek Hendarto dengan lega. Bagaimana tidak lega, angin kencang sering berhembus di Palu dan dua hari terakhir hujan lumayan lebat. Sementara untuk memasukkan kucing-kucing ke dalam rumah, ibu Ana sendiri masih trauma karena gempa sehingga tidak berani terlalu lama berada di dalam rumah.

Terimakasih atas donasi melalui https://kitabisa.com/bantusatwapalu Tanpa bantuan semuanya mungkin akan sulit untuk langsung mewujudkan tempat yang lebih baik untuk kucing0-kucing di shelter ibu Ana.