Mathias Hariyadi

Aid is arriving slowly: milk and clothes for child survivors are lacking. Tents available are still very few: survivors are sleeping under the trees in graveyards, along roads in makeshift shelters or in animal sheds.

Around 200,000 displaced people spent their second night outdoors. Aid is on the way; the commitment of Caritas Internationalis. "Extensive" damage has been reported to the Hindu temple of Prambanan, the largest in the country.

The death toll has surpassed 3,300; the number of injured is "unclear". The pope, "profoundly saddened to hear about the devastating quake", prayed for "victims and their families", and "invited rescuers to persevere in efforts to deliver relief and support". The Italian bishops will donate two million euros.

While the death toll climbs relentlessly, those spared by the quake are facing ever more hardships. There are thousands of wounded people, with broken limbs, left without shelter in the rain.

Despite the tragic situation, parishioners in the area destroyed by the quake went to mass to respond to the invitation of the pope to "pray for victims, their families and survivors". Functions were held outdoors for fear that more buildings may collapse.

The quake took place this morning around Yogyakarta, flattening houses and affecting thousands of people. The president has called out the army. Hospitals are already full to overflowing: doctors are being forced to operate outside. Mosques and churches are hosting displaced people.

One year after an earthquake shattered the Indonesian island, residents complain about a lack of schools, homes, roads and bridges. Displaced people are living in huts set up with their savings. Reconstruction is up to NGOs and the government agency.

It is a call to more honesty with ourselves and in our dealings with others, as a first to step to taking on corruption. Card. Darmaatmadja: dishonesty is possible at any time of our lives."

Local tsunami survivors complain about inadequate reconstruction plans and interrupted food aid. Life is getting harder and harder.

Aceh's reconstruction is slow going for lack of materiel such as bricks and lumber. Rebuilding Nias Island will take another ten years.

Airplanes are the only possible means of transport in the mountainous region. 90% of flights, even for transport of merchandise and aid, are carried out by Christian organizations on the island.

There are 200,000 infected people in Indonesia today but the UN has warned numbers are set to rise and the country is on the brink of an epidemic.