Country: Indonesia Source: Indonesia Humanitarian Coordination Platform Please refer to the attached file. Urgent Needs • The JNA was conducted from 19 August to 4 September 2026, with primary data collection carried…
What the source says
Country: Indonesia
Source: Indonesia Humanitarian Coordination Platform
Please refer to the attached file.
Urgent Needs
• The JNA was conducted from 19 August to 4 September 2026, with primary data collection carried out on 24-26 August at 143 survey locations/points across 35 sub-districts in seven affected districts. The JNA was led by Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (HFI), coordinated by WVI, and involved 20 national and local organizations. Overall, the main JNA findings include:
o People are staying close to home – recovery strategies should follow where people are. Most JNA locations reported the use of tents/tarpaulins near homes; the response should therefore prioritize shelter-in-place, safe return, repair, and self-recovery.
o Protection risks in displacement settings are becoming as important as shelter needs. 86.01% of JNA locations had no private space, and nearly half reported that basic facilities were difficult to access for at-risk groups.
o A secondary health emergency may emerge from living conditions rather than the earthquake itself. Acute respiratory infections (ARI) were reported in 62.24% of locations, skin diseases in 47.55%, and gastrointestinal infections in 41.26%, while outreach services and access to medicines remain limited.
o Markets are functioning, but affected households may not be able to afford what is available. Goods are generally available, but staple-food and fuel prices are under pressure, while household purchasing power is a major constraint.
o Assistance has reached many locations, but coverage and quality remain uneven. A total of 42 JNA locations had not yet received food assistance, and some locations still reported people not receiving food.
• Priority needs by sector include:
1. WASH Sector: ensure safe and sustainable access to clean water and drinking water; increase the availability of adequate and inclusive latrines; and expand handwashing-with-soap facilities at strategic locations. These efforts should be supported by improved solid-waste and wastewater management, strengthened hygiene and healthy-behaviour promotion through the Community-Based Total Sanitation (STBM) approach, and easy-to-understand education materials. Active involvement of communities and local stakeholders is also important to ensure service sustainability. Particular attention is needed to improve access to clean water in areas with the lowest coverage, especially Sikka and Manggarai districts.
2. Shelter Sector: provide shelter-in-place (shelter established near displaced households' homes) to support safe return; provide family spaces or tents that ensure privacy and protection for at-risk groups in communal shelters; and improve the quantity and quality of basic household items, accessibility, and safety in temporary shelters.
3. Food and Nutrition Sector: ensure food assistance reaches all affected locations; expand communal kitchen services; provide cooking-related supplies; prioritize the nutritional needs of at-risk groups (infants, young children, pregnant women, and breastfeeding women); and prepare mixed assistance modalities (in-kind, cash, and vouchers) based on market assessments.
4. Health Sector: strengthen primary, mobile, and outreach health services, particularly in hard-to-reach areas; ensure the availability of essential medicines and continuity of treatment for chronic diseases; strengthen referral systems and health transportation; improve prevention of communicable and environment-related diseases; and ensure mental health, reproductive health, and inclusive services for at-risk groups through close coordination with the WASH and Shelter sectors.
5. Market Access: access differs across districts, particularly between urban and rural/remote areas. Market functionality is uneven across districts and does not automatically ensure that household needs are met. Three main issues affect market conditions in Flores: physical access (people in remote areas still face long distances and travel times to markets); availability of certain commodities (particularly medicines and materials for shelter repair, which are more limited); and household purchasing power (households are under economic pressure and have begun reducing food consumption).
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