MEDIA: Helping Lombok
At 6.46pm Jakarta time (9.46pm AEST) on Sunday August 5th, an earthquake measuring an extreme 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale in the Lombok island of Indonesia resulted in approximately 430 deaths and has left thousands of people injured and displaced.
Locals have been doing everything in their power to help each other and find missing individuals, but they needed urgent assistance.
Kahla Mawby, a 24-year-old paramedic from the Gold Coast was holidaying in Bali when the earthquake happened, so she contacted the Glen Hulley, the chief executive of Project Karma, and flew to Lombok on a helicopter volunteered by a company, due to the lack of water access caused by the earthquake. Kahla spent the next few days searching for missing people, looking for survivors, and providing as much medical aid as she was capable of.
Kahla was joined by a retired Paramedic living in Bali, as well as a group of fifth year medical students who had been working in hospitals in Bali. The team worked to save as many people as possible.
Project Karma began fundraising right away to send people and supplies to Lombok and has so far raised over $53,000 for the people affected by the earthquake in the ten days following it. This amazing display of generosity and humanity comes hand in hand with that of the volunteers who have made their way to the island.
The money raised by Project Karma will be used to help the locals in Lombok rebuild their homes and their community following the tragedy of the earthquake, which has taken many family members.
Donate to Project Karma and help the people of Lombok through the mycause campaign. Read more about Kahla and see footage from Lombok at Yahoo News.