Tsunami Goal Reached! January 10th 2006 We set a goal of $30,000 in contributions for the PPKGO Cooperative in Sumatra after the Tsunami and while we were optimistic, I don’t think many of us thought we would get there. Your amazing generosity in purchasing our Tsunami relief roast surpassed that goal in December – wow! These are indications of what we hope will be a continued sea change of putting people ahead of profits, the only way to be truly successful in the long run. It is our hope that one of the Peace Crew will be traveling to Aceh in February to see how the reconstruction efforts are going and visit with the PPKGO farmers. We will give you a full report back when they return. URGENT: OUR SUMATRAN COFFEE FARMERS NEED YOUR HELP! Aceh Update map of Sumatra As members of the Fair Trade community, we believe it is critical to deliver much–needed support to PPKGO and the Banda Aceh region. Farmers have been killed. Relatives of farmers have been killed. Dozens of others have lost their homes and their minimal belongings. Families have literally been destroyed. Their community infrastructure is gone. Please help get money directly to this fair trade coffee cooperative. This money will be wired directly to them and they can immediately buy food and supplies for their desperate families. THE CONTRIBUTION MAY BE MADE IN 2 WAYS. Purchase our TSUNAMI RELIEF ROAST www.peacecoffee.com/order. Ten dollars of this purchase will be sent directly to the Gayo Organic Coffee Growers Association, PPGKO. These funds will help provide shelter and food to farmers and their family. It will also be put toward rebuilding their processing plant which was severely damaged by the earthquake. TAX-DEDUCTIBLE: Log on to www.coffeekids.org and follow the website instructions. These donations are going directly to PPKGO. TO MAKE GENERAL CONTIBUTIONS TO TSUNAMI RELIEF PROGRAMS CHECK OUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS: www.oxfam.org/eng/programs_emer_asia.htm www.nonviolenceinternational.net www.doctorswithoutborders.net SUMATRA RELIEF WORK IN ACEH, SUMATRA - INDONESIA How Your Contribution is Being Used in the Sumatra Relief Effort: Donations will be used to help relief efforts for coffee growers and their families in the Takengon coffee region, as well as, providing emergency aid to the most severely affected areas in Aceh Province. Currently the areas identified as having the greatest needs for relief work are in the coastal areas of Banda Aceh in the north and Bireun on the east coast. IMMEDIATE/EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS WILL ADDRESS: Collection and delivery of rice, fresh vegetables, sarongs and blankets for people in Banda Aceh and Bireun where immediate relief needs are the greatest. Provision of temporary shelter to those people who lost their homes in the coffee growing area of Takengon as a result of the earthquakes. The current immediacy is for food, shelter and medicines. When these immediate needs are alleviated, and if resources permit, relief efforts will later expand to include the following activities. Reparation of water systems in coffee growing communities to ensure clean water supplies Reconstruction of homes in Takengon coffee growing communities ForesTrade, a fair-trade coffee organization, local offices in Indonesia and the US are monitoring the use of donated funds and documenting the results of your support. THE PPKGO'S DIRECT MOBILIZATION EFFORTS: Immediately after the earthquake struck on December 26th, PPKGO and our partnering coffee processor CV Trimaju provided temporary shelter to people in the Gayo Highlands who lost their homes in the earthquake. A search party was sent from Takengon to Banda Aceh to try and locate family members, and especially children from the coffee communities who were attending schools in the Capitol City. Tragically, 13 children of PPKGO members are still missing and presumed to be dead. Many other people are still unaccounted for. Tuesday January 4th, PPKGO and CV Trimaju collected 8 truckloads of rice, fresh vegetables, and other supplies from Takengon and 20 coop members loaded up their trucks and drove down to Banda Aceh to distribute the food and supplies. This was the second round of such deliveries. A delivery of food and supplies was also made to Bireun on Aceh's east coast. With each delivery the members are staying in the area for 3 to 5 days and volunteering their time and labor to help in the relief work. The PPKGO has a long standing history of community relations and promoting humanitarian activities in the Takengon area. Peace Coffee and Forestrade want to ensure all charitable donors that any relief work resulting from your donations and coffee purchase are being broadly distributed to all those communities in need in Takengon, and critical areas in Aceh Province. We thank you for all your donations made to the relief efforts, and for your continued support and solidarity with our friends in Sumatra. Sala'am (Peace)