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Wow! Sitta, great to know that Cordaid has given a positive response for housing programme. Governments too need to change their stand from reactionary to disasters to being proactive to prevent disasters. We are having floods here in India since ages, and no govt has ever come up with a flood management programme or to tame the waters! They keep spending money and expertise after the damage is done. It is strange that with all the weather forecasting and advanced infrastruture of predicting calamities, we are not able to harness the wild fury of Nature. Glad to know that Indonesians have a great community feeling..And yes, ask your municipal corporations to cover the sewers when normalcy returns...We don't dig wells when fire strikes...We should be, ideally armed to face the daily challenges rather than spend millions on useless projects and luxuries..Best wishes for your sincere efforts. I admire you a lot for this.