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Community Self-Reliance amid Sumatra Floods

Monday, December 8, 2025

Residents hit by the Sumatra floods band together to deliver aid as they confront the government’s slow disaster response.

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A public kitchen opened by flood survivors in Meunasah Juli Tamboi Tanjong, Juli subdistrict, Bireuen, Aceh, November 28, 2025. Courtesy of a Survivor. tempo : 1776768040100.

IBRAHIM’s kitchen has gone silent. The flood that swept through his home in Hamparan Perak, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, submerged nearly every appliance under two meters of water. His wife, Bunga Mawadah, could no longer cook for the family.

Ibrahim, Bunga, and their only child, a toddler, were on the brink of starvation. Three days after the deluge blanketed Sumatra, there was still no sign of the go

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Francisca Christy Rosana

Daniel Ahmad Fajri (Aceh), Andi Adam Faturahman (Central Tapanuli), Pito Agustin Rudiana (Yogyakarta), and Taufiq Siddiq (Agam) contributed to the writing of this article.

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