Jakarta floods: Children in need of immediate aid

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Children in the areas affected by the heavy flooding in Jakarta are in urgent need of aid. The national director of SOS Children's Villages in Indonesia, Gregor Nitihardjo, reports many children are already suffering from various diseases due to unhygienic conditions, a lack of drinking water, and a shortage of food. SOS Children's Villages is distributing aid parcels and warm meals.
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"We are already seeing children developing skin diseases due to wet clothing and unhygienic conditions. The children need nutritious food and clean water," said Gregor Nitihardjo.

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"The children are always the first and weakest victims of natural disasters - we have seen this time and time again," said Gregor Nitihardjo.
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do children figure in any US disaster preparations and actions? I mean, where the word 'children' is actually in the text and spoken aloud.

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1. Not to worry , The UN is on the way!

The UN will be there real soon with a study team to access what is needed and how to distrubte the aid. The teams will be multiple and stay in a 5 star hotel in the area. Last disaster, tsunami in the same general area, it only took 2 weeks to access the damage, while complaining about the US military aiding the Indonesian military distributed food and water.