Thin Lei Win
Thin Lei Win joined AlertNet in June 2008, becoming the first AlertNet journalist to be based in Asia. Prior to joining AlertNet, Thin worked at trade publications in Singapore and most recently as a freelance writer in Vietnam. She has a Masters in Multi-Media Journalism from Bournemouth University.
Trauma haunts quake survivors in West Sumatra
PARIAMAN, Indonesia (AlertNet) - Roha, a small, wiry lady of 82, wanted to talk to the group of Red Cross staff and volunteers who had come to distribute aid at her village. The villager from Cubadak Air in Pariaman district, dressed in a long black and purple dress and a black headdress, shook hands and opened her mouth. ...
Foreign rescue teams call off search for survivors in quake-hit Padang
PADANG, Indonesia (AlertNet) - International rescue teams have called off the hunt for survivors buried under rubble in an Indonesian city hit by earthquakes a week ago. Aid efforts in Padang, a city of 900,000 on the island of Sumatra, have switched from a rescue mission to supporting thousands of homeless survivors. ...
Helicopters ferry aid to remote Indonesian villages hit by earthquake
LUBUK LAWEH, Indonesia (AlertNet) - Aid helicopters reached remote villages in Indonesia on Tuesday for the first time since an earthquake six days ago triggered landslides that swept away thousands of homes and blocked roads. Indonesia's government has confirmed that more than 700 died in the earthquake off the island of Sumatra but with hundreds missing and many outlying villages out of contact, aid groups expect the death toll to rise. The health minister has said it could hit 3,000. ...
Disease threatens survivors of Indonesia earthquake
CUBADAK AIR, Indonesia (AlertNet) - Persistent rain and poor sanitation threaten to speed up the spread of disease among thousands of homeless survivors of a devastating earthquake in Indonesia. In Padang, the biggest city in the earthquake zone, the authorities have erected tents for the homeless and are handing out medical supplies and fresh water, but in outlying villages like Cubadak Air help has only just started trickling in. ...
Rescuers find villages destroyed by Indonesia quake
PADANG, Indonesia (AlertNet) - Rescue workers in the Indonesian city of Padang picked through the rubble of destroyed buildings on Sunday, hoping to find a few more survivors from an earthquake that may have killed more than 3,000 people. With the stench of decomposing bodies hanging over the city, heavy lifting vehicles pulled debris from ruins while international and local rescuers carefully rummaged through the smashed houses. ...
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