Earthquake Survivors stories:
Sumatra rescue turns into recovery effort
Oct 5th, 2009 - UPI
LUBUK LA WEK, Indonesia, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The search for earthquake survivors in the village of Lubuk La Wek, Indonesia turned into a recovery operation on Monday, emergency workers said.
Indonesian Earthquake Efforts Shift to Rebuilding Phase
Oct 5th, 2009 - VOA News
The emergency response efforts to the earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra is shifting to recovery and rebuilding efforts. More than a thousand people died in last week's quake and hundreds more are missing...Disaster appeal for quake victims
Oct 4th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Relief efforts will aim to deliver clean water supplies and shelter to survivors A major appeal has been launched by the Disasters Emergency Committee to help the victims of the earthquake and typhoons in south east Asia.
Rescuers scramble to find Indonesia earthquake survivors
Oct 2nd, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Bangkok, Thailand - Relief efforts continued Friday in the stricken Indonesian city of Padang, near the epicenter of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude quake. Rescuers are still digging through the rubble of ruined buildings and homes and...
Pope speaks of hope as search for Abruzzo earthquake survivors ends
Apr 12th, 2009 - Times Online
Pope Benedict XVI offered a message of hope to survivors of last week’s Italian earthquake yesterday as the chief prosecutor in the devastated town of L’Aquila...



