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HUMAN TOLL
• Number of fatalities: 129,775 including 905 fatalities which occurred during the March 28, 2005 earthquake. (Source: BRR, Tsunami Recovery Status Report December 8, 2005.)

• Number of people missing: 36,789. (Source: Indonesian Red Cross, June 18, 2005.)

IMPACT ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
• In Aceh province, male survivors outnumbered women by a ratio of almost 3:1. (Source: Oxfam, “Tsunami’s Impact on Women,” March 26, 2005.)

• The tsunami severely damaged medical facilities and killed much of the female labor force. Of the 51 regional health centers with reproductive services, 41 were damaged, and 30 percent of midwives are reportedly dead or missing as a result of the tsunami. (United Nations Population Fund [UNFPA], August 2005.)

DAMAGE AND LOSSES
• 600,000 people in Aceh province alone (25 percent of its population) lost their source of livelihood, including 130,000 farmers, 300,000 fishermen, and 170,000 small businesses. (Source: OCHA Indonesia, June 20, 2005.)

• A total of 141,000 houses were destroyed in Aceh and Nias. (Source: BRR and World Bank, “Rebuilding a Better Aceh and Nias,” October 2005.)

• 2,240 schools were destroyed in Aceh and Nias, and 2,364 education staff were killed. (Source: IOM; BRR, October 2005.)

• 592 health facilities were destroyed in Aceh. (Source: WHO, February 2005.)

• Over 100,000 wells were contaminated with salt water or left in need of repair. (Source: United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF] and OCHA, June 20, 2005.)

• 2,676 bridges were either destroyed or sustained major damage. (Source: IOM, Post-Tsunami Damage Assessment in NAD; IOM, Post Tsunami Damage Assessment in Nias and Simeulue Islands, June 2005.)

• A total of 3,229 fishing vessels were lost or damaged. (Source: FAO; Department of Social Affairs, Government of Indonesia.)

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
• Total estimated value of damages: $4.5 billion.

• Total estimated needs for long-term recovery: $5.0–$5.5 billion.

• Total funds pledged for long-term recovery: $6.5 billion. Funds from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) comprise approximately $2.5 billion of this total figure. The remainder comes from multilateral and bilateral donors and international financial institutions. In addition, Indonesia’s government will spend an estimated $2 billion on recovery. (Source: World Bank, July 2005; the funds from both NGOs and the Indonesian government are estimates.)

• Total funds secured for long-term recovery: $4.5 billion. Of this, $2.5 billion have been secured from NGOs and $1.46 billion from multilateral and bilateral donors. (Source: World Bank, July 2005; NGO funds are estimates.)

• Outstanding pledges (promised but not yet secured) from multilateral and bilateral donors: $2 billion. (Source: World Bank, July 2005.)

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