Deswandi recalls the day his world shook.
A year ago today, the teacher was leading a sports class at a Padang high school when the ground started trembling.
As soon as the earth stood still, he jumped on his motorcycle and raced home to check on his wife and youngest child.
Along the way he was stunned by scenes of destruction and despair.
His hometown, the capital of West Sumatra, had been paralyzed by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake.
“I saw collapsed buildings and dark thick smoke was everywhere. Everything was so chaotic,” said Deswandi, 40.
As he approached his home in Tarantang village, Lubuk Kilangan subdistrict, he was shocked to see that most of the houses, including his own, had been knocked down.
“It was a new housing complex. The developer had finished it about six months before the earthquake, but more than 90 percent of the houses, including my house, were severely damaged,” Deswandi said.
When the dust settled, the magnitude of the catastrophe became evident: more than 1,100 lives were lost and thousands of buildings — homes, schools and other public facilities — were rubble.
But Deswandi’s family was spared.
After the quake, Deswandi set out on a mission to promote quake-proof houses, joining IDEP, an Indonesian nonprofit that seeks to make sure communities are better prepared for disasters.
Poor construction is one of the main reasons cited for the massive destruction caused by the quake.
AusAID’s senior representative for Indonesia, Jacqui De Lacy, said a survey by 70 engineers and students in West Sumatra found that houses built without basic reinforcement saw five times more damage and were 10 times more likely to have collapsed than reinforced masonry houses.
“This was why more than 119,000 houses were destroyed by the West Sumatra earthquake,” she said on Wednesday during the launch of rumahamangempa.net, a Web site for a campaign funded by the Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction, established to educate the public about how to build quake-proof houses.
West Sumatra’s deputy governor, Kasim Baca, said most victims in last year’s earthquake died because of collapsed buildings.
Today, Deswandi is the head of the “Build Back Better” campaign initiated by AusAID, which is rebuilding the houses in Tarantang village so they can better withstand earthquakes.
“All 106 houses in this complex were poorly constructed,” he said. “The foundations were not deep enough and the iron used for the house frames was not strong enough.”
He said the provincial government was considering replicating the program in other areas.
When the Jakarta Globe visited the village, more than 60 percent of the houses had already been rebuilt or fixed using improved construction methods, and the rest were being worked on.
Kasim said it would be impossible to build a house that was 100 percent quake resistant.
However, it was crucial to raise public awareness about construction techniques to reduce the number of victims when the next earthquake struck.
“Earthquakes cannot be prevented, but the impact can be reduced by carefully planning building materials, structures and construction,” he said.
Teddy Boen, a well-known structural engineer and a consultant for rumahamangempa.net who has been monitoring West Sumatra’s reconstruction, said that many damaged houses could actually be fixed using retrofitting methods.
“There are a lot of houses which can easily be fixed, strengthened and restored at a relatively lower cost, but many people prefer to demolish their damaged house and build a new one that still cannot withstand earthquakes,” he said.
Deswandi said convincing people to build stronger houses was not easy.
He said the central government had provided cash for earthquake survivors to rebuild their houses — Rp 15 million ($1,700) for those who suffered major damage and Rp 10 million for moderate damage.
“But some people are still trying to cheat by buying cheaper materials that are not suitable for strong construction,” Deswandi said. “I constantly remind them that they should not play with their lives.”
Attitudes, though, are slowly changing.
Ning, a housewife whose house was damaged in the earthquake, said she did not mind spending extra money to retrofit her damaged house and make it stronger.
“I realize that I live in a disaster-prone area, so even if I have to spend more money I will no longer have to live in fear of when another massive earthquake might strike,” she said.
source: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/quake-city-bounces-back-stronger-one-year-on/398807
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30 September 2010
Oz Helps Padang Prepare for Big Quake
One year after the deadly West Sumatra earthquake locals are still bracing for The Big One - and Australia is helping them.
Last year's September 30 quake, measuring 7.6 on the richter scale, killed more than 1100 people and damaged or destroyed about 150,000 buildings in the provincial capital of Padang and surrounding areas.
But as devastating as it was - and Padang still bears the scars of rubble-strewn lots and semi-collapsed buildings - scientists say a much bigger quake is coming.
"Basically we're expecting a magnitude 8 to 8.5 earthquake ... directly off Padang," says Trevor Dhu of the Jakarta-based Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction.
"The science is as conclusive as the science can be."
The quake is predicted to hit sometime in the next few decades - which is about as specific as earthquake predictions get - and will almost certainly generate a tsunami.
"It could be tomorrow, it could be five years, it could be twenty years, but it is imminent," Dr Dhu says.
Which is why Australia is helping Indonesia run Build Back Better, an awareness campaign that aims to ensure that families who lost their houses in 2009 replace them with houses more likely to withstand future quakes.
It promotes a simple key message: Bukan gempanya, tapi bangunannya - It's not the earthquake, it's the buildings.
In the wake of last year's disaster an Australian-funded engineering team was deployed to survey which homes suffered the worst.
"The results of this survey were quite clear," says Jacqui De Lacy, head of AusAID in Indonesia.
"Dwellings that were built without basic reinforcing suffered five times more damage and were 10 times more likely to collapse than a reinforced masonry house."
Build Back Better promotes simple construction techniques - deeper foundations, the use of quality reinforced steel and anchors to strengthen the frame - that Australia hopes will save lives the next time the earth shakes.
Australia and the United States are also helping Indonesia rebuild 39 schools damaged in 2009.
Kampung Olo Primary School was hit hard: walls and ceilings collapsed; windows shattered; floors cracked open.
Fortunately, no students were killed. But the buildings were deemed unsafe and subsequently demolished.
Kampung Olo's 80 students are now studying in a nearby mosque while they wait for the school to be rebuilt - to earthquake resistant standards, of course.
During a visit to Kampung Olo this week Australian Deputy Ambassador Paul Robilliard said the school reconstruction program would enable 6500 children to return to formal education in a safe environment.
"Australia is committed to helping Indonesia reduce the human and economic toll of natural disasters which are a serious risk here," he said.
Australia is also rebuilding eight health facilities in Padang Pariaman, the community hardest hit by last year's quake.
Overall, Australia has provided $15 million in assistance for the area.
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Last year's September 30 quake, measuring 7.6 on the richter scale, killed more than 1100 people and damaged or destroyed about 150,000 buildings in the provincial capital of Padang and surrounding areas.
But as devastating as it was - and Padang still bears the scars of rubble-strewn lots and semi-collapsed buildings - scientists say a much bigger quake is coming.
"Basically we're expecting a magnitude 8 to 8.5 earthquake ... directly off Padang," says Trevor Dhu of the Jakarta-based Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction.
"The science is as conclusive as the science can be."
The quake is predicted to hit sometime in the next few decades - which is about as specific as earthquake predictions get - and will almost certainly generate a tsunami.
"It could be tomorrow, it could be five years, it could be twenty years, but it is imminent," Dr Dhu says.
Which is why Australia is helping Indonesia run Build Back Better, an awareness campaign that aims to ensure that families who lost their houses in 2009 replace them with houses more likely to withstand future quakes.
It promotes a simple key message: Bukan gempanya, tapi bangunannya - It's not the earthquake, it's the buildings.
In the wake of last year's disaster an Australian-funded engineering team was deployed to survey which homes suffered the worst.
"The results of this survey were quite clear," says Jacqui De Lacy, head of AusAID in Indonesia.
"Dwellings that were built without basic reinforcing suffered five times more damage and were 10 times more likely to collapse than a reinforced masonry house."
Build Back Better promotes simple construction techniques - deeper foundations, the use of quality reinforced steel and anchors to strengthen the frame - that Australia hopes will save lives the next time the earth shakes.
Australia and the United States are also helping Indonesia rebuild 39 schools damaged in 2009.
Kampung Olo Primary School was hit hard: walls and ceilings collapsed; windows shattered; floors cracked open.
Fortunately, no students were killed. But the buildings were deemed unsafe and subsequently demolished.
Kampung Olo's 80 students are now studying in a nearby mosque while they wait for the school to be rebuilt - to earthquake resistant standards, of course.
During a visit to Kampung Olo this week Australian Deputy Ambassador Paul Robilliard said the school reconstruction program would enable 6500 children to return to formal education in a safe environment.
"Australia is committed to helping Indonesia reduce the human and economic toll of natural disasters which are a serious risk here," he said.
Australia is also rebuilding eight health facilities in Padang Pariaman, the community hardest hit by last year's quake.
Overall, Australia has provided $15 million in assistance for the area.
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Saving more than 100,000 lives through a simple, innovative solution: Tsunami Evacuation Raised Earth Park
The idea is simple and elegant: In the event of a tsunami, escape to higher ground. This is the concept behind a "Tsunami Evacuation Raised Earth Park” or TEREP by GeoHazards International (GHI). Swiss Re is funding the design of this innovative, easily replicable and cost-efficient solution to save multiple lives in Padang, Indonesia, as one of the world's most high-risk areas for tsunamis.
Padang faces a unique and urgent challenge: It is a fast-growing, tsunami-prone city built at sea level and far from high ground. Working in collaboration with GHI, Swiss Re is funding the design of a prototype for vertical evacuation i.e. the TEREP.
This is an artificial “hill”, which will be built within the city of Padang and its height will be greater than the expected tsunami. People will evacuate to the top of the hill instead of running into fragile buildings in the moments after an earthquake has struck.
The M7.6 earthquake that struck Padang exactly one year ago, on 30 September 2009, confirmed the critical need for tsunami evacuation infrastructure as many buildings previously identified as satisfactory evacuation structures collapsed.
If a tsunami were to occur today, as many as 100,000 people might perish. And there is a high likelihood that a tsunami will occur within the lifetime of the current residents of Padang.
The TEREP will be a first in Indonesia, while similar structures already exist in Japan. Aside from being able to accommodate more evacuees than most buildings, the TEREP can also serve as a community park in the meantime.
"This project aligns with Swiss Re's approach in many aspects: Risk management is our business, and we believe in simple, innovative solutions that are cost effective and easily replicable, thereby having the potential to save untold lives," said Sharon Ooi, Swiss Re's Director of Client Markets for Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The TEREP project will also allow local engineers and contractors to build their capacity to design and construct other TEREPs, thereby increasing the likelihood and efficiency of replicating this project elsewhere.
"GHI expects the impact of this project to extend beyond the chosen TEREP site within Padang, and beyond the project’s duration. Because Padang is the capital and largest city in Western Sumatra, the project would also have broad visibility and impact throughout the region," said Veronica Cedillos, GHI’s manager of the TEREP project. Construction of the TEREP is planned for 2011.
"The TEREP will not only save people's lives, but also help them live more at peace knowing they have somewhere to evacuate to during a tsunami," said Mr Dedi Herdinal, Head of BPBD, the Disaster Management Agency of Padang City.
Swiss Re and GHI have been longtime partners in delivering effective solutions for risk education and mitigation. For instance in India, they have jointly launched a multi-year campaign to improve hospital earthquake safety, including the development of an easy-to-use manual to help all major hospitals in 23 earthquake-prone states take steps to keep functioning and saving lives after an earthquake.
Swiss Re also initiated other corporate responsibility projects in Indonesia in 2009, such as rebuilding a school in Padang after the earthquake last year and building homes for the needy in Batam.
Notes to editors
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Swiss Re is a leading and highly diversified global reinsurer. The company operates through offices in more than 20 countries. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re offers financial services products that enable risk-taking essential to enterprise and progress.
The company’s traditional reinsurance products and related services for property and casualty, as well as the life and health business are complemented by insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary services for comprehensive risk management. Swiss Re is rated “A+” by Standard & Poor’s, “A1”by Moody’s and “A” by A.M. Best.
Swiss Re has been associated with Asia since 1913 and now has around 1,000 staff in Asia Pacific. The company's Asian headquarters are in Hong Kong.
GeoHazards International
GHI is a California-based, non-profit international organization, founded in 1993, that seeks to reduce death and suffering due to geological disasters in the world's most vulnerable, underserved communities. GHI makes a community safer by raising awareness of its risk, building local institutions to manage that risk, and launching replicable risk reduction actions.
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Padang faces a unique and urgent challenge: It is a fast-growing, tsunami-prone city built at sea level and far from high ground. Working in collaboration with GHI, Swiss Re is funding the design of a prototype for vertical evacuation i.e. the TEREP.
This is an artificial “hill”, which will be built within the city of Padang and its height will be greater than the expected tsunami. People will evacuate to the top of the hill instead of running into fragile buildings in the moments after an earthquake has struck.
The M7.6 earthquake that struck Padang exactly one year ago, on 30 September 2009, confirmed the critical need for tsunami evacuation infrastructure as many buildings previously identified as satisfactory evacuation structures collapsed.
If a tsunami were to occur today, as many as 100,000 people might perish. And there is a high likelihood that a tsunami will occur within the lifetime of the current residents of Padang.
The TEREP will be a first in Indonesia, while similar structures already exist in Japan. Aside from being able to accommodate more evacuees than most buildings, the TEREP can also serve as a community park in the meantime.
"This project aligns with Swiss Re's approach in many aspects: Risk management is our business, and we believe in simple, innovative solutions that are cost effective and easily replicable, thereby having the potential to save untold lives," said Sharon Ooi, Swiss Re's Director of Client Markets for Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The TEREP project will also allow local engineers and contractors to build their capacity to design and construct other TEREPs, thereby increasing the likelihood and efficiency of replicating this project elsewhere.
"GHI expects the impact of this project to extend beyond the chosen TEREP site within Padang, and beyond the project’s duration. Because Padang is the capital and largest city in Western Sumatra, the project would also have broad visibility and impact throughout the region," said Veronica Cedillos, GHI’s manager of the TEREP project. Construction of the TEREP is planned for 2011.
"The TEREP will not only save people's lives, but also help them live more at peace knowing they have somewhere to evacuate to during a tsunami," said Mr Dedi Herdinal, Head of BPBD, the Disaster Management Agency of Padang City.
Swiss Re and GHI have been longtime partners in delivering effective solutions for risk education and mitigation. For instance in India, they have jointly launched a multi-year campaign to improve hospital earthquake safety, including the development of an easy-to-use manual to help all major hospitals in 23 earthquake-prone states take steps to keep functioning and saving lives after an earthquake.
Swiss Re also initiated other corporate responsibility projects in Indonesia in 2009, such as rebuilding a school in Padang after the earthquake last year and building homes for the needy in Batam.
Notes to editors
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Swiss Re is a leading and highly diversified global reinsurer. The company operates through offices in more than 20 countries. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re offers financial services products that enable risk-taking essential to enterprise and progress.
The company’s traditional reinsurance products and related services for property and casualty, as well as the life and health business are complemented by insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary services for comprehensive risk management. Swiss Re is rated “A+” by Standard & Poor’s, “A1”by Moody’s and “A” by A.M. Best.
Swiss Re has been associated with Asia since 1913 and now has around 1,000 staff in Asia Pacific. The company's Asian headquarters are in Hong Kong.
GeoHazards International
GHI is a California-based, non-profit international organization, founded in 1993, that seeks to reduce death and suffering due to geological disasters in the world's most vulnerable, underserved communities. GHI makes a community safer by raising awareness of its risk, building local institutions to manage that risk, and launching replicable risk reduction actions.
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Longsor di Solok, Stok BBM Habis di Solok Selatan
Ekonomi masyarakat Kabupaten Solok Selatan (Solsel) berpotensi lumpuh. Pasalnya, satu-satunya jalur yang diandalkan Solsel sebagai akses menuju dunia luar sejak dua hari lalu longsor. Sejak itu pula pasokan Bahan Bakar Minyak (BBM) terpaksa stop.
Informasi yang berhasil dihimpun, titik longsor berada di kabupaten tetangga, Nagari Lolo Kecamatan Surian, Kabupaten Solok. Sejak Selasa dini hari (28/9/2010), jalur menuju Muaralabuh itu dalam kondisi rusak berat. Bahu jalan turun ke tebing. Kondisi ini menyebabkan lalu lintas kendaraan menjadi macet. Jalan hanya memungkinkan dilewati oleh mobil ukuran mini bus.
Akibatnya, barang-barang kebutuhan masyarakat yang biasanya dipasok dari Kota Padang distribusinya juga ikut macet. Salah satunya BBM. Pantauan, Rabu (29/9/2010) pukul 14.00 WIB, dua SPBU yang tersebar di Solsel kehabisan stok. Untuk jenis premium, SPBU di Muaralabuh (Kecamatan Sungaipagu) telah habis sejak Selasa (28/9/2010). Sedangkan di SPBU Padangaro (Kecamatan Sangir) stok BBM (solar dan premium) mulai kosong pada Rabu (28/9/2010) sekitar pukul 13.00 WIB. Warga yang ingin membeli BBM ke sana terpaksa balik kanan. Petugas SPBU saat dimintai keterangannya mengatakan, pihaknya belum mendapat konfirmasi tentang kapan tangki bisa kembali datang membawa mensuplai BBM.
"Kita tidak tahu sampai kapan distribusi akan lancar kembali,"kata petugas itu.
Tak hanya perusahaan plat merah yang kehabisan BBM, pedagang ketengan juga ikut-ikutan kehabisan stok. Di sepanjang jalan raya dari kecamatan Koto Parik Gadang Diateh (KPGD) hingga Pauhduo, hanya beberapa saja penjual minyak eceran yang masih memajang jeriken kecil di depan rumahnya. Barang langka, harga melambung. Satu jerigen kecil kapasitas satu liter yang biasanya dijual Rp5.500-Rp6.000, mendadak naik menjadi Rp8.000. Namun, ada juga beberapa orang penjual minyak ketengan yang tetap bertahan dengan harga normal, meski stok minyak yang dimilikinya telah menipis.
"Ndak buliah awak memanfaatkan kesempatan takah iko. Manambah susah urang jadinyo,"kata seorang penjual minyak ketengan di Pauhduo.
Secara terpisah, Ujang seorang tukang ojek di kawasan Sungaipagu mengaku terpaksa menghentikan aktivitasnya untuk sementara. Sebab bensin susah dicari, harganya pun tinggi. "Ndak bisa bagarak wak. Kalau bantuak iko taruih baa dapua ka barasok,"keluh Ujang.
Jeritan senada juga disampaikan Hendri, warga Kampungpalak, Sungaipagu. Lelaki tiga anak itu sehari-harinya bekerja sebagai karyawan perusahaan swasta dengan wilayah tugas di Padangaro, Sangir. Ia juga terpaksa libur karena kesulitan mendapatkan BBM untuk kendaraannya.
Deputi wilayah VI Bidang Komunikasi Lingkungan dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat kementrian lingkungan Hidup, Henry Bastaman saat lawatannya ke Solsel, juga terjebak antrian panjang di lokasi longsor. Walau begitu, Henry mengaku sempat bincang-bincang dengan masyarakat setempat.
"Saya sengaja turun dari mobil untuk berdialog dengan masyarakat. Dari penuturan masyarakat di sana, penyebab kerusakan jalan karena lalu lintas truk-truk besar milik perusahaan tambang. Kadang, ketika truk bertonase tinggi itu lewat rumah-rumah begetar seperti ada gempa,"ujar Henry. [nenengsih]
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Informasi yang berhasil dihimpun, titik longsor berada di kabupaten tetangga, Nagari Lolo Kecamatan Surian, Kabupaten Solok. Sejak Selasa dini hari (28/9/2010), jalur menuju Muaralabuh itu dalam kondisi rusak berat. Bahu jalan turun ke tebing. Kondisi ini menyebabkan lalu lintas kendaraan menjadi macet. Jalan hanya memungkinkan dilewati oleh mobil ukuran mini bus.
Akibatnya, barang-barang kebutuhan masyarakat yang biasanya dipasok dari Kota Padang distribusinya juga ikut macet. Salah satunya BBM. Pantauan, Rabu (29/9/2010) pukul 14.00 WIB, dua SPBU yang tersebar di Solsel kehabisan stok. Untuk jenis premium, SPBU di Muaralabuh (Kecamatan Sungaipagu) telah habis sejak Selasa (28/9/2010). Sedangkan di SPBU Padangaro (Kecamatan Sangir) stok BBM (solar dan premium) mulai kosong pada Rabu (28/9/2010) sekitar pukul 13.00 WIB. Warga yang ingin membeli BBM ke sana terpaksa balik kanan. Petugas SPBU saat dimintai keterangannya mengatakan, pihaknya belum mendapat konfirmasi tentang kapan tangki bisa kembali datang membawa mensuplai BBM.
"Kita tidak tahu sampai kapan distribusi akan lancar kembali,"kata petugas itu.
Tak hanya perusahaan plat merah yang kehabisan BBM, pedagang ketengan juga ikut-ikutan kehabisan stok. Di sepanjang jalan raya dari kecamatan Koto Parik Gadang Diateh (KPGD) hingga Pauhduo, hanya beberapa saja penjual minyak eceran yang masih memajang jeriken kecil di depan rumahnya. Barang langka, harga melambung. Satu jerigen kecil kapasitas satu liter yang biasanya dijual Rp5.500-Rp6.000, mendadak naik menjadi Rp8.000. Namun, ada juga beberapa orang penjual minyak ketengan yang tetap bertahan dengan harga normal, meski stok minyak yang dimilikinya telah menipis.
"Ndak buliah awak memanfaatkan kesempatan takah iko. Manambah susah urang jadinyo,"kata seorang penjual minyak ketengan di Pauhduo.
Secara terpisah, Ujang seorang tukang ojek di kawasan Sungaipagu mengaku terpaksa menghentikan aktivitasnya untuk sementara. Sebab bensin susah dicari, harganya pun tinggi. "Ndak bisa bagarak wak. Kalau bantuak iko taruih baa dapua ka barasok,"keluh Ujang.
Jeritan senada juga disampaikan Hendri, warga Kampungpalak, Sungaipagu. Lelaki tiga anak itu sehari-harinya bekerja sebagai karyawan perusahaan swasta dengan wilayah tugas di Padangaro, Sangir. Ia juga terpaksa libur karena kesulitan mendapatkan BBM untuk kendaraannya.
Deputi wilayah VI Bidang Komunikasi Lingkungan dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat kementrian lingkungan Hidup, Henry Bastaman saat lawatannya ke Solsel, juga terjebak antrian panjang di lokasi longsor. Walau begitu, Henry mengaku sempat bincang-bincang dengan masyarakat setempat.
"Saya sengaja turun dari mobil untuk berdialog dengan masyarakat. Dari penuturan masyarakat di sana, penyebab kerusakan jalan karena lalu lintas truk-truk besar milik perusahaan tambang. Kadang, ketika truk bertonase tinggi itu lewat rumah-rumah begetar seperti ada gempa,"ujar Henry. [nenengsih]
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Bagindo Azizchan Selalu Bawa Alquran dan Wuduknya Terjaga
Pahlawan Nasional Bagindo Azizchan dikenal sebagai sosok yang pemberani dan tegas. Ia dikenal sebagai orang yang “penaik darah”, tetapi banyak akal. Ia juga memiliki wawasan yang luas untuk tampil sebagai pemimpin.
selain itu sifat relijius dan jujur tumbuh dengan kuat dalam dirinya, padahal ia bukan dari golongan santri atau surau seperti kebanyakan tokoh Minang lainya. Sifat dasar inilah yang menjadi penyemangat bagi Bagindo Azizchan dalam mengusir penjajah dari bumi Indonesia.
Demikian dikatakan pakar sejarah, Siti Fatimah, dalam seminar nasional oleh Pemko Padang dengan tema "100 Tahun Kelahiran Bagindo Azizchan, Pembentukan Karakter Bangsa Melalui Tenaga Pendidik di Kota Padang". Seminar ini dilaksanakan di Gedung Convention Center kampus UPI YPTK, Padang, Kamis (30/9/2010). Dihadiri lebih 1000 guru se-kota Padang.
"Banyak nilai keteladanan yang dimiliki oleh almarhum. Ia seorang muslim tulen, selalu mengawali sesuatu dengan bismillah dan terbiasa mengucapkan salam pada siapapun. Dari penelitian yang pernah saya lakukan, informasi dari keluarganya ia selalu membawa Al Quran dan wuduknya selalu terjaga," kata dosen sejarah UNP itu.(*)
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selain itu sifat relijius dan jujur tumbuh dengan kuat dalam dirinya, padahal ia bukan dari golongan santri atau surau seperti kebanyakan tokoh Minang lainya. Sifat dasar inilah yang menjadi penyemangat bagi Bagindo Azizchan dalam mengusir penjajah dari bumi Indonesia.
Demikian dikatakan pakar sejarah, Siti Fatimah, dalam seminar nasional oleh Pemko Padang dengan tema "100 Tahun Kelahiran Bagindo Azizchan, Pembentukan Karakter Bangsa Melalui Tenaga Pendidik di Kota Padang". Seminar ini dilaksanakan di Gedung Convention Center kampus UPI YPTK, Padang, Kamis (30/9/2010). Dihadiri lebih 1000 guru se-kota Padang.
"Banyak nilai keteladanan yang dimiliki oleh almarhum. Ia seorang muslim tulen, selalu mengawali sesuatu dengan bismillah dan terbiasa mengucapkan salam pada siapapun. Dari penelitian yang pernah saya lakukan, informasi dari keluarganya ia selalu membawa Al Quran dan wuduknya selalu terjaga," kata dosen sejarah UNP itu.(*)
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Kepemimpinan Bagindo Azizchan Harus jadi Referensi
Hari ini (Kamis, 30/9/2010) tepat satu abad (100 tahun) peringatan kelahiran Pahlawan Nasional Bagindo Azizchan. Bagindo Azizchan Bagindo Azizchan lahir di Kampung Alang Laweh Padang pada tanggal 30 September 1910.
Salah satu rangakaian kegiatan dalam peringatan ini adalah seminar nasional oleh Pemko Padang dengan tema "100 Tahun Kelahiran Bagindo Azizchan, Pembentukan Karakter Bangsa Melalui Tenaga Pendidik di Kota Padang". Seminar ini dilaksanakan di Gedung Convention Center kampus UPI YPTK, Padang dan dihadiri lebih 1.000 guru se-kota Padang.
Salah seorang pembicara dalam seminar ini yang juga pakar sejarah, Mestika Zed mengatakan, Bagindo Azizchan adalah sosok pemberani dan tegas. "Bagindo Azizchan adalah sosok yang tak mau melakukan kompromi dengan penjajah Belanda," katanya.
Dikatakannya, sebagai founding father ada dua kelebihan yang dimiliki Bagindo Azizchan yakni, intelektualitas dan keteguhan pendirian dalam berjuang.
Menurutnya Mestika Zed, hikmah dari peringatan 100 tahun Bagindo Azizchan ini adalah barometer kepemimpinan bangsa saat ini dengan mendialogkannya pada warisan founding father. "Warisan itu harus menjadi referensi dalam menyikapi kepemimpinan hari ini dan masa datang agar tetap tegar," katanya. (*)
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Salah satu rangakaian kegiatan dalam peringatan ini adalah seminar nasional oleh Pemko Padang dengan tema "100 Tahun Kelahiran Bagindo Azizchan, Pembentukan Karakter Bangsa Melalui Tenaga Pendidik di Kota Padang". Seminar ini dilaksanakan di Gedung Convention Center kampus UPI YPTK, Padang dan dihadiri lebih 1.000 guru se-kota Padang.
Salah seorang pembicara dalam seminar ini yang juga pakar sejarah, Mestika Zed mengatakan, Bagindo Azizchan adalah sosok pemberani dan tegas. "Bagindo Azizchan adalah sosok yang tak mau melakukan kompromi dengan penjajah Belanda," katanya.
Dikatakannya, sebagai founding father ada dua kelebihan yang dimiliki Bagindo Azizchan yakni, intelektualitas dan keteguhan pendirian dalam berjuang.
Menurutnya Mestika Zed, hikmah dari peringatan 100 tahun Bagindo Azizchan ini adalah barometer kepemimpinan bangsa saat ini dengan mendialogkannya pada warisan founding father. "Warisan itu harus menjadi referensi dalam menyikapi kepemimpinan hari ini dan masa datang agar tetap tegar," katanya. (*)
sumber: www.padang-today.com Baca selengkapnya ..
28 September 2010
Setahun Gempa Sumbar, Australia Luncurkan www.rumahtahangempa.net
Kuasa hukum negara Australia, Paul Robiliard, Selasa (28/9/2010) di Padang meluncurkan www.rumahamangempa.net yang merupakan versi online untuk kampanye yang sangat bermanfaat bagi masyarakat Sumbar. Kampanye ini adalah dalam rangka memperingati 1 tahun gempa yang jatuh pada 30 September mendatang.
Acara peluncuran yang diadakan di Taman Budaya, Padang ini dihadiri langsung oleh kuasa hukum Australia, Paul Robiliard, Deputi Bidang Pencegahan Bencana Pusat, Sugeng Tri Putra, Wakil gubernur Sumbar Muslim Kasim dan Ahli Rekontruksi, Tedyy Boen.
Paul menjelaskan, tujuan dari peluncuran website ini untuk menyediakan materi-materi tentang informasi penting seputar bencana alam yang selalu mengintai beberapa daerah di Indonesia.”Dengan menyediakan materi-materi secara online, akan lebih banyak lagi masyarakat Indonesia di daerah rawan bencana yang bisa mengakses informasi penting,” paparnya.
Dia mengatakan Australia saat ini sudah berkomitmen mengurangi jumlah korban manusia dan dampak ekonomi dari bencana alam yang merupakan resiko serius. "Kampanye versi online ini akan di sosialisasikan melalui media sosial seperti facebook, Twitter dan You Tube," katanya.
Selain kampanye versi online ini Australia juga akan melatih pekerja-pekerja konstruksi di Sumbar agar dapat membangun bangunan tahan gempa melalui pusat pelatihan dan logisti regional.
Ide dari kuasa hukum Australia yang meluncurkan www.rumahtahangempa.net mendapat dukungan dari ahli rekonstruksi Teddy Boen.
“Sosialisasi soal rumah tahan gempa ini sangat penting sekali bagi masyarakt terutama sekali Sumbar yang memang sedang pada tahap rehab rekon. Jika sosialisasi ini bisa digalakkan dengan maksimal, maka masyarakat tidak akan salah lagi dalam membangun rumahnya. Pasalnya yang salah bukan bencana namun adalah kontruksi dari bangunan itu sendiri,” jelasnya. (*)
sumber: www.padang-today.com Baca selengkapnya ..
Acara peluncuran yang diadakan di Taman Budaya, Padang ini dihadiri langsung oleh kuasa hukum Australia, Paul Robiliard, Deputi Bidang Pencegahan Bencana Pusat, Sugeng Tri Putra, Wakil gubernur Sumbar Muslim Kasim dan Ahli Rekontruksi, Tedyy Boen.
Paul menjelaskan, tujuan dari peluncuran website ini untuk menyediakan materi-materi tentang informasi penting seputar bencana alam yang selalu mengintai beberapa daerah di Indonesia.”Dengan menyediakan materi-materi secara online, akan lebih banyak lagi masyarakat Indonesia di daerah rawan bencana yang bisa mengakses informasi penting,” paparnya.
Dia mengatakan Australia saat ini sudah berkomitmen mengurangi jumlah korban manusia dan dampak ekonomi dari bencana alam yang merupakan resiko serius. "Kampanye versi online ini akan di sosialisasikan melalui media sosial seperti facebook, Twitter dan You Tube," katanya.
Selain kampanye versi online ini Australia juga akan melatih pekerja-pekerja konstruksi di Sumbar agar dapat membangun bangunan tahan gempa melalui pusat pelatihan dan logisti regional.
Ide dari kuasa hukum Australia yang meluncurkan www.rumahtahangempa.net mendapat dukungan dari ahli rekonstruksi Teddy Boen.
“Sosialisasi soal rumah tahan gempa ini sangat penting sekali bagi masyarakt terutama sekali Sumbar yang memang sedang pada tahap rehab rekon. Jika sosialisasi ini bisa digalakkan dengan maksimal, maka masyarakat tidak akan salah lagi dalam membangun rumahnya. Pasalnya yang salah bukan bencana namun adalah kontruksi dari bangunan itu sendiri,” jelasnya. (*)
sumber: www.padang-today.com Baca selengkapnya ..
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