{"id":2105,"date":"2010-10-31T04:02:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T20:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2010-11-06T18:34:15","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T10:34:15","slug":"one-totobobo-mask-for-every-children-of-merapi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/one-totobobo-mask-for-every-children-of-merapi\/","title":{"rendered":"TOTOBOBO Mask for every children of Merapi"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Powerful

Powerful eruption from Mount Merapi send out huge amount of smoke and ash on November 1, 2010. Photo by Sayoga<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the last several days, Totobobo Masks has been busy trying to collect all the masks possible to give all the children in Merapi, Indonesia. Totobobo masks can protect them from the volcanic ash spewed out by the recent eruption and save lives.<\/p>\n

“One TOTOBOBO Mask for every children of Merapi”<\/strong> initiative is the brainchild of Mrs Sri Widowati (Wido). Initially all she could find were small surgical masks in Singapore. For those exposed to volcanic ash, containing large quantities of airborne particles, surgical masks are not very effective. Fortunately, her friend Simon found us online and put Wido in touch with Totobobo.<\/p>\n

\"Visibility

Visibility is only 10 meters in the northern ring road of Jojakarta<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Only

Visibility is low and everywhere is covered with thick layer of volcanic dust in Jojakarta. Photo by Sayoga<\/p><\/div>\n

Within hours, a donation fund was announced on Wido\u2019s Facebook campaign, and cash started pouring in. Aid surged in through her
\nsocial networks as news about the disaster unfolded. But another problem stood in the way: transportation. Sending the masks by DHL or
\nFedex to Indonesia could take several days. Valuable time can be lost if it gets stuck in customs. The most reliable way is hand-carried by
\nperson. If the masks do not reach Indonesian children immediately, they will suffer longer. Just when that seemed to be irresolvable,
\nAir Asia Indonesia offered to ship 350 masks and 3500 filters to Merapi<\/p>\n

\"350

350 pieces of masks and 3500 of filters, to be sent by Air Asia. <\/p><\/div>
\n

\"Special<\/a>

Special instruction and scissors provided<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

As of November 1st, Totobobo Masks had managed to collect 350 masks and 3500 filters. We prepared special instructions for customizing the mask for children and even included the scissors for trimming the masks to fit properly. From previous experience with similar
\nemergencies, we know that the ground staff have limited time and resources. The usefulness of the mask can be compromised if the
\nground staff don\u2019t know how to customize the masks for the children, or if they can\u2019t find a suitable pair of scissors to do a good job. These little things seem trivial, but on site it can mean life or death.<\/p>\n

Wido and her friend Din picked up the first 350 masks and 3500 pairs of filters on Friday, 29 October. They were on-board an evening Air
\nAsia flight from Singapore to Yogyakarta arriving the next day. According to the latest update from Wido\u2019s Facebook, after some struggle through customs in Yogyakarta, all of the masks have been successfully delivered to the ground staff.<\/p>\n

\"The

The volcano Merapi erupted again and everyone need a mask to cover their nose and mouth. Photo by Sayoga.<\/p><\/div>\n

The volcano in Merapi erupted again yesterday, sending huge amounts of volcanic ash down the mountain. Totobobo masks for children is
\ndesperately needed. We are trying our best to accelerate the production and delivery of masks in order to save the lives of Indonesians affected by this disaster. The donation account set up by Ms. Sri Widowati is still open to contribution. Please send your donation to the following account if you want to contribute, thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last several days, Totobobo Masks has been busy trying to collect all the masks possible to give all the children in Merapi, Indonesia. Totobobo masks can protect them from the volcanic ash spewed out by the recent eruption and save lives. “One TOTOBOBO Mask for every children of Merapi” initiative is the brainchild […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,17],"tags":[181,74,127,384,385,307,310,314],"class_list":{"0":"post-2105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-children","7":"category-news-release","8":"category-pollution","9":"tag-children-health","10":"tag-children-mask","11":"tag-indonesia","12":"tag-jogjakarta","13":"tag-merapi","14":"tag-volcano","15":"tag-volcano-ash","16":"tag-volcano-dust"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/2119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totobobo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}