THIS week 15 years ago, Britons were urged to keep donating money to help those affected by the Indonesian earthquake, as the death toll continued to mount. Local government officials said at least 4,300 people were killed, at the time, in the quake that hit the island of Java. A further 200,000 people were homeless after the huge tremor tore apart countless mud brick homes in villages to the south of the ancient city of Yogyakarta. As a result, families were spending the night sleeping in any open space available while being continually unsettled and terrified by aftershocks. British aid workers involved in the relief effort said they had made good progress in distributing emergency supplies, but admit there was a long way to go.
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