Leaders from 26 nations and representatives from the UN will meet in in Jakarta Thursday in an attempt to look at ways to deliver the long-term aid that will be needed. Australia and Japan government’s have pledged over a billion dollars.
World wide, monetary giving is over 3 billion.
The US has 90 helicopters going non-stop to drop food and water into hard to reach areas.
Canada was the first country to put a debt moratorium on loans to countries, and that will be one of the issues political leaders will discuss.

Prime Minister Paul Martin said today that 5 Canadians are confirmed dead and that Foreign Affairs acknowledges 146 are missing. The government has not published that list because of privacy laws. The Toronto Star has published a list of missing, that came under criticism because it is inaccurate. It is a difficult call for media and a no-win for everyone.
The RCMP have a toll-free number (1-888-543-4916) for families of the missing, as rescue moves into recovery, grieving Canadian families are being asked to provide DNA samples and come to grips with the horrifying reality identification could take up to a year and some relatives and friends may never be found.

Children
As refugee camps form police have been posted at camps in Indonesia to protect children. Orphaned, abandoned or separated from family, they are vulnerable to predators involved in the sex trade and illegal adoption. There are reports that children have also been forced into labour in some of the harder hit and more isolated areas.