Updated Friday 23 June 2006

Samiono lost his home and mother in the Java earthquake. With his face bruised and bandaged, he stands amidst the wreckage of his home and wonders how he can rebuild his home and his live. WFP spokesperson Barry Came reports.

DAMAGE

Muruh, 9 June 2006 – Samiono, face bruised and bandaged, stands amidst the wreckage of his home and points to a pile of rubble on the far side of a low wall of shattered bricks.

“That was my mother’s room,? he says. “She was asleep when the house came down. By the time we could dig her out, she was dead.?

He pauses to stare at the rubble for a long moment, then adds in a quiet voice. “She was 90 years old.?

Despite his mother’s unhappy demise, Samiono, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, considers himself to be fortunate. “

At least everyone else survived,? says the 42-year-old, as he runs through the list of the other six members of his family who had also been asleep when the earthquake shook their village early Saturday morning on May 27.