Bantul (Indonesia): Emergency aid is arriving in the Indonesian island of Java for the victims of Saturday's earthquake.
As the hospitals are scrambling to treat thousands injured, the aid is also beginning to reach the survivors.
But many in the remote villages of Indonesia are still waiting for aids arrive.
A nerve center has been set up in the worst hit districts of Bantul in Indonesia. Aid agencies from around the world have reached to help the affected.
Medical supplies are among the thousands of boxes being sent out to remote and cars are being driven by local people tasked with lifesaving cargoes.
UN Aid Coordinator, Bp Asplund is the man overseeing it all, he says the situation is not as desperate as it was in the province of Aceh after the tsunami.
"Aceh was a very different situation. The local administration was basically wiped out. Here things are in control and running," he said.
"The infrastructure here has not been damaged anywhere near the damage in Aceh. So it's easier to work here."
But many villages here have suffered awfully. In Banjar Jowo, out of 50 houses only one survived which belongs to the village chief. And the only reason it was saved was because it was built with concrete.
Most poor farmers can't afford steel rods to make their houses strong. Banjar Jowo village has received no help yet. And its inhabitants have been forced to scavenge through the rubble for anything worth salvaging.
They are ready to rebuild the same insubstantial structures, which just proved so deadly.
The task for the aid agencies is huge, getting to the most vulnerable and trying to end their miseries.
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