PALU, INDONESIA: "Concentrate! Concentrate now!" shouts Mahmud in a high-pitched voice, prompting giggles from the 40 rapt kids staring up at him.
He and his friend Muhammad Ayub, decked out in bright orange vests, are volunteers who travelled hundreds of kilometres to the quake and tsunami-ravaged Indonesian seaside city of Palu from the island of Lombok - which this summer time was itself pummelled through a sequence of fatal quakes.
The pair don't seem to be medics or engineers however storytellers, making an attempt to enliven the lives of kids thrown into an international that even adults combat to comprehend.
Over 1,500 other folks have to this point been showed useless since final week's double crisis, with tens of hundreds pressured out in their houses and into evacuation centres.
"We want to build up their spirits after the tsunami, there is a lot of trauma," said 30-year-old Ayub, as Mahmud led the makeshift outside lecture room in something like an Indonesian model of "heads, shoulders, knees and toes", to uproarious laughter.
"It's great, we are having fun here," said 13-year-old Fatir, who exclaims "no way!" when requested if dwelling a tented camp in a carpark - with just a tarp and bushes for color - is difficult.
It is for all intents and purposes a camp for the displaced, however as they run about, play badminton or kick a soccer around, the children can overlook about what has took place to them, if only for a second.
Nearby four-year old Difrani alternatives up her brother Nabil, who remains to be in pyjamas, and jiggles him around.
Her mom says she has no toys to give them, however wrestling around with the one-year-old - who has somewhat of a cold - is Difrani's amusing, even if Nabil appears none too happy.
The whole circle of relatives ran to the hills when the earthquake and tsunami struck and this is their existence for the foreseeable long run.
"She won't be going to school for a while, all the schools are damaged," said their mom Dian.
"But they are happy playing around with their cousins and new friends."
There are cheers and fingers shoot into the air as Mahmud, who only gave his first name, begins another story under the bushes nearby.
Some in Palu desperately need drugs, some desire a refuge over their heads -- however others simply desire a excellent snigger.
Save the Children say that some 600,000 children have been affected by the quake, with many separated from their families and slumbering among ruins in Palu.
Lombok, a well-liked holiday island next to Bali, has been battered through a sequence of quakes since July which have killed more than 500 other folks and forced hundreds of hundreds into evacuation shelters or tents.
He and his friend Muhammad Ayub, decked out in bright orange vests, are volunteers who travelled hundreds of kilometres to the quake and tsunami-ravaged Indonesian seaside city of Palu from the island of Lombok - which this summer time was itself pummelled through a sequence of fatal quakes.
The pair don't seem to be medics or engineers however storytellers, making an attempt to enliven the lives of kids thrown into an international that even adults combat to comprehend.
Over 1,500 other folks have to this point been showed useless since final week's double crisis, with tens of hundreds pressured out in their houses and into evacuation centres.
"We want to build up their spirits after the tsunami, there is a lot of trauma," said 30-year-old Ayub, as Mahmud led the makeshift outside lecture room in something like an Indonesian model of "heads, shoulders, knees and toes", to uproarious laughter.
"It's great, we are having fun here," said 13-year-old Fatir, who exclaims "no way!" when requested if dwelling a tented camp in a carpark - with just a tarp and bushes for color - is difficult.
It is for all intents and purposes a camp for the displaced, however as they run about, play badminton or kick a soccer around, the children can overlook about what has took place to them, if only for a second.
Nearby four-year old Difrani alternatives up her brother Nabil, who remains to be in pyjamas, and jiggles him around.
Her mom says she has no toys to give them, however wrestling around with the one-year-old - who has somewhat of a cold - is Difrani's amusing, even if Nabil appears none too happy.
The whole circle of relatives ran to the hills when the earthquake and tsunami struck and this is their existence for the foreseeable long run.
"She won't be going to school for a while, all the schools are damaged," said their mom Dian.
"But they are happy playing around with their cousins and new friends."
There are cheers and fingers shoot into the air as Mahmud, who only gave his first name, begins another story under the bushes nearby.
Some in Palu desperately need drugs, some desire a refuge over their heads -- however others simply desire a excellent snigger.
Save the Children say that some 600,000 children have been affected by the quake, with many separated from their families and slumbering among ruins in Palu.
Lombok, a well-liked holiday island next to Bali, has been battered through a sequence of quakes since July which have killed more than 500 other folks and forced hundreds of hundreds into evacuation shelters or tents.
Storytellers give kids in quake-hit Indonesia a reason to smile
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Reviewed by Kailash
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October 06, 2018
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