Jakarta (The Jakarta Post: 10/06/06) Some 40 elementary schoolchildren gathered in a tent outside their school in quake-hit Bantul regency, Yogyakarta.The children alternately clapped their hands, smiled and turned serious as they listened to songs and stories by storyteller Kak Wess. The singing and laughter was a welcome respite for the children following the massive earthquake that struck Yogyakarta and Central Java on May 27, killing at least 5,800 people.

Jakarta (Suara Pembaruan: 08/06/06) After setting up 10 emergency tents and 5 public kitchen tents for victims of the earthquake in Yogyakarta and Central Java, Sampoerna Foundation, a philanthropic organization focusing on the education sector, is providing emergency school tents.