Niang Di Rumah, Malam Tidur Di Tenda, Trauma Korban Gempa Cianjur Belum Sirna

The atmosphere of the house of a resident of Cijedil Village, Cugenang District, Cianjur Regency, West Java, Friday, December 2. A tent was set up around the house that collapsed due to the Cianjur earthquake. (Antara0Feri P)

CIANJUR - A number of victims of the Cianjur earthquake chose to be at their home during the day and in refugee camps at night for the time being. This is done to feel safe while sleeping at night.

"If you stay at home during the day, because some of the buildings did not collapse. At night, we chose to stay in a tent because we felt safer if there was an earthquake," said Siti Masitoh (60), an affected resident in Tegal Lega Village, Limbangsari Village, Cianjur District City, Friday 2 December

She and her husband chose to live in a tarpaulin tent that was set up around her house, while her child was already married and lived in another area.

Siti for a week since the earthquake disaster on Monday, November 21, 2022, prefers to stay in refugee camps, and does not want to enter the house for fear or trauma with the earthquake.

"If you enter the house, you feel foreign, afraid, afraid of another earthquake, because the earthquake is still there," said Siti, quoted by Antara.

However, for the past few days, Siti and her husband have started to dare to enter a house where the building is still sturdy just for cooking, or other activities.

If evening arrives, said Siti, stay in a tent with mattresses carried from home, then tarpaulins to block the heat of the sun and rainwater, and don't care about gusts of wind.

"If the wind is certain, but that's okay, because I only slept for a few hours, at 2 o'clock I woke up ready to sell," he said.

Apart from Siti, there were also other earthquake victims in Cijedil Village, Cugenang District who were on the outskirts of the city and were reported to be most severely affected by the disaster.

A resident of Cijedil, Usman (58) who set up a tent around his house said he chose to stay in a tent more than at home because he was still afraid.

He hopes that the damaged condition of his house can be repaired by the government as soon as possible so that he can stay safe and comfortable, no longer longing to stay in a tent.

"Now they still live in tents, still afraid to go home," he said.

Regarding basic needs assistance such as rice and others while in refugee camps, Usman admitted that it was fulfilled, but residents currently need boots to make it easy when doing activities.

"Food is there, but now residents need boots," said the father whose two children died as a result of being hit by a building during the earthquake.

The Cianjur Earthquake Disaster Management Main Post report recorded 329 people who died, and 11 people are still being searched.

Furthermore, there were 114,414 victims who were still in the refugee camps, and 654 were seriously injured and are still being treated at the Cianjur Regional General Hospital (RSUD).