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Remnants of a Java village swallowed by mud that has been gushing out of a drilling site since last year portrude out of the cracked surface of dried mud. The mudflow disaster swamped 800 hectares of homes, factories, agricultural land, roads and railway tracks, displacing more than 150,000 people.
Kaliandra Sejati Foundation founder offers a toast (and yummy dinner) to guests from the RARE's Pride Campaign and USAID's Environmental Services Program. Bill Parente, ESP's Chief of Party, is seated to Pak Bagoes' right.
Barren houses stand in the mud, dismantled for timber planks and steel frames. Scavenging acts are common in areas where mud-inundated homes are abandoned by their owners. Since last year mud has been flowing out of a drilling site in East Java, swamping 800 hectares of homes, agricultural plots and factories, displacing 150,000.
Villagers collect grass as mount Bromo spews black smoke and ashes seen in the background, Ngadisari Village, Probolinggo, Indonesia, 27 November 2010. Volcanic activity at Mount Bromo in East Java showed a significant rise as a small eruption reportedly took place on 26 November. The volcano spit ashes and billowed smoke up to 1,000 meters into the air, an official said. EPA/FULLY HANDOKO +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++