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In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org.

On 20 November 2022 a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit West Java, Indonesia.

Quote from BBC News:

[...] The exact number of people killed so far remains unclear. Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has said their official death toll was 103, adding that another figure given by regional governor Ridwan Kamil - 162 - remains unverified.

BNPB said another 390 people were wounded and that 7,000 people had taken shelter in various locations in the area.

Mr Kamil has claimed that a total of 13,000 had been displaced by the disaster, and that more remained "trapped in isolated places". He said officials were "under the assumption that the number of injured and deaths will rise with time" [...]

People will need help accessing clean water, food, housing, and medical care. Please consider donating to a reputable nonprofit organisation such as those listed below:

Save The Children - https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2022-press-releases/indonesia-earthquake-damage-to-schools

Red Cross Indonesia - https://www.ifrc.org/taxonomy/term/1087

Doctors Without Borders - https://www.msf.org/indonesia

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