JAKARTA, 18 October 2005 - Around 50,000 survivors of the March earthquake on Nias island, Indonesia, are still living in tents and military-style barracks and 1,463 children are malnourished despite of million-dollar aid earmarked for the area, a local newspaper said Tuesday. Poor living conditions and food intake were the main cause of malnutrition, reported The Jakarta Post, quoting data from the Institute for Study and Policy Advocacy.

The Medan-based institute found tents and barracks spread throughout the Nias and South Nias regencies. Other refugees lived in relative's houses and government barracks. Their daily situation was getting worse as aid from the government and donors had already run out three months ago, said Efendi Panjaitan, chairman of the institute. In order to feed the children, parents have worked as hard as they could, he said.

The refugee families survived a huge 8.2-magnitude earthquake on Nias in March this year, which left thousands of people dead.

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