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The Tsunami: Rebuilding

Building a Future

Children in a temporary school in the new village of Kuala Parek.

Initially, AFSC’s response focused on support for emergency medical teams. AFSC supplied and supported four teams of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and volunteers from January to March of 2005. As the situation stabilized, AFSC’s work shifted to restarting livelihoods and rebuilding villages. AFSC provided boats and nets to 35 fishing families in two different communities, supported basket weaving and sewing groups, financed community building of 280 temporary houses, and built 88 clean water facilities and 71 sanitation facilities. AFSC supported mobile medical clinics to address the severe lack of health care in 2005 and 2006. Through its partner in North Aceh, AFSC also provided medical support for 32 tsunami victims who were identified positive for Hansen's disease (leporosy).

Currently, AFSC works with seven Acehnese partner organizations to rebuild and strengthen communities through health, education, and livelihood programs. These are small local organizations. Some of them lost staff and offices in the tsunami. In addition to helping communities recover, AFSC is helping local partners through networks, targeted training and mentoring, and exposure visits to other parts of Indonesia and the region. This breaks the isolation and gives new ideas and new hope to the people who have committed their lives to rebuilding their province.

Read our report: Building a Future for Aceh – The story of Kuala Parek Village>

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