Life in Banda Aceh

MENDING BANDA ACEH
BANDA ACEH KIDS
PCI HEADQUARTERS
ASSEMBLING
FAMILY KITS
WATER FROM CALIFORNIA
CLINTON
& BUSH SR. VISIT ACEH
AROUND BANDA ACEH & KR. RAYA
(MARCH)
HELICOPTER TO CALANG
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MENDING BANDA ACEH
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Water truck worker |
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Filling up with clean water |
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Cows and monkeys find a green pasture |
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Biking down the pier in Malayahati, where supply ships can reach
Aceh |
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PCI medical team Yehti, Wilda & Eka with our driver |
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Praying in mosque in Ulee Kareng |
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IDP camp in Ulee Kareng |
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Families and goats sharing the camp |
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Selecting from donated clothing Daussalam |
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Happy to have visitors |
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Mother thankful for her daughter, though her son is missing |
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One of the est. more than 400,000 displaced people, hoping
to return to his village |
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Local relief worker |
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Keeping the camp clean |
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Cleaning the roads |
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So much more clearing to do |
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TNI (Indonesian gov.) helping to clean up, stop to meet Chris |
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Elephant heading home from clearing work |
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Bathing on command at the Forestry Dept. compound |
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Mama elephant too |
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And the little guy |
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All cleaned off and ready for a treat |
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Banana time |
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Happily fed |
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PCI expats getting ID badges from the police |
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Men presuming work at the Dutch cemetery |
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Family in temporary housing
(photo by Daniel, edited) |
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Temporary cooking facilities
(photo by Daniel, edited) |
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Meeting at the Provincial Health Office |
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Community asking for help in 3 different languages |
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Kids in Desa Lamreh |
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Eating fruit in Desa Lamreh |
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Boy in Desa Lamreh |
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Girl in Desa Lamreh |
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Shy boy in Desa Lamreh |
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Catching a smile |
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Mom and baby in Lamnga |
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Closer look at that happy face |
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Happy baby's candid shot |
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Being held up by mom |
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Being held by sister |
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Lamnga kids back from school |
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Two schoolgirls in Lamnga |
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Better with smiles |
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Two schoolboys in Lamnga |
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Cute girl |
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Big smile in Daussalam |
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Boys outside Banda Aceh mosque |
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Sweet girl in Ulle Kareng |
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Girl and friend |
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Girl and two friends |
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Sweet boy with scarred lip |
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Watching us from upstairs |
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Joining us downstairs |
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More kids in Ulle Kareng |
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Young girls singing in afternoon religious class |
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Waving to the camera |
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Schoolgirls with the banner made by Ischia's school kids in
LA |
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Waving thank-you |
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More waves |
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Front of PCI office |
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PCI office & street |
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Three doors down - home collapsed in earthquake |
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PCI house |
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Chris interviewing Acehnese job applicant
(Photo by Camille) |
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Showing off the best map of Aceh in town (taped
together nautical charts) |
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Chris briefing staff before heading out to the west coast |
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Iskander meeting with PADHI about PCI's cash-for-work
program |
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Chris & Iza meeting on the back porch |
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Chris (director of emergency response) & Iza
(administrator) |
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Win (finance manager) & Bachtiar (new Aceh field office
director) |
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Khery (data entry) walking by with a smile |
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Getting food for the kits
(photo by Camille, edited) |
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Organizing supplies
(photo by Camille, edited) |
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Sorting items for the kits
(photo by Camille) |
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Assembling a kit
(photo by Chris) |
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Adding the pots
(photo by Chris, edited) |
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Kit contents for the first round of kits
(photo by Chris, edited) |
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Rolling it up
(photo by Chris, edited) |
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A completed kit
(photo by Chris) |
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Stacking them up
(photo by Chris, edited) |
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Loading them to take to the boat
(photo by Chris, edited) |
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Organizing a second round of family kits |
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Pots and cooking oil for the kits |
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Hygiene kits to put in the family kits |
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Buckets with cooking utensils, towels, sardines,
toiletries, etc. |
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Full bucket with basin, bag of rice, pots, box of chocolate
milk, etc. |
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Placing it all on an insecticide-treated tarp for use as
shelter |
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Wrapping it all up |
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And tying it closed |
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Setting it aside to start the next one |
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Loading water from Safeway, BART & Singapore Airlines
(Photo by Adit, edited) |
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Truck to take it from Jakarta to Banda Aceh
(Photo by Adit, edited) |
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Ready to go
(Photo by Adit, edited) |
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Delivery to Banda several days later
(Photo by Chris, edited) |
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Happy drinkers of clean water
(Photo by Chris) |
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Presidential choppers arriving
(photo by Chris, edited) |
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Watching one land
(photo by Chris, edited) |
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Clinton speaking with each NGO rep (Chris and Iza went for
PCI) |
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Clinton with mosque in background |
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Bush Sr. speaking with each NGO rep |
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Bush Sr. with mosque in background |
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Destroyed police helicopters in Banda Aceh |
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Sean Paquito's Marius looking pensive as he prepares
to sail home to Malaysia |
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Leaving the Sean Paquito in Sabang (an island off
Banda Aceh) |
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WFB rubb hall in Krueng Raya |
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Rice stacks in the rubb hall |
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Abdul of WFP giving us a tour |
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Boys walking through a neighborhood north of Kr. Raya |
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After discovering they're being followed |
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Construction workers |
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Kids sitting outside the store |
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Washing in the river |
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Smiling men moving slowly uphill on a becak |
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Heading to the airport at sunrise |
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Waiting for our chopper |
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Indo. marine Budi chatting with Refi |
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Indo. army men lined up |
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Man watching helicopter land |
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Dana having fun taking photos of helicopters
(photo by Refi) |
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UN helicopters |
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Dana on the helicopter
(photo by Refi, edited) |
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Inside the helicopter |
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Watching another chopper land as we take off |
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Stadium that now houses the red cross |
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