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Humanitarian Aid and Development: Audio Slideshow: Tsunami-affected family rebuilds

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Alamsyah and Juriah's home in Banda Aceh, Indonesia was devastated by the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. They lost three children but two survived. They decided intially to forego international aid and returned to their neighborhood to begin the slow process of rebuilding their lives. 

  • Click for audio slideshowJuriah holds Reza outside their one-room home in Banda Aceh's Lampulo neighborhood. The family lost their two-story home and three children in the December 26, 2004 tsunami but decided to rebuild in their old neighborhood. The home they constructed rests on the foundation of Alamsyah's dead brother's home.
  • Feri, Alamsyah Juriah and Reza stand in front of the shelter they have built in the Lampulo neighborhood of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
  • Rusni, a relative living with the of the family, washes dishes behind the home Juriah and her husband, Alamsyah have built in the Lampulo district in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
  • Juriah washes Reza in the makeshift washing area they have behind their home in the Lampuloneighborhood in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
  • Alamsyah plants coconut palm trees around the perimeter of his home in the Lampulo neighborhood of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. He got the sprouts from a nearby village and hopes they will bear coconuts in three years.
  • With electricity slowly being restored to his neighbors, Alamsyah, tapped into the power line and lit the interior and exterior of his home and now no longer relies on lanterns. Another neighbor then asked to tap into Alamsyah's line and another house was on the grid.
  • Juriah holds Reza outside their one-room home in Banda Azzceh's Lampuloneighborhood. Six months after the tsunami, Reza was beginning to be less clingy.
  • Alamsyah sits and thinks about his lost children while Juriah holds Reza. Alamsyah and Juriah are busy constantly but there are times when they sit and are reflective of the past.
  • Alamsyah pushes his new coffee kiosk after turning it to work out of the blazing Banda Aceh sun and under the shade of the stands' awning. The kiosk project has taken two and a half months of work.
  • Alamsyah looks at coffee cups while buying supplies for the kiosk with Juriah in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Six months after the tsunami destroyed their house and took the lives of their three children, he is looking forward to opening his kiosk and providing again for his family.
  • Feri, center, walks to school with friends Muhammad Ikbal, left, and Muksiluddin along their street in the Lampulo neighborhood of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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