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  • A woman carries a heavy bag in 2007 pin Lam Asan in the Aceh region of Indonesia, where peace has accompanied reconstruction in the wake of the 2004 tsunami.
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  • Women kneel during Mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  • A woman lights candles during a mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  • A woman holds a rosary during Mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  • Water reflects a boy doing a cartwheel along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Husna stands in the doorway of her home in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. She is a leader in the community of 118 houses, which was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Three boys run along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Syarifah Ali is a member of a women's cooperative in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. After the 2004 tsunami, Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped survivors here by loaning women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their small businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they continue to jointly manage. The profits from their businesses are used primarily to keep their children in school.
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  • Nurasiah is vice president of a women's cooperative in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. After the 2004 tsunami, Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped survivors here by loaning women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their small businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they continue to jointly manage. The profits from their businesses are used primarily to keep their children in school.
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  • Women in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island, who lost their houses and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped the women form a cooperative and loaned them the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses, including baking pastries like they display here. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage.
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  • Nizria Ulva Sarwini bakes pastries in her home in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. Her family lost their house and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, loaned her mother and other women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage. Nizria's mother has used the profits from her pastry business to keep her four children in school. Nizria recently graduated from a local university with a degree in economics, but while she's looking for employment she assists her mother with the pastry making.
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  • A child sleeps while his father drives a motorcycle in Lamreh, in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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  • Rusmiati sells soft drinks at her stand on the tourist beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The woman was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Accompanied by her daughter Fathan, 10, Rusmiati walks to the tourist beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province, where she sells coconuts and soft drinks. The woman was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Nurul Aina was just 8 years old in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over Banda Aceh, Indonesia, killing her parents and two siblings and leveling their home. Aina was fortunately visiting relatives in a neighborhood far from the seashore when the tsunami hit. With assistance from the Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a new house was built and titled in Aina's name, an accomplishment that required considerable legal advocacy by Katahati staff. As a result, rental income from the house has paid for Aina's schooling while she lives with her grandmother. Now 18, Aina is studying English at a local university, and plans to move into her house some day. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Nurul Aina stands in front of a home she owns in the Lam Pulo neighborhood of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She was just 8 years old in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over the city, killing her parents and two siblings and leveling their home. Aina was fortunately visiting relatives in a neighborhood far from the seashore when the tsunami hit. With assistance from the Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a new house was built and titled in Aina's name, an accomplishment that required considerable legal advocacy by Katahati staff. As a result, rental income from the house has paid for Aina's schooling while she lives with her grandmother. Now 18, Aina is studying English at a local university, and plans to move into her house some day. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • In Desa Onolimbu Raya, in the Mandrehe district of Indonesia's Nias Island, YTBI and the ACT Alliance sponsored a community garden where earthquake and tsunami survivors, including this mother and son, can grow healthy food and rebuild their sense of community as they work the earth together.
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  • In Desa Onolimbu Raya, in the Mandrehe district of Indonesia's Nias Island, YTBI and the ACT Alliance sponsored a community garden where earthquake and tsunami survivors can grow healthy food and rebuild their sense of community as they work the earth together.
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  • In Desa Onolimbu Raya, in the Mandrehe district of Indonesia's Nias Island, YTBI and the ACT Alliance sponsored a community garden where earthquake and tsunami survivors can grow healthy food and rebuild their sense of community as they work the earth together.
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  • Children navigate the water on an inner tube during November 2014 flooding in Meulaboh in Indonesia's Aceh province. Flooding in the region has grown worse because of climate change and the proliferation of palm oil plantations.
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  • A woman feeds her daughter above floodwaters during November 2014 flooding in Meulaboh in Indonesia's Aceh province. Flooding in the region has grown worse because of climate change and the proliferation of palm oil plantations.
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  • A woman gazes out the window of her flooded house during November 2014 flooding in Meulaboh in Indonesia's Aceh province. Flooding in the region has grown worse because of climate change and the proliferation of palm oil plantations.
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  • Fish drying in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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  • Girls exercise at a school in Nagan Raya, in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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  • Girls exercise at a school in Nagan Raya, in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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  • Girls exercise at a school in Nagan Raya, in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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  • Girls exercise at a school in Nagan Raya, in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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  • Ela Manik and Vincensia Simbolon, both 4, delight in their candles during an October 31, 2014, Mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  • Girls exercise at a school in Nagan Raya, in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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  • A procession enters the sanctuary at the beginning of a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  • Sister Yeni Arini Hulu, SCMM, a Sister of Charity, holds a candle during a procession before a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. <br />
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Note: Her order is Suster Cintakasih dari Maria Bunda Yang Berbelaskasih
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  • Sister Yeni Arini Hulu, SCMM, a Sister of Charity, holds a candle during a procession before a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. <br />
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Note: Her order is Suster Cintakasih dari Maria Bunda Yang Berbelaskasih
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  • Sister Yeni Arini Hulu, SCMM, a member of the Sisters of Charity, holds a candle during a procession before a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. <br />
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Note: Her order is Suster Cintakasih dari Maria Bunda Yang Berbelaskasih
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  • Sister Yeni Arini Hulu, SCMM, a member of the Sisters of Charity, holds a candle during a procession before a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. <br />
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Note: Her order is Suster Cintakasih dari Maria Bunda Yang Berbelaskasih
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  • Sister Yeni Arini Hulu, SCMM, a member of the Sisters of Charity, holds a candle during a procession before a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. <br />
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Note: Her order is Suster Cintakasih dari Maria Bunda Yang Berbelaskasih
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  • Sister Yeni Arini Hulu, SCMM, a Sister of Charity, holds a candle during a procession before a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. <br />
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Note: Her order is Suster Cintakasih dari Maria Bunda Yang Berbelaskasih
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  • A girl plays with a rosary at the beginning of a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  • People light candles at the beginning of a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  • Yunira Almaisa Brigita Sianipar poses with a statue of Mary and Jesus at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  • People light candles at the beginning of a rosary mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  • TTwo girls in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 2007, where the ACT Alliance worked with local communities to help survivors of the 2004 tsunami rebuild their lives with dignity.
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  • TTwo girls in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 2007, where the ACT Alliance worked with local communities to help survivors of the 2004 tsunami rebuild their lives with dignity.
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  • A woman rides a motorbike through Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • A woman walks along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Water reflects boys wrestling on a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • People in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Houses built over the water in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Houses built over the water in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Fishing boats docked at Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Husna stands in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. She is a leader in the community of 118 houses, which was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Husna stands in the doorway of her home in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. She is a leader in the community of 118 houses, which was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Five-year old Mohibuddin runs with his toy wooden airplane along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Five-year old Mohibuddin runs with his toy wooden airplane along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Five-year old Mohibuddin runs with his toy wooden airplane along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.<br />
<br />
Parental consent obtained.
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  • Mairi walks with her 5-month old daughter Amira in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Mairi walks with her 5-month old daughter Amira in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • A girl runs along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Ahman Yani walks with his 3-year old son Arabil in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Two girls run along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • A woman in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Three girls walk along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • A woman stands under an umbrella in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • A woman carries a baby as she walks along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • A man walks along a sidewalk in Kuala Bubon, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The community of 118 houses was built by the ACT Alliance after the village's tsunami survivors refused to accept government plans to relocate them inland far from the sea. After the houses were built, the community then successfully fought a government plan to demolish part of the new village to make way for a new highway.
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  • Laila Qadri is secretary of a women's cooperative in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. After the 2004 tsunami, Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped survivors here by loaning women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their small businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they continue to jointly manage. The profits from their businesses are used primarily to keep their children in school.
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  • Lasryati is treasurer of a women's cooperative in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. After the 2004 tsunami, Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped survivors here by loaning women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their small businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they continue to jointly manage. The profits from their businesses are used primarily to keep their children in school.
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  • Zaitun mixes the ingredients as she bakes pastries in her home in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. The family lost their house and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, loaned Zaitun and other women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage. Zaitun has used the profits from her pastry business to keep her four children in school.
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  • Women in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island, who lost their houses and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, helped the women form a cooperative and loaned them the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage.
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  • Zaitun and her daughter Nizria bake pastries in their home in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. The family lost their house and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, loaned the women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage. Zaitun has used the profits from her pastry business to keep her four children in school. Nizria recently graduated from a local university with a degree in economics, but while she's looking for employment she assists her mother with the pastry making.
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  • Zaitun (right) and her daughter Nizria show pastries they baked in their home in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. The family lost their house and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, loaned the women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage. Zaitun has used the profits from her pastry business to keep her four children in school. Nizria recently graduated from a local university with a degree in economics, but while she's looking for employment she assists her mother with the pastry making.
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  • Nizria Ulva Sarwini bakes pastries in her home in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. Her family lost their house and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, loaned her mother and other women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage. Nizria's mother has used the profits from her pastry business to keep her four children in school. Nizria recently graduated from a local university with a degree in economics, but while she's looking for employment she assists her mother with the pastry making.
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  • Zaitun and her daughter Nizria bake pastries in their home in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. The family lost their house and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, loaned the women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage. Zaitun has used the profits from her pastry business to keep her four children in school. Nizria recently graduated from a local university with a degree in economics, but while she's looking for employment she assists her mother with the pastry making.
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  • Zaitun and her daughter Nizria bake pastries in their home in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. The family lost their house and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, loaned the women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage. Zaitun has used the profits from her pastry business to keep her four children in school. Nizria recently graduated from a local university with a degree in economics, but while she's looking for employment she assists her mother with the pastry making.
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  • Zaitun and her daughter Nizria bake pastries in their home in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. The family lost their house and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, loaned the women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage. Zaitun has used the profits from her pastry business to keep her four children in school. Nizria recently graduated from a local university with a degree in economics, but while she's looking for employment she assists her mother with the pastry making.
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  • Zaitun and her daughter Nizria bake pastries in their home in Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. The family lost their house and belongings in the 2004 tsunami. The government provided them with a new house. Church World Service, a member of the ACT Alliance, loaned the women in the neighborhood the money they needed to purchase new equipment and ingredients to restart their businesses. The women repaid their loans to a revolving fund that they jointly manage. Zaitun has used the profits from her pastry business to keep her four children in school. Nizria recently graduated from a local university with a degree in economics, but while she's looking for employment she assists her mother with the pastry making.
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  • Nur Wani cooks food she sells from the front of her home in the seaside village of Lamreh, in Indonesia's Aceh province. She lost her home and several family members in the 2004 tsunami, but the ACT Alliance assisted her and other women in the village with a micro-credit program, allowing her to purchase the tools and ingredients she needed to start her small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The family was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Ten-year old Fathan Nur Selani plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The 2004 tsunami struck the coastal village when Fathan was just three weeks old. YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Fathan's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Rusmiati stands on the tourist beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province, where she has a small business selling coconuts and soft drinks. The woman was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The family was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The family was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The family was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The family was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda plays on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The family was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Rusmiati delivers coconuts to tourists on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The woman was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Rusmiati's small business selling coconuts and soft drinks to beachgoers. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Rusmiati cuts coconuts that she sells at her stand on the tourist beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The woman was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Ten-year old Fathan Nur Selani walks on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The 2004 tsunami struck the coastal village when Fathan was just three weeks old. YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Fathan's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Rusmiati cuts coconuts that she sells at her stand on the tourist beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The woman was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Five-year old Vera Vernanda walks on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The 2004 tsunami struck the coastal village when Fathan was just three weeks old. YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Vera's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Rusmiati sells soft drinks at her stand on the tourist beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The woman was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Ten-year old Fathan Nur Selani helps arrange bottles in her mother's small business on the beach at Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. The girl's mother, Rusmiati, sells coconuts and soft drinks to tourists on the beach. The 2004 tsunami struck the coastal village when Fathan was just three weeks old. YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities, including Fathan's mother's small business. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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Parental consent obtained.
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  • Rusmiati and her children at her home in Lhok Me, in Indonesia's Aceh province. Rusmiati was left homeless by the 2004 tsunami, but YEU, a member of the ACT Alliance, worked with the village to build new houses in a safer area, as well as help revitalize their income generating activities. Her children are Vera, 5, Fathan, 10, and Rahmat, 15. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.<br />
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This image compares to a similar image taken of Rusmiati in the same spot in 2007, with her two older children.
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  • Nurul Aina (right) and her grandmother in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Aina was just 8 years old in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over the city, killing her parents and two siblings and leveling their home. Aina was fortunately visiting relatives in a neighborhood far from the seashore when the tsunami hit. With assistance from the Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a new house was built and titled in Aina's name, an accomplishment that required considerable legal advocacy by Katahati staff. As a result, rental income from the house has paid for Aina's schooling while she lives with her grandmother. Now 18, Aina is studying English at a local university, and plans to move into her house some day. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Nurul Aina stands in front of a home she owns in the Lam Pulo neighborhood of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She was just 8 years old in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over the city, killing her parents and two siblings and leveling their home. Aina was fortunately visiting relatives in a neighborhood far from the seashore when the tsunami hit. With assistance from the Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a new house was built and titled in Aina's name, an accomplishment that required considerable legal advocacy by Katahati staff. As a result, rental income from the house has paid for Aina's schooling while she lives with her grandmother. Now 18, Aina is studying English at a local university, and plans to move into her house some day. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Nurul Aina (right) talks with her grandmother in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Aina was just 8 years old in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over the city, killing her parents and two siblings and leveling their home. Aina was fortunately visiting relatives in a neighborhood far from the seashore when the tsunami hit. With assistance from the Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a new house was built and titled in Aina's name, an accomplishment that required considerable legal advocacy by Katahati staff. As a result, rental income from the house has paid for Aina's schooling while she lives with her grandmother. Now 18, Aina is studying English at a local university, and plans to move into her house some day. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Nurul Aina was just 8 years old in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over Banda Aceh, Indonesia, killing her parents and two siblings and leveling their home. Aina was fortunately visiting relatives in a neighborhood far from the seashore when the tsunami hit. With assistance from the Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a new house was built and titled in Aina's name, an accomplishment that required considerable legal advocacy by Katahati staff. As a result, rental income from the house has paid for Aina's schooling while she lives with her grandmother. Now 18, Aina is studying English at a local university, and plans to move into her house some day. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Nurul Aina stands in front of a home she owns in the Lam Pulo neighborhood of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She was just 8 years old in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over the city, killing her parents and two siblings and leveling their home. Aina was fortunately visiting relatives in a neighborhood far from the seashore when the tsunami hit. With assistance from the Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, a new house was built and titled in Aina's name, an accomplishment that required considerable legal advocacy by Katahati staff. As a result, rental income from the house has paid for Aina's schooling while she lives with her grandmother. Now 18, Aina is studying English at a local university, and plans to move into her house some day. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • Dailami smooths out fill material around his house in the Lam Pulo neighborhood of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, which was leveled in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over the city. The Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe built 70 new houses in the neighborhood, including four for orphans, struggling and succeeding in titling them in the name of the children. The construction of a nearby mosque in 2014 has caused drainage problems, requiring residents to raise the level of the soil surrounding their homes. His wife Roslaini works in the background. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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  • A woman rides a motorbike with her children in the Lam Pulo neighborhood of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, which was leveled in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over the city. The Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe built 70 new houses in the neighborhood, including four for orphans, struggling and succeeding in titling them in the name of the children. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
    indonesia-2014-jeffrey-tsunami-062.jpg
  • Dailami smooths out fill material around his house in the Lam Pulo neighborhood of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, which was leveled in 2004 when a massive tsunami swept over the city. The Katahati Institute and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe built 70 new houses in the neighborhood, including four for orphans, struggling and succeeding in titling them in the name of the children. The construction of a nearby mosque in 2014 has caused drainage problems, requiring residents to raise the level of the soil surrounding their homes. His wife Roslaini works in the background. The tsunami killed 221,000 people in Aceh province and left more than 500,000 displaced.
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