Tsunami Disaster Relief and Rebuilding: The need for active local participation

1
Tsunami DisasterRelief and Rebuilding The
need for active local participation
Aceh Relief Fund People to People ? Health ?
Education www.acehrelief.org

• By
• Aceh Relief Fund
• March 7, 2005

2
8.9 SR Earthquake followed by 33 ft of Tsunami
3
ACEHIndonesia

• Location Tip of Sumatra Island
• Population 4 million
• Closest to epicenter, was worst hit by the Dec
  26th tsunami.
• Nearly 230,000 people were killed and more than
  half a million people were displaced.

4
Banda Aceh before tsunami
Banda Aceh after tsunami
5
BACKGROUND HISTORY

• Aceh Relief Fund was started by a group of
  students up in Cornell University, initially
  aimed at helping raise some funds for one
  specific student, Saiful Mahdi from Aceh.
• After agonizing 4 days, Saiful discovered 15
  family members were missing grandmother, sister,
  brother, and their families.
• Saiful had to return to Banda Aceh to find and
  rescue his family.
• Mobilizing personal friends contacts throughout
  North America to raise fund.
• Information distributed through the internet,
  word-of-mouth, personal stories.

6
(No Transcript)
7
WHO WE ARE

• Saifuls friends and concerned individuals
• (initially) Malaysian/Indonesian in
  Ithaca/Syracuse,
• (later) assisted by members of Ithaca community.
• (now) supported by volunteers throughout the US.
• Initially, pleaded for 6,000 to help him with
  his airfare and travels as he rushes back to
  Indonesia to search for his missing family
• Collected 1st week 50K, now reaching 80K
• Overwhelmed by support, now focus on help more
  Acehnese in relief rebuilding

8
WHAT WE DO

• Immediate Relief Initiatives
• Medium Term Initiatives
• Long Term Initiatives

9
Immediate Relief Initiatives

• Operating mobile clinic and library
• Delivering relief supplies

10
Medium Term Initiatives

• Rehabilitating and Rebuilding Schools
• Mobilizing Local Acehnese

11
Long Term Initiatives

• Adopting a village/community

12
Long Term Initiatives

• People to People connections

13
Long Term Initiatives

• Sister Schools

14
(No Transcript)
15
Our website

• Daily updates
• Journal from the ground
• Events and other activities
• In the news
• How to donate http//www.acehrelief.org

16
Questions?
17
How you can help

• Donate to Aceh Relief Fund
• Spread the words to your friends and contacts
• Fundraising and volunteer for Aceh Relief Fund
• Visit http//www.acehrelief.org for more details