Medan, (Analisa)
Sejumlah arsitek dan ahli gempa asal Jepang menemui Wagubsu Rudolf M Pardede di kediamannya, Jalan Slamet Riyadi Medan, Selasa (3/1). Pertemuan ini dimaksudkan memberikan masukan mengenai teknis rekonstruksi bangunan di Nias pascagempa dan tsunami. (more…)
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
I refer to your article, Nias reconstruction work criticized, published in The Jakarta Post on Dec. 28. It is not clear where Agus Mendrova got the figure of only 30 houses that have been constructed on Nias. However, I am pleased to advise that in one of the worst-hit towns on the west coast of Nias, Sirombu, 217 permanent houses have been completed and each day we finish four more.
The Zero to One Foundation is the implementation partner for two NGOs that have funded 500 houses and other reconstruction work. We are ready to help others in their reconstruction efforts.
GEOFF THWAITES, Jakarta
