Indonesia: From zero to heroes
By Ahmad Husein, International Federation’s communications coordinator in Indonesia On Nias Island, an Indonesian Red Cross initiative has mobilized and trained more than 800 new volunteers in just ten months.
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Nias — not just stone jumping and surfing
Sunday, December 30, 2007 George Junus Aditjondro Stone jumping (hombo batu) and surfing are the two most well-known attractions for tourists coming to the island of Nias, 75 miles west… Read more »
Indonesia’s tsunami reconstruction chief lauds progress
By Aubrey Belford – Agence France-Presse JAKARTA–When Kuntoro Mangkusubroto dashed in to lead reconstruction of Indonesia’s Aceh in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, it was with little… Read more »
Indonesia: Asian Development Bank, UN-HABITAT hand over new homes to disaster survivors
Nias, Indonesia, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UN-HABITAT this week handed over 486 new homes to survivors of two disasters that left a trail of destruction in the region.
More than 100.000 houses were built in Aceh & Nias
*total 102.063 houses for Tsunami and Earthquake victims in Aceh dan Nias Banda Aceh, 31 October 2007- Director of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Executing Agency for Aceh and (BRR) Kuntoro… Read more »
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*An Interview with Prof.Dr.med. Ingo Kennerknecht by E. Halawa & MJ Daeli Editor’s note: On 10 Augutst 2007 Yaahowu sent 9 interview questions to Prof.Dr.med. Ingo Kennerknecht of the Institute… Read more »
The Genetics of Nias – Concepts and First Data
Note: In 2002 and 2003 Prof.Dr.med. Ingo Kennerknecht visited Nias for a research on the origins of Nias people. The preliminary results of this research was presented by Prof.Dr.med. Ingo… Read more »
Mahathir Begins New Life At AlBukhary Orphanage
ALOR STAR, Oct 9 (Bernama) — Mahathir Mohamad, an orphan whose parents died in the earthquake that hit Pulau Nias in Indonesia two years ago, today began a new life… Read more »
World Bank Press Release
Nias Amongst Poorest Areas but Dramatic Increase in Revenues Offers Real Opportunity for Growth Jakarta, August 28, 2007: The first Nias Public Expenditure Analysis released by the World Bank and… Read more »
Sumatra Quake Raises Risk of Temblors Off Indonesia (Update1)
By Arijit Ghosh and Jean Chua Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) — The world’s largest earthquake in more than two years that struck six days ago off Indonesia’s Sumatra island increased the… Read more »
Tsunami alert issued after undersea quake strikes 100 kilometres off the Sumatra coast
by Mathias Hariyadi A powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck a few hours ago. It was felt as far as 2,000 kilometres away from the epicentre. Many… Read more »
BRR introduces web-based information
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) introduced Friday a web-based information service it said will keep donors updated on progress in both tsnuami- and earthquake-affected… Read more »
Nias hospital rebuild in third phase
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) for Aceh and Nias said it expects to finish the third phase of the reconstruction of Gunung Sitoli Hospital by… Read more »
UNDP teams with Austcare and GTZ to create long-term livelihoods in waste management
Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 11 July — Turning a recycled piece of plastic or cardboard into a commodity is a popular activity across Aceh, Nias and Simeulue. But how to turn… Read more »
BRR to focus on Nias, wind up work by 2009
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) wants to wrap up its additional Nias earthquake plan by 2009, despite the Nias administration asserting the work should… Read more »