Press Release – Asian Development Bank
May 24 2007
SIGLI, INDONESIA – ADB and Muslim Aid, a United Kingdom-based civil society organization commenced a joint $4.9 million housing program with the stone-laying ceremony in Meunassah Bueng village in the Pidie District, where 222 new houses will be built. (more…)
The British Government said it was impressed with the achievements of the Indonesian Government, as well as international donors and NGOs, in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Aceh two years after the devastating tsunami of December 2004. Parliamentary Under-Secretary Department for International Development Gareth Thomas acknowledged that the Indonesian government has achieved remarkable results which provide important lessons for other countries as they undertake massive reconstruction programs. The undersecretary met with the Director of the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) of Aceh and Nias Kuntoro Mangkusubroto in London from 8 to 10 of May 2007. (more…)
Science Daily — Researchers from Oregon State University and an Indonesian science center are collaborating on a pioneering project to analyze the history of great earthquakes and tsunamis on the Sunda subduction zone, along the western margin of Sumatra and Java — site of one of the most devastating tsunamis in modern history. (more…)
Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) says it’s on track to meet its four year target for public housing, education and agriculture redevelopment. (more…)
By Chad Bouchard
Jakarta, 23 April 2007
Scientists have discovered that an earthquake two years ago in Indonesia lifted hundreds of kilometers of sea floor out of the water, causing the largest death of coral reefs ever recorded. As Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, this is only one of several threats facing Indonesia’s fragile marine ecosystems. (more…)
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
MEDAN, North Sumatra: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has provided US$20 million in funds for school building reconstruction and training courses for 1,400 teachers in Nias, which was hit by a powerful earthquake two years ago. (more…)
In this interview, Dr Mai Lin Tjoa-Bonatz shares some of her research on Eduard Fries’ life and activities and also on early Christian missionary work in Nias. Dr Tjoa-Bonatz was born in Frankfurt, Germany, obtained her MA degree in Art History, Archaeology and Southeast Asian Studies in Frankfurt in 1994 and Ph.D. with the research titled: “Shophouses in Penang, Malaysia†at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 2001. On Eduard Fries, she contributed the Chapter: “Idols and Art: Missionary Attitudes toward Indigenous Worship and the Material Culture on Nias†to the forthcoming Book: “Casting Faiths: Imperialism, Technology and the Transformation of Religion in East and Southeast Asia, edited by Thomas David Dubois. (eh) (more…)
Based on the results of scientific studies and observations of the trend in previous tsunamis, Nanggroe Aceh Daurssalam (NAD) province may be hit by another tusnami at an unpredictable time in the future, an ecologist of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) said. (more…)
Monday, April 02, 2007
JAKARTA: Germany, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, said recently it would provide an additional 8.33 million euros (approximately US$11 million) for rehabilitation and reconstruction in the Aceh province and Nias Island. (more…)
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan
Two years after a massive earthquake hit Nias Island in North Sumatra, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is set to end its recovery and rehabilitation program on the island in December this year, replacing it with a self-reliant program. (more…)
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan
Nias students protested Wednesday outside the North Sumatra Legislative Council in Medan over the pace of reconstruction on the earthquake-devastated island. (more…)
Gunung Sitoli, Nias , Indonesia, 27 March 2007 – Two years on from the quake, international aid agency Oxfam is helping 61,000 people affected by the quake in 60 villages. (more…)
Today, Nur Iman Gulo has a small shop and lots of customers, thanks to help from Church World Service. The simple building that serves as the shop and the home for her family of seven — including four kids and her mother-in-law — is located in Tegideu village, Sirombu, Nias Island, reports Lesvi Roselim, Church World Service-Indonesia. When an earthquake hit on March 28, 2005, their home was destroyed. (more…)
GUNUNG SITOLI, NIAS, March 16, 2007. Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Black & Veatch organized a mid-term review of Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project Package 24 (ETESP-24) project under the auspices of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency NAD-Nias (BRR NAD-Nias) and Agency for Regional Development Planning (Bappeda) in Nias on the work completed in four of the eight sub-districts namely Botomuzõi, Hiliduho, Namohalu Esiwa, and Tugala Oyo. It aims to disseminate the preliminary information gathered across these sub-districts and to seek BRR and Bappeda’s support for the ongoing activities. (more…)
Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The Chief Executive Officer of the Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) projects in Nias has asked for an extension of the agency’s mission on the North Sumatran island, citing the slow progress of reconstruction projects after the 2004 tsunami and 2005 earthquake. (more…)
