Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia. 24 January 2005. Body recovery volunteer.A month after the earthquake and still 1000´s of bodies are being recovered everyday in Aceh.Meulaboh is the closest big town to the Earthquake´s epicenter and more then half of the population are reported missing or dead. The emergency phase is now over and the reconstruction have started.
Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia. 24 January 2005. A month after the earthquake and still 1000´s of bodies are being recovered everyday in Aceh.Meulaboh is the closest big town to the Earthquake´s epicenter and more then half of the population are reported missing or dead. The emergency phase is now over and the reconstruction have started. Photo: Christian Aslund
Lamno, Aceh, Indonesia. 21 JAN 2005Abdul Muthalib, 45, was one of the lucky ones that survived the Tsunami waves. He had time to gather his children and climb a hill. But his home, was destroyed. He has lost his income as his farm is unusable. He now depends on humanitarian aid.
Lamno, Aceh, Indonesia. 20 Jan 2005.Mariana, 15 years old, from Kuala Unga village doing her daily prayer. The village is now inundated and the survivors are living under poor conditions in a IDP camp. Mariana saw the Tsunami waves coming and managed to escape by running up a hill. She lost her brother.
Lamno, Aceh, Indonesia. 17 Jan 2005.MSF´s Medical Dr. Tom Cheung from Hong-Kong, working with IDP patients in the Field Hospital. MSF has mobile clinics working in the different camps of Lamno.
Lamno, Aceh, Indonesia. 20 Jan 2005. The remains of what used to be the village Pulau Limpan. According to local statements, the earthquake made the river withdraw, followed by the Tsunami waves 50 minutes later that totaly destroyed the village Pulau Limpan. 90 percent of the 6000 people living there is reported missing or dead.Msf relief aid, undloaded from the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, being transported with rented cargo boats along the river Krueng Lambeusoe. The aid is unloaded by the village Pulau Limpan and going to be used for building an IDP (Internally Displaced People) camp in Lamno.
Lamno, Aceh, Indonesia. 17 Jan 2005.After the Tsunami, the homeless have been dislocated to IDP camps in Lamno. MSF is providing the camps with clean water and medical assistence.
Krueng Raya, Aceh, Indonesia. 16 JAN 2005.Locals from the village receiving clothes from huminatarian organisation. It´s first now, 2-3 weeks after the Tsunami, that the women and children are starting to come down from the mountains.
Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia. 8 January 2005. Humanitarian and medical aid organised by Medecins Sans Frontiere are being unloaded from the Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior. Shipments by sea are essential since most of the west coast of Aceh is not accessible by road. The areas are severely damaged by the tsunami disaster the 26th of December 2004. The risk of infections from injuries and epidemics are huge. The survivors need medical care, food, clean water and shelter. MSF is currently working in the towns hospital and have mobile clinics. Long term actions are needed to rebuild peoples lives, here and on so many other places along the west coast of Sumatra Island.
Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia. 7 January 2005. According to MSF more then 60 percent of the population of Meulaboh has died from the earthquake and the tsunami the 26th of December 2004. The risk of infections from injuries and epidemics are huge. The survivors need medical care, food, clean water and shelter. MSF is currently working in the towns hospital and have mobile clinics. Long term actions are needed to rebuild peoples lives, here and on so many other places along the west coast of Sumatra Island.
Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia. 7 January 2005. The local boys Alpamas 8years and Iquel 9years, two out of many people, who lost their homes and now are living in refugee camp.According to MSF more then 60 percent of the population of Meulaboh has died from the earthquake and the tsunami the 26th of December 2004. The risk of infections from injuries and epidemics are huge. The survivors need medical care, food, clean water and shelter. MSF is currently working in the towns hospital and have mobile clinics. Long term actions are needed to rebuild peoples lives, here and on so many other places along the west coast of Sumatra Island.