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UNDP Starts Construction of Ulee Lheue Port
Wednesday, 06-July-2005, 09:30:58 — United Nation Development Program (UNDP), in cooperation with Transport Office of Aceh Province, announced the start of reconstruction of Ulee Lheue port in Banda Aceh. The agency hopes the construction will be completed in November.
Certified Acai development pact to aid Indonesia Acai berry is the wonder fruit used as a staple diet for hundreds of years by the Native Americans;recently, it has been found that this fruit from the Acai palm tree has weight loss properties. Aside from being a major food supplement for people on a strict diet, these berries are also popular as antioxidants with lots of health promoting nutrients. A California company, Pure Acai Products, recently announced an agreement to invest in a processing facility in Aceh that will bring over 100 much needed jobs to the region Yogya Provides Scholarship To 476 Aceh Students
Wednesday, 06-July-2005, 09:29:21 — Around 3,000 students studying in universities in Yogyakarta is coming from Aceh, of which 476 students are impacted by tsunami. To lessen their study burden, Yogyakarta resident has established Aceh Care Foundation that will provide scholarship to the 476 students.
Kuntoro: Aceh Will Import Construction Material
Wednesday, 06-July-2005, 08:51:44 — Aceh massive reconstruction projects will start soon. To anticipate the increasing price of building material and other physical materials, Head of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, asked the government to allow the use of imported material.
Post-Tsunami Aceh Population Census To Start In August
Wednesday, 06-July-2005, 07:49:22 — The Aceh Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) 0ffice will deploy 7,000 personnel to conduct a population census in the region following the tsunami disaster which had devastated many parts of the province in December last year.
Indonesian President To Officially Launch Aceh Reconstruction
Tuesday, 05-July-2005, 15:12:36 — At last, ‘’the real’’ reconstruction of Indonesian tsunami zones will be started. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will launch it by handing over hundred of fishing boats and 9,000 hectares of new agricultural land to tsunami survivors in Aceh. The ceremony will be held after his trips to China.
HOUSE FOR ACEH
Solo Earthquake-Resistance Houses Erected in Nias
Tuesday, 05-July-2005 — The Catholic Diocese of Sibolga, in cooperation with the Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia, will build 8 earthquake resistance houses in Nias Island. The prefabricated houses, made by Akademi Teknik Mesin Industri (ATMI) Solo, are similar to the houses that have been built by Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Aceh.
Kuntoro Visits Care’s Wooden House Project in Simeulue
Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, the head of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) visited houses built by Care International in village of Latiung, Teupah Selatan subdistrict, Simeulue Island. In Aceh, Care planned to build 8,000 houses, based on house prototype made in cooperation with GTZ of Germany.
UN-Habitat Use KDP for Construction of Aceh House
Tuesday, 05-July-2005 — The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT) announced the agency will use Indonesian government approach of Kecamatan Development Programme (KDP) and Urban Poverty Programme (UPP) in implementing the construction of houses for tsunami survivor in Aceh.
ACEH
RECONSTRUCTION
Kuntoro: Aceh Will Import Construction Material
Wednesday, 06-July-2005
Aceh massive reconstruction projects will start soon. To anticipate the increasing price of building material and other physical materials, Head of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, asked the government to allow the use of imported material.
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• BRR Seeks Donors To Help 9 Unfunded Projects
• Engineers Anticipate Years of Aus-NZ Reconstruction Help
• Ministry of Public Works to Start Infrastructure Reconstruction
• Kuntoro Success in Make The House Angry
• World Bank: Indonesian Tsunami Create New Global Financing Paradigm
• BRR Appoints Head of Nias and Jakarta Office
• Netherlands Commits 8 Million Euros To Rebuild Mahayati Port
• BRR Denies Has No Aceh Reconstruction Plan
• World Bank Grants $28 Million for Aceh Land Document
NIAS RECONSTRUCTION
Kuntoro: Aceh Will Import Construction Material
Wednesday, 06-July-2005
Aceh massive reconstruction projects will start soon. To anticipate the increasing price of building material and other physical materials, Head of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, asked the government to allow the use of imported material.
• Indonesian President To Officially Launch Aceh Reconstruction
• BRR Seeks Donors To Help 9 Unfunded Projects
• BRR Appoints Head of Nias and Jakarta Office
• Nias High in Aust Red Cross Intentions,UNICEF Aust Targets Schooling
• BRR Denies Has No Aceh Reconstruction Plan
• List of French Reconstruction Projects in Indonesia Tsunami Zone
• BRR Is Not Designed to Excecute Reconstruction Projects
• List of Approved Aceh and Nias Reconstruction Projects
• Kuntoro Outlines Future For Aceh and Nias
• Bappenas Asks Aceh Reconstruction Agency To Follow the Rules