Why I'm Moving Back To Aceh, 17 Years After The Tsunami

How has Aceh recovered from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami? Seventeen years after the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami leveled the coastline of the Indonesian province, killing over 167,000 folks, capital city Banda Aceh is once again bustling - and even more densely built than before.
Raihan Lubis, 46, is finally returning to settle down with her husband and three children, aged 17, 14 and 4. She first set foot in Aceh in 2000 as a journalist covering the separatist insurgency, and survived the tsunami. She left Aceh in 2007 and has since worked as a media consultant for various humanitarian organisations in Bali, Jakarta and Ubud. In 2017, she published Siti Kewe, a book about a coffee farmer in Banda Aceh whose life was changed after the tsunami.
With international aid totalling billions, Banda Aceh has since been rebuilt with over 140,000 new homes and 4,000km of new roads - and a larger population of 268,000, more than even the pre-2004 population of 240,000.
But many residents still live in homes that are vulnerable to disaster, for instance built by the sea. This fuels wider concerns that Indonesia - which sits in the infamous ‘Ring of Fire’ of tectonic activity - may not be fully prepared with mitigation measures for yet another natural disaster in the chain of recent catastrophes, such as the Lombok and Palu earthquakes of 2018.
As one Kompass journalist put it: “I am afraid that there could be a more devastating event than the 2004 tsunami if it is not mitigated earlier.”
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[@harukrentz435]

We need more like her, what happen in Aceh is great brain drain as so many experienced and skilled workers perished in the Tsunami.

[@AuliaAndri]

Semangat Raihan

[@zero_prfctn]

Respect to my grandparents who survived the tsunami

[@boyasia5874]

Just watched a vid here on KZbin titled A new wave predicting a much stronger quake that will hit the area close to Banda..I hope not true.

[@MrBoliao98]

Actually a question, is the region around Aceh like got no high ground for people to stay is it? Like cos if this happen, don't end up only the mosque left standing.

[@farhanmauulana]

We got enough newly evacuation building for now, they're spread throughout the city

[@the-scene1956]

Come on, the people of Aceh, build your city. make your city prosperous

[@hana99155]

This city full of old building we can't build anymore Highrise building and now step by step build medium building 12 floor

[@saidfariz6469]

We just want freedom.

[@holdshiftt2run308]

@@saidfariz6469 From what? Freedom is not what you think it is buddy.

[@mahadzirabdkarim4800]

SubhanAllah..

[@mahadzirabdkarim4800]

Alhamdulillah..

[@ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1]

Allahuakbar

[@cicitran5695]

BEING HERE ON THIS DEPRESSING EARTH...MOTHER NATURES CAN BE SOOOOOO CRUEL AND UNPREDICTABLE....NO SCIENTISTS OR SMART PEOPLE CAN STOP THIS OR ANY CATASTROPHICS....😢😢😢🙌🙌🙌🕊🕊🕊

[@jarrodyuki7081]

no child policy for those below poverty and one child policy for those below median income.

[@andikafabian]

No. Hundreds of thousand Acehnese have been killed by tsunami and Indonesian military.

[@wardachrouaa7281]

What kind of nazi talk is that? So how do you think you'll forbid women to become pregnant? You'll force them to have an operation to remove their uterus or are you planning to force them to get an abortion? As if only rich people can raise children....love is free, anyone can give it.

[@jrukawa11]

Warung kopi lebih banyak daripada masjid, kesian

[@datokmaringgih8998]

masjid banyak orangnya sikit, kesian

[@thefutureisnow1148]

Ngopi dulu

[@Mysterious_Person.87]

@@thefutureisnow1148 Ngopi lah kalau begitu 🤗😁

[@saidfariz6469]

Bangun warung kopi mah gampang aja.. tp bangun mesjjd ada hukum dan qaidah2nya yg anda mungkin ga kuasai atau belum pelajari. Jadi cukup bicara saja tentang warung kopi klo ilmunya masih hanya tentang warung kopi.

[@andikafabian]

Mesjid 1-2 buah tiap desa sudah cukup. Aceh tidak sepadat Jakarta.