That was yesterday's headline in The National Post. And after the 2004 tsunami, the headlines said it would take a decade to rebuild the northwest province of Indonesia, epicentre of the earthquake that cause the big wave. But in a report in Friday's New York Times, Rod Volway, program director for Mercy Corps' Aceh, Indonesia project, says, "Today, five years later, the capital city of Banda Aceh is almost entirely rebuilt with infrastructure better and more durable than what previously existed. All that is left to be done is finish repair of a costal road."
So we shouldn't be surprised to see Indonesians among the first to help Haiti.
They come with compassion: 131,029 Indonesians lost their lives. One third were children. Another 2,150 children lost both parents. 1.2 people were affected by the tsunami in Indonesia.
They come with experience: They rebuilt 2,496 villages and 1526 kilometres of roads.
They worked with 90 countries that came to their aid. Seven billion dollars were granted in humanitarian aid
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