Wednesday 21 February 2007

Evelyn Zuiderwijk, netherlands

It's 12.30 pm and we saw a lot today. We went to the baraks and can look in to the houses a family lives in. It's very small and they do not have any stuf with them. Only a big tv is standing in the room. Most of the peoples lost their father, mother of someone else. It broke my heart, to see these people living like this. But they are very lovely and kind to us and invited us to make pictures and hold their childs!!! it was amazing to see that all!!!
at least we bought some school stuf for the school were we are going to in the afternoon. It was about 110 euro, thats about 100 dollar!!! thats nothing, if you saw the stuff we bought!!! WOnderfull! i hope they are glad with it!!
See you soon!! and then i tell a lot more stories :)
Bye bye
Greetings Evelyn Zuiderwijk, netherlands
Hati Hati (that means " be carefull")

An experience from the journey.. Phuoc Huynh, Australia

Yesterday we went to visit 3 more schools set up at by EI. The children that we met each time are so lively, the treat you like royalty. I had a few girls kiss my hand when I was greeting them. At one of the schools (which is about 3km away from the shore), the water that reached the school was still 20m high, every house was smashed and demolished. There was no way possible of escaping this deadly force. Out of 160 students, 15 survived and out of 12 teachers, 4 survived. This story is not unique to this school, but it is repeated across Banda Aceh. However, on a positive note, housing is being rebuilt by the Islamic Relief Project. There is a new generation of students at these schools, who are the future of Aceh.

Signing off..

Phuoc