UNICEF: Tsunami 5: Building back better schools in Indonesia

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, 22 December 2009 In the playground of the Muhamadiyah Elementary School a peaceful game of rounders is underway. But five years ago, this area was not so serene, as the devastating tsunami claimed the lives of nearly 300 pupils who were enrolled in this school at the time.

Now, completely rebuilt, its hard to believe that this Muhamadiyah Elementary is at the centre of one of the worst affected areas around the Indian Ocean.

We were determined to get the remaining children back into class quickly, said the school's principal. So we collected as many surviving children as we could from the displaced peoples camps and placed them in temporary schools provided by UNICEF.

During the construction of all the new schools, care was taken to use the disaster as an opportunity to build back better.

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• Indonesia
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