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Tsunami one year later: rebuilding Aceh - EU solidarity at work (Short version)

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Subido el 19 de julio de 2007 por EducaMadrid

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This background TV report highlights the EU's efforts both in the field of emergency assistance and long-term reconstruction in Indonesia's Aceh province, the region worst hit by the tsunami. It shows water sanitation in villages, clearing and drilling of wells, psychological assistance to kids at school, a boat building project for fishermen, a land mapping project to allow reconstruction of houses to start. The report includes interviews with EU staff in the field and representatives of EU-funded NGOs working in Aceh.

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The 26th of December, 2004. With almost 300,000 dead, the tsunami which hit the coast of the 00:00:00
Indian Ocean will remain one of the world's worst disasters. 00:00:09
The northernmost point of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Aceh, was one of the most seriously 00:00:15
affected regions. Here, as in the other places the wave struck, the European Union is heavily 00:00:20
committed to supplying emergency humanitarian aid and reconstruction. 00:00:26
One of the first priorities is to restore the water supply systems. The European Union 00:00:33
is supporting the work of CARE. This Dutch NGO has been working for months to repair 00:00:38
the reservoirs and to bring better hygiene conditions to the devastated areas. 00:00:42
The tidal wave has also deprived a large part of the population of all means of subsistence. 00:00:48
On the southern coast of the island of Sumatra, hardly one boat survived the assault of the 00:00:53
waves. Very few men have gone back to sea. On average, a new boat costs five years of 00:00:58
a fisherman's salary. This is what's motivated Serge Gruel. He works for Triangle. This French 00:01:07
NGO proposed a scheme to the European Union to help the fishermen to go back to work by 00:01:14
providing them with boats. 00:01:19
Triangle went to meet the fishing communities and together they saw which fishermen were 00:01:25
still alive. From that, lists were drawn up of which fishermen had lost which type of 00:01:28
boat and then what he'd need to go back into fishing as soon as possible. 00:01:32
A few kilometers away, European funding is helping Triangle to rehabilitate the small 00:01:40
local fishing port. Every evening as the boats come back in, all the bustle of the fish market 00:01:44
is back as people get on with all sorts of little jobs. Meanwhile, the people from Roundabout 00:01:50
and a few fish merchants are already bargaining for the best catches. It's a whole slice of 00:01:56
local life that's gradually getting back on its feet and lots of people who no longer 00:02:02
need assistance can look forward to a real future. 00:02:06
With hundreds of these sorts of projects and a total commitment of around 2 billion euro, 00:02:14
the European Union is the biggest contributor to post-tsunami aid and reconstruction. 00:02:19
In the Indonesian province of Aceh, the European Union has even helped to quell the armed conflict 00:02:29
between the independence movement and the Indonesian government. Now the EU is working 00:02:34
to reintegrate former rebels into civilian life. Peace and reconstruction go hand-in-hand. 00:02:39
It's quite clear, Europe is committed on all fronts, but to ensure that the situation on 00:02:46
the ground is efficient and coherent, there's a constant need for proper analysis of the 00:02:50
situation and that's the job of the brand new Europe House in Banda Aceh. 00:02:54
We are not managing projects here directly. We are more trying to get the feeling of what's 00:03:00
going on and try to help to refocus our activities here in Aceh while at the same time try to 00:03:08
talk to as many people, put them around the table and try to get as coherent activities 00:03:15
as possible. 00:03:20
We asked Francisco Fontan why one year on so many people are still living in temporary 00:03:22
housing. His answer, you just can't imagine the size of the problem. 00:03:26
To convince us, Francisco Fontan takes us to the land registry in Aceh. On these photos 00:03:32
he shows us that in certain places the sea did not completely retreat and it literally 00:03:37
destroyed millions of hectares settled and found by local people. Some lost their land 00:03:41
in the disaster and don't know where to rebuild. Elsewhere the countryside has been so devastated 00:03:46
that it's necessary to redraw the boundaries of tens of thousands of parcels of land and 00:03:52
then find the owners or their heirs. A huge task to which the European Union is giving 00:03:57
financial aid as well as all the ultra detailed satellite images from the European Space Agency. 00:04:02
It's important because the pre-tsunami satellite imagery is probably the best form of evidence 00:04:14
of what the occupation of the land looked like before the tsunami. In many areas the 00:04:21
tsunami has destroyed all the evidence like fences and walls. Some of the evidence has 00:04:27
also been destroyed in the clean up as well. 00:04:33
Armed with the satellite photos, researchers investigate the ravaged areas. Where did this 00:04:38
road go? Who lived there? Was there a drainage system? The slightest clue is used to restore 00:04:43
everyone's land to them. Dozens of surveyors have been trained to speed up the mapping 00:04:49
of the land. The local people are waiting impatiently for them to finish because of 00:04:57
course that means the builders can move in. 00:05:02
Indonesia estimates the cost of reconstructing Aceh at more than 4 billion euros over the 00:05:11
next five years. Europe will take care of a good part of it. Already well represented 00:05:16
on the ground, the European Union will continue to play a leading role in reconstruction and 00:05:21
also to support the building of lasting peace in the region. 00:05:26
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