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Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) Hovercraft from USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) delivering supplies to the citizens of Meulaboh, Indonesia, after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake of a magnitude of 9.1 was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times.
The term BBB was first used in the World Bank's Preliminary Stocktake of the damage and destruction from the December 2004 tsunami to Aceh and Nias, that was published in May 2005. This stocktake included the early identification of key requirements for recovery and reconstruction.
Badan Rehabilitasi dan Rekonstruksi (BRR) NAD-Nias, or Agency for the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Aceh and Nias, was an Indonesian government agency which coordinated and jointly implemented the recovery programme following the December 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that mostly affected Aceh and the March 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake.
He led the entire Relief and Reconstruction process in the aftermath of 2004 Tsunami damages in the Coastal areas. His efforts were lauded by former US President Bill Clinton who spent a day with him as the UNICEF Goodwill ambassador; President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam also visited the district and acclaimed the efforts. [9]
In the case of the tsunami reconstruction project carried out by the NGO South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies (SIFFS), a novel idea of involving the house owner in the design and construction of the house was tried out. Plots were allotted before the construction of the houses so that each house owner knew which house they would get.
A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, or as the Asian Tsunami, [10] devastated communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries, violently in Aceh , and severely in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu , and Khao Lak ...
Tsunami Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program [ edit ] After the 2004 tsunami, Care in collaboration with Oxfam GB and Action Aid International (AI) conducted rapid assessments in the southern islands and dispatched over $200,000 in aid to communities in G. Alif Atoll and G. Dh Atoll.
After the port call it returned to the disaster area, to perform relief work with Chatham around the east coast of Sri Lanka. The embarked helicopters on board the ships, including two Westland Lynx machines on board Chatham, are also participating in the relief effort. Further RAF Globemaster, Tristar and Hercules aircraft have flown in supplies.