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ADB Helping Homeless Students at Universities in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
28 Feb 2005

ADB plans to use $6 million in loan savings shortly to provide emergency help to tsunami-affected students and universities in the devastated city of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia.

The assistance will provide scholarships for thousands of students made homeless by the tsunami of 26 December 2004, engage academics from other universities around the country to replace teaching staff lost in the disaster, and repair civil works, says Staffan Synnestrom, Governance Advisor, at ADB’s Indonesia Resident Mission in Jakarta.

The photo essay includes photographs of tsunami-affected universities taken by Mr. Synnestrom during a field trip to Banda Aceh from 13-14 January 2005. It also includes photographs of students returning to university and schools a month later. These were taken by Ian Gill, ADB Principal External Relations Specialist during a visit with Ayun Sundari, External Relations Officer from the Indonesia Resident Mission, to Syiah Kuala University to talk to Rector Abdi Wahab.

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The badly damaged Islamic Institute, a university run by the Religious Affairs Department, with the Rector in the foreground.	Staffan Synnerstrom (right), ADB Governance Advisor, and Technological and Professional Skills Development Sector Project (TPSDP) project staff surveying the damage at Iskandar Muda University campus and its surrounding area.	Boats adrift on land were a common sight after the tsunami. This is a view of Iskandar Muda University campus in northern Banda Aceh.
On a needs assessment mission in Banda Aceh soon after the tsunami are Dadang Sudiyarto (right) and Dian Prijomustiko, ADB project officer (left).	At the campus of Iskandar Muda University is Ridwan (right), from the central project management unit under ADB's TPSDP.	Debris piled high on the campus of Iskandar Muda University after the tsunami.
Where do we start? Staff of Iskandar Muda University look dazed as they survey the wreckage on campus.	Syiah Kuala University Rector Abdi Wahab (right) and Mathematics and Natural Sciences Dean Mustanir discuss the impact of the tsunami on their institution.	Students catch up with each other while registering at Syiah Kuala University for the semester that begins on 1 March. Numbers are significantly down as many students died and several were made homeless in the tsunami.
Students walking to Syiah Kuala University campus to register for the new semester. Many will be missing friends who were victims of the tsunami.	Pupils at a playgroup near Syiah Kuala University are back -- but in reduced numbers due to teachers and children killed by the tsunami.	These children at a Banda Aceh school near the airport are thrilled to pose for a photograph. Such moments help them forget temporarily the tragedy of the tsunami.
Photos by: Staffan Synnerstrom, Governance Advisor, Indonesia Resident Mission, ADB Ian Gill, Principal External Relations Specialist, ADB Dian Prijomustiko, Project Officer, ADB

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