INDONESIA: TSUNAMI SURVIVORS REBUILD VILLAGE ON HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM SHORE OUT OF RECYCLED TIMBERS OF OLD VILLAGE
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INDONESIA: TSUNAMI SURVIVORS REBUILD VILLAGE ON HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM SHORE OUT OF RECYCLED TIMBERS OF OLD VILLAGE
- Title: INDONESIA: TSUNAMI SURVIVORS REBUILD VILLAGE ON HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM SHORE OUT OF RECYCLED TIMBERS OF OLD VILLAGE
- Date: 17th January 2005
- Summary: KREUNG RAYA, INDONESIA (JANUARY 17, 2005)(REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV MEN ON SCOOTER BRINGING WOOD OUT OF DESTROYED VILLAGE 0.10 2. SLV MAN MOVING TIN SHEET 0.19 3. WIDE OF WOMAN STANDING ON ROOF OF DESTROYED HOUSE, TRYING TO REMOVE TIN SHEETING 0.24 4. CLOSE OF WOMAN USING A HAMMER TO PULL OUT NAILS TO REMOVE TIN SHEET 0.31 5. SLV CHILD WALKING BY DESTROYED FISHING BOAT 0.38 6. WIDE OF FISHING PLATFORMS AT SEA, IN FRONT OF VILLAGE 0.42 7. WIDE OF DESTROYED VILLAGE WITH SEA IN BACKGROUND 0.48 8. SLV WOMAN CARRYING WOOD 0.52 9. VARIOUS OF MAN TRYING TO TAKE DOOR APART 1.04 10. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) MARZUKI, A FISHERMAN, SAYING: "We are trying to find things we can use to build our new houses on the hill. It's temporary. We're trying to build the houses up on the hill" 1.24 12. VARIOUS OF BOY HELPING WOMAN TO LOAD ROLLED TIN SHEETS ONTO HER HEAD 1.43 13. WIDE OF NEW VILLAGE ON HILL, SEEN FROM THE RUBBLE OF DESTROYED VILLAGE 1.46 14. WIDE OF ROAD LEADING TO HILL 1.49 15. VARIOUS OF WOMEN CARRYING TIN SHEETS AND CARPETS WALKING ALONG ROAD 2.10 16. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT DESTROYED VILLAGE FROM TOP OF HILL 2.25 17. SLV WOMAN CARRYING WOOD UP HILL 2.30 18. WIDE OF SHANTY TOWN OF WOODEN HOUSES 2.34 19. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE BUILDING WOODEN HOUSES 2.41 20. WIDE OF PARTLY CONSTRUCTED WOODEN HOUSE 2.45 21. VARIOUS OF MAN AND WOMAN WORKING ON HOUSE 2.56 22. CLOSE OF CHILDREN PLAYING WITH HAMMER 3.01 23. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED VILLAGE SEEN IN BACKGROUND AS MAN SAWS WOODEN POSTS 3.08 24. SLV (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) SUKRAN, WHEN ASKED HOW THEY BEGAN BUILDING THE NEW VILLAGE, SAYING: "We came up here right after the wave and put up our tent, then we built a wooden house and then more and more people started doing the same" 3.30 25. VARIOUS OF MORE OF PEOPLE CARRYING BUILDING MATERIAL FROM DESTROYED VILLAGE TO NEW VILLAGE ON THE HILL 3.36 26. CLOSE OF FISH LEFT TO DRY IN THE SUN 3.48 27. WIDE OF VIEW OF HILL VILLAGE ON EDGE OF FOREST 3.53 28. CLOSE OF MAN TRYING TO CLEAN BOAT ENGINE 3.59 29. WIDE OF STREET OF NEW VILLAGE 4.05 30. CLOSE OF WOMAN LOOKING OUT FROM WINDOW 4.09 31. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING OUTSIDE OF WOODEN HUTS 4.17 32. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) YUYUN, WHO HAS LOST HER HUSBAND AND OTHER RELATIVES, SAYING: "I'd be afraid to go back down there because it's near the ocean, I want to live in the mountains" 4.24 33. VIEW OF SEA FROM HILL VILLAGE 4.27 34. WIDE OF CHILDREN PLAYING IN HILL VILLAGE 4.37 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: KREUNG RAYA, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
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- Story Text: Indonesian tsunami survivors rebuilding village on
higher ground.
The fishing village of Kreung Raya located on the
northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra is a hive
of activity these days.
As long as the Sun shines, the sounds of hammering and
sawing can be heard over the chaotic jumble of wood and
corrugated tin sheets which used to be home to 3,000 people.
The devastating earthquake and powerful tsunami which
slammed into the settlement on December 26 washed away half
of Kreung Raya's population, along with the fishing boats
that were their livelihood and their homes.
But three weeks on, the survivors are slowly pulling
themselves together and joining forces to rebuild their lives and
homes
on top of a hill, far away from the reaches
of the sea which had fed them for generations until that
day when it stole everything away.
Every day, the villagers go to the mangled remains of
their houses to pick through the wreckage and salvage what
they can.
Planks are removed from the remaining walls and the
rusty nails are pulled out of the corrugated tin roofs one
by one so that the metal sheets can shelter the villagers
from the driving monsoon rains.
Those who have a bit of money hire motorbikes or even
trucks to carry the building material to the new village on
top of the hill.
But smaller household items are hoisted onto the backs
and heads of people who make the one-kilometre, uphill
journey on foot.
"We are trying to find things we can use to build our
new houses on the hill. It's temporary. We're trying to
build the houses up on the hill," said Marzuki, a fisherman.
There are now about 200 structures in the new village
which overlooks the old, with more on the way.
"We came up here right after the wave and put up our
tent, then we built a wooden house and then more and more
people started doing the same," said Sukran when asked how
the rebuilding started.
Although their houses are slowly being rebuilt, the
return to the sea which suddenly devoured their families
and homes is proving to be difficult.
With no other way to make money, some fishermen have
started catching fish again. Engines are being cannibalised
for the day when a boat can be repaired or a new one be
bought.
But for many, the sea is something they would like to
avoid in future.
"I'd be afraid to go back down there because it's near
the ocean, I want to live in the mountains," said
33-year-old Yuyun who lost her husband and many relatives.
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