INDONESIA: SCHOOLS ARE FORCED TO POSTPONE THE START OF CLASSES IN TSUNAMI-DEVASTATED ACEH, AS VOLUNTEERS TRY TO FILL IN THE GAP

Record ID: 584927

  • Title: INDONESIA: SCHOOLS ARE FORCED TO POSTPONE THE START OF CLASSES IN TSUNAMI-DEVASTATED ACEH, AS VOLUNTEERS TRY TO FILL IN THE GAP
  • Date: 9th January 2005
  • Summary: (W3) BANDA ACEH, ACEH PROVINCE (JANUARY 10, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR OF DARUL IMARAH HIGH SCHOOL 0.03 2. CU SIGN OUTSIDE SCHOOL 0.05 3. SV/SLV OF STUDENTS WALKING TOWARDS CLASSROOMS (2 SHOTS) 0.21 4. MCU (Bahasa Indonesia) JAMALUDDIN, HEADMASTER, SAYING: "We want to start our classes as they were before, because we want to lift the spirits of many of the students who are still traumatised by the tsunami, as well as to give motivation to the teachers themselves." 0.52 5. SV/SLV OF STUDENTS OUTSIDE CLASSROOMS (2 SHOTS) 0.58 6. SLV OF PRAYER AT SCHOOL MOSQUE 1.00 7. CLOSE UP STUDENTS (3 SHOTS) 1.12 8. SLV/SV OF PRAYER (2 SHOTS) 1.18 9. MCU (Bahasa Indonesia) RINA, 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, SAYING: "After the tsunami we hope to be together here. The students in all of Aceh want to resume their education and to do even better than before" 1.30 10. SLV STUDENTS PRAYING 1.34 (W3) BANDA ACEH, ACEH PROVINCE (JANUARY 9, 2005) (REUTERS) 11. TV/SV OF CHILDREN READING KORAN INSIDE MOSQUE (2 SHOTS) 1.46 12. SV/CU OF PAGES OF KORAN (2 SHOTS) 1.52 13. SLV/CU MORE OF CHILDREN READING (3 SHOTS) 2.03 14. MCU (Bahasa Indonesia) MUSLIM PETROALEXI, VOLUNTEER FOR LOCAL ORGANISATION SPECIALISING IN EDUCATION, SAYING: "This is an alternative education to keep the spirit to learn and to fight for life. We will try to bring some consistency back into their lives by way of learning." 2.17 15. TV/CU/SLV VARIOUS OF CHILDREN DRAWING PICTURES TO HELP COPE WITH STRESS; CHILDREN SHOWING THEIR DRAWINGS; BOY DRAWING (11 SHOTS) 2.55 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 24th January 2005 12:00
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  • Location: BANDA ACEH, ACEH PROVINCE, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVACE4HGU44QB6S5SUPUX966XT1A
  • Story Text: Many schools are forced to postpone the start of
    classes in tsunami-devastated Aceh, as volunteers try to
    fill in the gap.




    With five teachers still missing and more than one
    hundred students unaccounted for, a school in Indonesia's
    ravaged town of Banda Aceh was forced to postpone the start
    of classes on Monday (January 10, 2005).

    Students and teachers instead held prayers and decided
    to resume their studies the next day, hoping more of the
    missing would attend.

    "We want to start our classes as they were before,
    because we want to lift the spirits of many of the students
    who are still traumatised by the tsunami, as well as to
    give motivation to the teachers themselves," said
    Jamaluddin, headmaster of Darul Imarah High School.

    Before the tsunami the school had 250 students and
    fifteen teachers. It lost almost half of its student body
    and a third of its teachers in the disaster.

    Those who turned up on Monday were emotionally drained
    from their traumatic experience, but at the same time
    excited to return to their studies.

    "After the tsunami we hope to be together here. The
    students in all of Aceh want to resume their education, and
    to do even better than before," said 16-year-old Rina.

    With many children forced to live in refugee shelters
    and with many schools destroyed by the Dec. 26 quake and tsunami, aid
    organisations are trying to fill in the gap by
    keeping children occupied with alternative educational
    activities.

    Koran recital and drawing classes were among the
    favourite activities chosen by the displaced children.

    "This is an alternative education to keep the spirit to
    learn and to fight for life. We will try to bring some
    consistency back into their lives by way of learning," said
    Muslim Petroalexi, head of an Indonesian aid organisation.


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