Bi-Monthly Summery

Our brick kiln rehabilitation in Neuheun village is going ahead well. Already 25 factories have begun production of bricks with the other 17 busy with the repair and reconstruction of their kilns.


Mmm... fresh from the oven :-)

The warehouse for storing construction materials in Neuheun for the housing repairs was completed. Materials for the repair work have been obtained and the repair work will begin today. The repair of 12 houses will cost $19,750 and the construction of 35 houses will cost $155,000. This project is being funded by GTZ of Germany.

We have signed an MoU with the Jakarta International School (JIS) for the construction of a primary school for 100 children in Peukan Bada village, 5 kms. northwest of Banda Aceh city. JIS has committed $50,000. We plan to start this project on July 1st. A partner of JIS, Schlumberger Co. is tentatively committing $75,000 for our project, which we have to confirm in the coming weeks.

Our sewing project for 30 women in Bada and Raider camps starts today! The total cost of this AMURTEL project is $7600.

The construction for the Kindergarten in Bada is also moving ahead with the ground-breaking ceremony being done this Friday!

AMURTEL completed the renovation of the Raider Kindergarten and a primary school in Suremo village benefiting a total of 218 children at a total cost of $7900.


Education Officals hold meeting with our staff at our office

In Meulaboh, we received 21 hand tractors from the FAO for our organic farming project in 11 villages valued at $31,000. AMURT has contributed $3800 for a Cash for Work program for 60 farmers who are clearing the land in their village for the commencement of community gardens. AMURT has rented an office in Meulaboh and has signed an MoU with a national NGO, Sunspirit for Justice and Peace who are our co-partners. We are still looking for other donors for this large project.

Our music concert on the six month anniversary of the tsunami, June 26, is going ahead with funding from Save the Children!

Dada Shiilabhadrananda, Banda Aceh