Waves of Change: . . .Tsunami, Years After

By Nur Aqilah and Amni Sham

On 20 December 2004, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale occurred off the west coast of Northern Sumatra in Indonesia resulting in tsunami. Banda Aceh was the worse to be affected, more than 130,000 people perished and more than 500,000 made homeless.

The Waves of Change ...Tsunami, Years After is the observed recovery of Banda Aceh in politics, economy and culture. These changes are reflected in the authors journey to Banda Aceh three years after the tsunami. This books six chapters and over 100 captioned picture plates illustrate the care of Malaysians and other organisations from all over the world in alleviating the sufferings of other human beings. It is a tribute to the selfless men and women who contributed in saving life, in reducing the suffering of others, in rehabilitation and in rebuilding of Banda Aceh during and after the tragedy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Jul 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483665962

Nur Aqilah

Nur Aqilah Abdullah MBBS, a graduate of Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS) is now working as a medical officer in Ampang Hospital, Malaysia. Her passion in volunteerism since schooldays has made her involved in many community services and in local and international humanitarian missions. Her journey with her colleagues to Banda Aceh was done while she was still in her undergraduate studies. Amni Sham Che Din MBBS, also a graduate of CUCMS and now serves the Ministry of Health as a medical officer at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. She too is very active in activities related to volunteerism and rarely misses any flood relief missions and community work organised by local NGOs. Together with Nur Aqilah, they organised the trip to Banda Aceh as part of their elective coursework.

Book preview

Copyright © 2013 by Nur Aqilah & Amni Sham. 503001-SALL

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Rev. date: 07/18/2013

To order additional copies of this book, contact:

Xlibris Corporation

1-800-618-969

www.xlibris.com.au

[e-mail]

Contents

Acknowledgment

Contributor

Message from the Vice-President of MERCY Malaysia

Preface

Chapter 1: Aceh Revisit

Chapter 2: Recall from the Past

Chapter 3: Building Better Lives

Chapter 4: Total Healing

Chapter 5: The Past and the Present

Chapter 6: Nurturing the Passion to Care

Reflections

Acknowledgement

Writing this book has been no easy task. It has involved many hours of time spent and also going back to Aceh to recollect data. We thank all the contributors for being patient and dedicated in preparation of this book.

To achieve this goal, we collaborated with a local non-governmental organisation – Bulan Sabit Merah, Indonesia – to host and facilitate our activities and transportation.

To the administrators of Al Fityan School, we thank you for your hospitality in providing the accommodation and allowing us to live with the children and share their emotions.

The people of Lokhnga Village that were severely affected by the tsunami always thank us for our visit. Now we would like to thank them for allowing us to conduct the study and for being strong, which inspired us to be constantly patient, especially in times of despair.

To the lecturers of CUCMS, Prof. Dr Abdul Latiff Mohamad and Assoc. Prof. Dr Ahmad Asmadi Yusof, we thank you for nurturing and accompanying us throughout the journey. Teaching is easy, but nurturing requires a lot of dedication in training and coaching, and that is what all the lecturers of CUCMS do. To Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohamed Ikram, who is also our lecturer and the vice-president of MERCY Malaysia, we thank you for editing and your advice in the publication of this book.

To our fellow colleagues and contributors of this book, thanks for spending time together in this much-valued activity. Without your help and perseverance, this journey would not have taken place.

Nur Aqilah Abdullah

Amni Sham Che Din

Contributors

Nur Aqilah Abdullah

Amni Sham Che Din

Siti Fatimah Abdul Gaboar

Wan Mohd Daud Wan Omar

Nadia Fasya Ahmad

Nadhila Abdul Rahman

Wan Saffana Wan Mohtar