The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Indonesians' Hopes for Rebuilding Recede

Unexpected challenges stymie charities' efforts to construct homes lost in last year's tsunamis

by Martha Ann Overland

Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Nearly a year after the tsunamis flattened Indonesia's Sumatra coast, the only reminder that one Muslim neighborhood ever existed are the hundreds of little wooden crosses that dot the bare landscape. Hand-painted signs nailed...

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