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Every morning, Ben or one of his partners heads down to the pond to give the fish their daily ration of three kilos of semi-organic food. (p18121)

5 January 2009 - Indonesia
From rice field to fishpond: Reclaiming damaged land
Before the tsunami, Ben Khari’s home village of Alue Riyeung, on the north Acehnese island of Pulo Nasi, looked out over rice fields, separated from the beach by a swamp filled with coconut palms and mangroves. (...)
This is the fourth in a series of nine profiles/case studies, looking at how Red Cross Red Crescent has help people to rebuild their own lives after the tsunami in Indonesia.
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Fact sheet Related documents
The International Federation’s recovery officer engages on a group of women from the internal displaced people's (IDPs) community on Meedhoo Island. Photo: Safwan Amjad/International Federation (p17999)
From the very onset of the tsunami response, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has maintained the importance of communication, that programmes will only succeed when beneficiary needs and opinions are accounted for.
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9 December 2008
Tsunami four-year progress report: IFRC global report
9 December 2008
Tsunami semi-annual reports by country: Indonesia | Sri Lanka | Maldives | India | Thailand | Bangladesh | East Africa
Financial updates
Interactive map
Tsunami operation financial overview
Tsunami operation financial overview
The information in this summary combines financial data from 39 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies and organizations and the International Federation secretariat. (Latest update: December 2008)
Tsunami operation interactive map
Red Cross and Red Crescent tsunami recovery operation interactive map
View details and locations of the Red Cross Red Crescent tsunami operation.
(Latest update: December 2008)
Photo galleries Tsunami operation in Google Earth
Visit our Tsunami operation photo galleries. (p-IDN0838)
Welcome to the International Federation's photo galleries taken from our tsunami operation.
Watch more than 40 photo galleries featuring the tsunami operation.
(Last addition December 2008)
Tsunami oepration in Google Earth
The tsunami operation in the Maldives
Localise where the Red Cross Red Crescent is helping people to rebuild their own lives after the tsunami.
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Transitional shelter in Indonesia Revised regional strategy
Transitional shelter programme in Indonesia final report
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Asia earthquake and tsunamis - Revised regional strategy and operational framework for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Mouvement
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Opinion piece Photo essays
Jerry Talbot, Special Representative for the tsunami operation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Tsunami response strenghens community coping
By Jerry Talbot, Special Representative for the tsunami operation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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Photo essays
 View our photo essays outlining how communitties and individuals are living the tsunami recovery operation
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9 December 2008
International Federation-wide tsunami semi-annual progress report (four-year): IFRC global report | Indonesia | Sri Lanka | Maldives | India | Thailand | Bangladesh | East Africa
31 March 2008
Revised Plan of action and Budget 2004-2010 (PDF document, 818 kb, 28 pages)
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