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Children of Blang Pon Primary School say thank you to Australia after their new village, Blang Pon, was created by CARE Australia to house displaced people who did not want to return to the ocean. Picture: Alex Coppel.
1/48Children of Blang Pon Primary School say thank you to Australia after their new village, Blang Pon, was created by CARE Australia to house displaced people who did not want to return to the ocean. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Sari in the village of Blang Pon. Picture: Alex Coppel.
2/48Sari in the village of Blang Pon. Picture: Alex Coppel.
A house in Blang Pon village, which was created by CARE Australia to house the many displaced people who did not want to return to the ocean. Picture: Alex Coppel.
3/48A house in Blang Pon village, which was created by CARE Australia to house the many displaced people who did not want to return to the ocean. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Hasballah Ibrahim, Sari, Vita, Ahmad Farici, Nurbaidah and Ikbal in the village of Blang Pon. Picture: Alex Coppel.
4/48Hasballah Ibrahim, Sari, Vita, Ahmad Farici, Nurbaidah and Ikbal in the village of Blang Pon. Picture: Alex Coppel.
The new Blang Pon village. Picture: Alex Coppel.
5/48The new Blang Pon village. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Children of Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
6/48Children of Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Children of Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
7/48Children of Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
he memorial inside the mass tsunami grave holding nearly 50,000 bodies. Picture: Alex Coppel.
8/48he memorial inside the mass tsunami grave holding nearly 50,000 bodies. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Hasballah Ibrahim, who lives in Blang Pon after relocating from closer to the ocean, is grateful to CARE Australia and the homes they built. Picture: Alex Coppel.
9/48Hasballah Ibrahim, who lives in Blang Pon after relocating from closer to the ocean, is grateful to CARE Australia and the homes they built. Picture: Alex Coppel.
After the tsunami, local woman Ernawati made an application to CARE Australia and was given wood to extend her roadside stall and products to sell. Picture: Alex Coppel.
10/48After the tsunami, local woman Ernawati made an application to CARE Australia and was given wood to extend her roadside stall and products to sell. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Midwife Sinarti, who stayed to tend to patients as the tsunami came, then clung to a tree bleeding and injured for five hours, returns to her 24-hour medical clinic rebuilt by CARE Australia. Picture: Alex Coppel.
11/48Midwife Sinarti, who stayed to tend to patients as the tsunami came, then clung to a tree bleeding and injured for five hours, returns to her 24-hour medical clinic rebuilt by CARE Australia. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Khairuin at his fish factory, rebuilt alongside 465 new houses in the seaside village of Lampulo by CARE Australia. Picture: Alex Coppel.
12/48Khairuin at his fish factory, rebuilt alongside 465 new houses in the seaside village of Lampulo by CARE Australia. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Children of Blang Pon Primary School say thank you to Australia. Picture: Alex Coppel.
13/48Children of Blang Pon Primary School say thank you to Australia. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Children of Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
14/48Children of Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Blang Pon Primary School students. Picture: Alex Coppel.
15/48Blang Pon Primary School students. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Inside Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
16/48Inside Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Happy children at Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
17/48Happy children at Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Inside Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
18/48Inside Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Inside Blang Pon Primary School, built by CARE Australia. Picture: Alex Coppel.
19/48Inside Blang Pon Primary School, built by CARE Australia. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
20/48Blang Pon Primary School. Picture: Alex Coppel.
A scene taken from Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in the area when the Tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
21/48A scene taken from Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in the area when the Tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
A scene taken from Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
22/48A scene taken from Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
A scene taken from Lampu’uk mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
23/48A scene taken from Lampu’uk mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
A scene taken from Lampu’uk mosque. Picture: Alex Coppel.
24/48A scene taken from Lampu’uk mosque. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Inside Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
25/48Inside Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
At Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
26/48At Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
A scene taken from Lampu’uk Mosque. Picture: Alex Coppel.
27/48A scene taken from Lampu’uk Mosque. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the Tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
28/48Lampu’uk Mosque, which was the only building left standing in this area when the Tsunami hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Construction in the town. Picture: Alex Coppel.
29/48Construction in the town. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Lompoc beach. Children swimming in the Lompoc beach, where the tsunami first made landfall. Picture: Alex Coppel.
30/48Lompoc beach. Children swimming in the Lompoc beach, where the tsunami first made landfall. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Amrul, Merlinda, Rudy, Raisla, and Putri light a candle at Lompoc beach to remember family and friends they lost. Picture: Alex Coppel.
31/48Amrul, Merlinda, Rudy, Raisla, and Putri light a candle at Lompoc beach to remember family and friends they lost. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Delisa, 17, and her father, Bachtiar, after losing her family and her leg in the tsunami. Picture: Alex Coppel.
32/48Delisa, 17, and her father, Bachtiar, after losing her family and her leg in the tsunami. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Delisa, 17, and her father, Bachtiar, after losing her family and her leg in the tsunami. Picture: Alex Coppel.
33/48Delisa, 17, and her father, Bachtiar, after losing her family and her leg in the tsunami. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Families play in the very place where the tsunami first hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
34/48Families play in the very place where the tsunami first hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Fathin swims along the shoreline where the tsunami first hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
35/48Fathin swims along the shoreline where the tsunami first hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Children play inside the Aceh Thanks The World memorial park. Picture: Alex Coppel.
36/48Children play inside the Aceh Thanks The World memorial park. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Children play inside the Aceh Thanks The World memorial park. Picture: Alex Coppel.
37/48Children play inside the Aceh Thanks The World memorial park. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Banda Aceh, nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Picture: Alex Coppel.
38/48Banda Aceh, nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Banda Aceh, nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Picture: Alex Coppel.
39/48Banda Aceh, nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Tsunami baby Putri [far right] now 10, miraculously survived as her mother fled up into the mountains. Here she is pictured with mother Anisah and younger brother Fathin, returning to the ocean where the tsunami first hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
40/48Tsunami baby Putri [far right] now 10, miraculously survived as her mother fled up into the mountains. Here she is pictured with mother Anisah and younger brother Fathin, returning to the ocean where the tsunami first hit. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Banda Aceh, nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Picture: Alex Coppel.
41/48Banda Aceh, nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Banda Aceh, nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Picture: Alex Coppel.
42/48Banda Aceh, nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Picture: Alex Coppel.
A barge that was washed 5km inland is now a memorial site. Picture: Alex Coppel.
43/48A barge that was washed 5km inland is now a memorial site. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Delisa, 17, who lost her leg and most of her family in the tsunami, with her father, Bachtiar. Picture: Alex Coppel.
44/48Delisa, 17, who lost her leg and most of her family in the tsunami, with her father, Bachtiar. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Banda Aceh 10 years on
45/48Banda Aceh 10 years on
NO USE WITHOUT PRIOR CONTACT OF HERALD SUN PIC DESK>>>>>Banda Aceh December 2014. nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Children of Blang Pon Primary School say thank you to Australia. The village of Blang Pon was created by CARE Australia to house the many displaced people who did not want to return to the ocean. Picture: Alex Coppel.
46/48NO USE WITHOUT PRIOR CONTACT OF HERALD SUN PIC DESK>>>>>Banda Aceh December 2014. nearly ten years after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 170,000 people. Children of Blang Pon Primary School say thank you to Australia. The village of Blang Pon was created by CARE Australia to house the many displaced people who did not want to return to the ocean. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Banda Aceh 10 years on
47/48Banda Aceh 10 years on
Banda Aceh 10 years on
48/48Banda Aceh 10 years on
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