Journey to Recovery —
a photo essay from Indonesia
April 2005 (page 2)
YEU physician Dr. Sari Mutia Timur interacts with a baby at Camp Kayu Jati.
YEU volunteer Fivie plays with a child at Camp Kayu Jati.
YEU volunteer Maya listens as children explain what they have drawn at Camp Kayu Jati. Drawing is a method of trauma therapy that ACT members are using with groups of people forced from their homes by the tsunami.
At Lamroh Camp, YEU volunteer Maya (the back of her head covered with a black scarf on left) gently encourages Rafiqul Unam, 9 years old, to tell his horrific tsunami story. Maya has training in trauma counseling.
YEU's Natalia "Lia" Christianawati with a newly formed women's group at Camp Bukit Soeharto. Lia is YEU's Banda Aceh unit coordinator and has started the women's group. The women identified income generation as their priority issue, one way YEU is assisting villages with recovering the livelihoods of their residents.
YEU nurse Ramadan Syah tests the well water for brackishness at Camp Lhokmee 2.