(Look at these children, who are jubilant every day!!)
I went to visit a temporary shelter location in a village called 'Lamtamot', near Janto (Aceh, Indonesia). There are 45 families living in that camp in IFRC temporary shelter kits. Its in the beautiful hilly surroundings. They are well settled there with their cows, goats etc., They have even started clearing the forests for cultivation.
They have water source, a lovely brook 50 meter below, which flows all over the year with a pleasant gushing sound. Since they have to walk down so deep for water, we have installed a water pump which can pump the water into two huge tanks near their shelters. But the problem still persists- who will pay for the fuel?
We are also building toilets for the camps, so that they are not required to go to the forests to relieve themselves. They already have a nice football ground for the youth, plenty of area for the cattle. But the question still continues- how long they have to wait in temporary shelters?
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