Context Aceh

Welcome to the Aceh Road/Bridge Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project. Aceh is undergoing a major transformation brought on by the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and subsequent end of a 30 year armed conflict. To better understand the project to rebuild the national highway on the west coast of Aceh, first find out how our project fits into the big picture of this region.
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Human Interest

Lamtui Goat Milk Breeders

Ibu Sumiyati milking Etawa Goat

One morning, at 6:00 A.M., Ibu Sumiyati, a woman in her mid-forties, moved one Etawa goat (also known as Jamnapari goat) from a barn to a small enclosure to start the milking process. For past three years, this has been a routine for her and about 20 other villagers who joined the Lamtui Goat Milk Breeders in Lamtui village, about 70 km south of Banda Aceh on the west coast of Sumatra.

Gallery

Visit our photo gallery to see more of the project and scenes from Aceh. New photos were just posted, please check Gallery in Last Added section.

Glossary

Understand the terminology of the Aceh Road/Bridge Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project
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Stakeholder Updates

USAID Banda Aceh to Calang Road/Bridges Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project Stakeholder Update

Finishing barrier on Krueng No deck (Km 105+230 – Section E

The Holy month Ramadan, when Muslims throughout the world abstain from drinking, eating, smoking and other pleasures from dawn to dusk, started in August. Even though the impact of fasting during work hours in the hot and humid Aceh jungle was expected to drop output below the level of an ordinary month, the Aceh Road project continued to progress and even accomplished some minor milestones.

MOU Signing

U.S. and Indonesia Sign MOU for Reconstruction. more

Building The Road

The 2004 tsunami mounted devastation upon a region that had already suffered thirty years of armed conflict. The USAID funded Aceh Road/Bridge Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project Team is therefore working in an environment of limited infrastructure on every level; physical, economic, governmental and social.
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