*** Local Caption *** Unicef provided plastic sheeting which was distributed by MSF in villages near meulaboh
MSF is working in remote villages along the coastline of Banda Aceh in the northern Sumatra province of Indonesia. Vehicles can be used on the east coast but only helicopters can access the western coastline, the destruction has been so severe.
This emergency action followed the December 26 2004 earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean countries in the Bay of Bengal.