At one point, more than 400 NGOs were on the ground in Aceh, Indonesia, competing for resources, personnel, and funding. Many of the lessons learned in Rwanda were forgotten or ignored as smaller NGOs with little or no experience in dealing with disasters caused much of the confusion.
在印度洋海啸之后也同样出现了混乱的局面。在某一时间，印尼的亚齐省聚集了超过400家NGO，在资源、人才和资金方面彼此竞争。由于较小的NGO在赈灾方面缺乏经验从而造成了相当的混乱，从卢旺达汲取的许多教训就被抛诸脑后了。