The huge tsunami triggered by the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004 devastated the Indonesian province of Aceh, destroying 130,000 buildings and killing 110,000 people. Rebuilding the province has proved no easy task. Land registration documents have been lost, the local government is ineffective, and international relief teams have had to struggle with linguistic and cultural barriers. The Tzu Chi Foundation is one of many NGOs operating in the province.
被海嘯蹂躪得最嚴重的印尼亞齊省，13 萬戶房屋全毀，11 萬人死亡，屋毀人亡、地籍文件流失，加上地方政府效率不彰、國際救援團隊又語言不通、文化隔閡，重建阻力重重。