Challenge after challenge Following an aftershock three days after the main earthquake, Tzu Chi's Indonesian mission sent a five-person team to Aceh to investigate. They set up bases at the Banda Aceh airport and in Medan. They mobilized 30 people to distribute food, clothing and other urgently needed supplies every day for two months. They also looked for a place to erect a tent city and acquired tents from mainland China.
挑戰連連慈濟印尼分會在災後第 3 天凌晨，即派出一支 5 人小組進入亞齊勘災，在班達亞齊機場和棉蘭設立據點，2 個月間每天動員 30 人發放白米、乾糧、衣物等緊急生活用品，同時尋覓適當的帳棚區地點，還遠赴中國大陸採購帳棚。