Local men are hired to work construction - often to re-build their own neighborhoods. Many NGS are involved in house building (Habitat for Humanity, Islamic and Christian groups, the UN, etc.)











Men weighing materials. The local construction materials are cement and bricks. Little evidence of reinforcement - the steel rods we usually place through cement blocks.










The newly constructed of the office of the Governor of Aceh: good example of Acehnese public building style - a portion of the roof is massive, the facade is decorated and bears an official seal, a gate fronts the building.
















Another newly constructed building - of the Sharia - the religious overseers who have the backing of the local
police in enforcing the religious code. Women should wear a veil; there is no dancing in Aceh; no bathing suits at the beach (so how to you swim?); and countless other restrictions we have yet to hear of.