VERONICA WIJAYA

When the tsunami hit Aceh, Indonesia in 2004, a hundred thousand people died and tens of thousand houses were destroyed. It wiped out the infrastructure, making the region inhabitable. In Teluk Dalam, South of Nias, life hasnt changed by the tsunami for the family in these photographs. They had been living in a shack, and reconstructed it, seeing no reason to move to a tent camp for homeless and displaced people. They preferred the relative comfort of their slum house. These

On May 27 2006 an earthquake caused death and destruction near Yogyakarta in Indonesia. In total the earthquake had destroyed more than 200.000 houses with 6000 victims. Approximately almost 1 million people are homeless. The photo story was meant to capture the effects of the destruction and how people responded by building temporary shelter. Produced for UN-Habitat Indonesia #PhotoStory #Yogayakarta #earthquakeaftermath #Postdisasterarea #UNHabitatIndonesia #TemporaryShelte