Aceh: Preserving the Peace, Post Disaster

Suggested Intro:
We are so often taught that adversity reveals true character and disasters can be the true test of leadership.  If this is so, few recent tests loom larger than the 2004 Tsunami in Asia.

It killed people over a quarter of a million people and inundated coastal communities throughout Southeast Asia. In the immediate days after the earthquake and giant wave struck, much of the developed world responded with generosity. The US response the day after the Tsunami struck was slow. But the US is now recognized as one of the more generous donors in helping to rebuilding. 

Jocelyn Ford reports from Aceh (Ah-chay) Indonesia on how U.S. leadership in post-Tsunami reconstruction is starting to pay dividends and is even sparking some unforeseen positive results.  


Suggested Outro
Jocelyn Ford's report is part of the documentary special "Beyond Fear: America's Role in an Uncertain World" produced by the Stanley Foundation and KQED Public Radio.