Greece to assist Aceh education

Greece to assist Aceh education

Greece has promised to assist in the reconstruction of
the education facilities in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam that were
destroyed by the tsunami on Dec. 26 last year.

The plan was disclosed on Friday by two members of Solidarity,
a Greek nongovernmental organization working to provide
humanitarian and development aid worldwide, after they had spent
a week in Banda Aceh and Meulaboh.

The group's program coordinator, Father Ignatios Giapit
Zioglov, said their visit was to represent the Greek people at
the handover of some 700 tons of food aid for tsunami victims.
The aid arrived on three ships and has been distributed to
victims in Banda Aceh, Meulaboh and Nias island, North Sumatra.

Apart from distributing food aid, they also planned to provide
assistance with education. Their visit to Aceh was also intended
to gather information on the scale of the destruction affecting
educational facilities in Aceh.

"One thing is for sure, the assistance will be in the form of
money and facilities. We can't disclose the figure as yet as no
decision has been made," said Father Ignatios, who was
accompanied by Narahostas Thomas of Solidarity, and the leader of
the Indonesia Orthodox Church, Father Chrysostomos P. Manalu. --
JP