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Last Updated: Tuesday, 11 January, 2005, 06:51 GMT
Support for Indonesian survivors
School pupils in Banda Aceh - photograph by AP
The volunteers plan to help rebuild a school
Seven members of a mosque from Leicester are flying out to Indonesia to help after the tsunami disaster.

Worshippers from the Evington Mosque are flying to Banda Aceh, the worst-hit area of Indonesia. They plan to adopt a village and help rebuild a school.

It is thought more than 100,000 people died in Banda Aceh alone.

Several members of the party have had previous experience there and have established contact with other workers. They plan to stay for 10 days.

The group plans to fly out at 1230 GMT on Tuesday.

Some nearby coastal villages in the region were virtually wiped out by the waves on Boxing Day.




SEE ALSO:
Aceh orphans' long wait
07 Jan 05 |  Asia-Pacific
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