I'm off to Lhokseumawe tomorrow morning. Pronounced Lauk-sa-mao-we. Our project is starting a new program in eastern Aceh (traditional
GAM strong hold) that will help to rehabilitate 30+ villages that were affected by the 30-year long armed conflict between the government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement. Lhokseumawe is also home to a very large ExxonMobil oil field. Exxon even has its own flights flying in/out from Medan. Pollution (due to Exxon) is suppose to be pretty bad there.
I get to go down to find a new office space, finalize the lease, and start hiring some security and office workers. Some other people from the project have been down there since Monday meeting with the government and doing some additional surveying in order to finalize the villages we'll work in.
I should be back in Banda by Saturday afternoon.
I get to go down to find a new office space, finalize the lease, and start hiring some security and office workers. Some other people from the project have been down there since Monday meeting with the government and doing some additional surveying in order to finalize the villages we'll work in.
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