In ceremony attended by hundreds of people from the community of Meureudu, CHF International officially handed over the reconstructed Meureudu Fish Market. Speaking at the ceremony were Thomas White, Chief of Party of CHF International/Indonesia’s program in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam; Mirza Ismail S.SOS, the Bupati of the district of Pidie; and Lauren Kramer, representative of the American Red Cross.

 
Lauren Kramer from the American Red Cross, Mirza Ismail S.Sos, Bupati of Pidie District, and Thomas White, Chief of Party of CHF programs in Aceh, sign the plaque handing over the Meureudu Fish Market to the community of Meureudu

The market, destroyed by the December 2004 earthquake/tsunami, is central to the community of Meureudu. It has been reconstructed by CHF under the American Red Cross-funded Healthy Markets Program. The Meureudu Fish Market took 5 months to construct, and will benefit more than 2500 people in the community. The market design includes heavy drainage troughs and direct hosing water sources, in order to ensure a clean and healthy market space, for vendors and customers alike. As part of the Healthy Markets Program, vendors are also trained in proper sanitation and safety procedures.

Tom White, Chief of Party of CHF International/Indonesia’s program in Naggroe Aceh Darussalam said, “We are very pleased with the quality of the construction and the level of community support, and we’re especially happy to have had the opportunity to work on this market, given its location and its centrality to the community of Meureudu.”