Bricks and Timber for Aceh

Business has never been so good for Sabariah. Daily his men work overtime from morning to dusk making bricks for contractors building houses for victims of the tsunami.

April 11, 2006

SABARIAHS brick kiln, which is located at Desa Meunasah Papen, Barona Jaya, in Greater Aceh, is expanding to meet growing demand. Orders increased five times since the tsunami, said the 37-year-old brick maker.

Sabariah uses wood to fire his kiln. He bought the wood, mostly leftovers from construction sites and unused tree trunks, from suppliers at a cost of between Rp100,000 and Rp400,000 a cubic meter.

Sabariah has no problem with firewood for hi

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