BUKHARI was lost in thought in the Kajhu Baitussalam camp, Greater Aceh. With his wife and child, he occupied a room measuring 20 square meters, where he spent his days without work. If only I had my new house and some working capital, Id be independent, said Bukhari, lamenting his fate when Tempo saw him one afternoon last week.

The 30-year-old Greater Aceh citizen is one of the victims of the December 2004 tsunami. A devastating wave washed away