WATI, 38, cherishes the dream of being able to improve her life in the wake of the tsunami. Owning her own house was her dream before the tsunami devastated Aceh two years back.

Long before the tsunami, Wati and her husband moved to Banda Aceh to try their luck in the capital city of Aceh, taking on any jobs that came along. Her husband is a becak (pedicab) driver, and Wati set up a small shop in front of their rented house at Punge in the Kutaraj