June 16, 2005

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-English**


Krueng Raya  Hosts Peusijuk for Boats with AIRO

Saturday, 18 June 2005, the people of Krueng Raya will celebrate the completion of ten
fishing boats at the AIRO boat-building site in Krueng Raya village thirty minutes east of
Banda Aceh. These 9-meter boats will be given to pre-tsunami owners as arranged by
the village Camat, Kecik and Panglima Laut. They will provide work for up to 400
fishermen and many other support workers in the area.

One month after the December tsunami, Austin International Rescue Operations (AIRO)
arrived in Indonesia to assist the Acehnese wherever possible.  Without knowing exactly
what was needed, they left the United States carrying portable water filters and other
supplies to help affected villages in Aceh.  Aaron Lyman, Eddie Bloom of Austin, Texas
and Eric Lyman of Boise, Idaho originally went simply to assist where they could. While
distributing filters to villagers, they identified a need, located the village boat-builders and
launched the project 19 February 2005.  These boats will serve as tug and support for
thirty-five larger lift-net fishing boats that have been sitting idle.

As a newly-formed international aid organization, AIRO has also recently established a
fishing reconstruction center in Lampulo where net-making, boat repairs and other
industry restoration activities have begun.

AIRO continues to collaborate with other aid organizations including UNFAO, Change A
Nation, LDS Charities, Jakarta International Association for Volunteer Effort  (JIAVE), and
Islamic Relief.

For more information and electronic copies of this press release, please contact Aaron
Lyman, AIRO President, at 512.750.5096.   

email: alyman@austin.rr.com, website: www.austin-international-rescue.org
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Lampulo big boats need work
Yamaha man
The Krueng Raya village
"Peusijuk"-New boat blessing
and celebration
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small hole
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