On the job: damp tents, 20-hour days; Three aid workers - Indonesian, American, Irish - are buoyed by the courage of survivors as they help in the recovery.(WORLD)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: February 7, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Daniel B. Wood Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA -- Slathered in bug repellent and sunscreen, they work around the clock in crisis conditions. They catch brief snatches of sleep on cots or sleeping pads surrounded by mosquito netting. Outside their tents, the air is a blast furnace; inside, it's a humidified oven. Torrential rain that arrives like clockwork each afternoon turns the ground into calf-deep mud stew. Formal showers are unheard of and toilet facilities are crude, if they exist.

Compared with the plight of those who ...

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