Rekompak is Indonesia's innovativecommunity-based model for post-disaster housingreconstruction, created and adapted through the Multi DonorFund for Aceh and Nias (MDF) and the Java ReconstructionFund (JRF) between 2005 and 2012. It was created as aconsequence of the many devastating natural disasters thatstruck Indonesia between 2004 and 2010. The disasters causedmassive loss of life and injuries and destroyed hundreds ofthousands of homes, infrastructure facilities andlivelihoods. In addition, more than one million people weredisplaced. The Government of lndonesia and developmentpartners agreed that a community-based approach would beused for rebuilding houses and community infrastructure,first in Aceh and later in Java. This document presents thekey elements of this approach and relays the experience andlessons learned in the course of implementing and scaling upthe Rekompak housing reconstruction efforts in Aceh andJava. Rekompak built upon existing mechanisms and expertiseand these were scaled up many-fold to meet reconstructionneeds. While the concept of community-based reconstructionwas not deemed to be the ideal method under thecircumstances, it was implemented nonetheless, and itstremendous success is evidence of the efficacy and benefitsof such a reconstruction model.
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