The Great Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami on 26 December 2004 resulted in the death and missing of nearly three hundred thousand people around the Indian Ocean. We would like to offer our condolence to those on their bereavement. As part of our effort to help the people in Aceh to restore and preserve their cultural heritage, especially those in the form of written documents, the Aceh Project for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage was initiated in March 2005.
In 2011, the Project also started programme for restoration and preservation of the cultural heritage in Padang which was heavily hit by an earthquake in 2009.