In post disaster areas like Aceh, disparity, injustice, and discrepancy in fulfillment of basic needs is prone to trigger conflicts. However, once the field reality was checked, it was revealed that post-disaster conditions made it difficult indeed to find tsunami victims’ relatives. Some had died, some were missing, and some had taken refuge elsewhere, moving to other towns, or even to other countries. The various census or survey methods were difficult to conduct. To overcome the problem, a unique strategy in counting the beneficiaries was formulated.

Housing became one of the most important issues in post disaster management. This is because housing is a basic human need. Thus, rebuilding housing became critical. And within the context of the prolonged 30-year conflict that had been going on in Aceh before the tsunami, ensuring basic accommodation became increasingly important. Discrepancy or failing to accommodate the need for housing could potentially retrigger the regional conflict, and make it even worse.