Many of you will know that Charles H-B and I, (Philip H-B) went away on an extended sailing trip in May and June. Then in July the entire Hatch-Barnwell family met in Aceh, North Sumatra for the official opening of the school which the Trust has built. Local government officials attended, together with many parents, children and people from the local community. We also had the pleasure of having Oliver’s good friend Jack Cheatle with us. In fact, Oliver and Jack spent two weeks...

With the recent loss of an Adam Air flight, and the Garuda flight in March, several ferries, and several more trains, all with a severe loss of life, Indonesia is not the place for internal domestic travel at the moment! Nevertheless, I have just returned from Kilometre Zero, the most western point and the beginning of Indonesia on the island of Weh or Sabang as it is more commonly known...

Indonesia has experienced several more disasters this year (2006) following the Tsunami of Boxing Day 2004. The main earthquake in Java received some press coverage in the UK but was overshadowed by the war in Iran. None of the minor quakes and hurricanes in Aceh received any press at all....

Quite some time has elapsed since our last report and we would like to apologise to all of you who have logged on to this website expecting to read brand new news. Well, at last here is something in brief. The tragic circumstances of the Tsunami brought in about £50,000.00 which we are using ...

We operate in areas in Indonesia where we know people we can trust implicitly. My trip to Nias and Aceh has been organised by our friend Pak Khoirul (a Chevening scholar from the British Council with a First Degree from Huddersfield and a Masters from Birmingham University, and halfway through a PhD ...