Floyd Cowan visited Calang in Aceh one year after the tsunami wreaked havoc on the small fishing village where he saw how a medical clinic set up and funded by Rolls-Royce and HSBC has helped the people as they struggle to recover.

The rotor on the Russian military helicopter throbbed in a regular monotonous beat as we drifted down an idyllic coastline painted with white beaches, decorated with odd shaped islands of rocks and cliffs and solitary palms. Over the green undulating forest-clad mountains themorning sun sent gentle rays that glimmered golden off the sea. This was perfect peace and beauty and unspoiled nature. But this is the paradise that nature spoiled. This is Aceh. One year after the December 26, 2004 tsunami wreaked havoc on Sumatra the landscape remains scarred and the people deeply wounded.

We had already seen Banda Aceh and we could still see the destruction the tsunami had wrought but we could not see all the damage it had done. With us on the Russian helicopter that was doing United Nations duty was a Muslim lady with a gentle round face that was as peaceful as the morning and as radiant as the rising sun. Her eyes sparkled and her smile was warm. We were told she was a midwife and she worked in the clinic we were going to visit. Elly Safri Yati was one of the tsunami