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Volunteers from Indonesia’s Aceh province have headed to Padang, the hardest-hit city in the September 30 quake, (9) which killed hundreds and destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings. A coalition called the Aceh Humanitarian Axis is raising money, collecting donations and sending volunteers. (10) So far the group has sent 40 volunteers, some of whom are specialists like doctors and disaster management experts. Lilianne Fan, an advisor to the governor of Aceh, says the volunteers bring something to Padang that other volunteers may not have. "These organizations are made up of people who are directly affected by the terrible disaster of 2004," Fan said. " So they have themselves experienced what it likes to be survivors of a devastating natural disaster. "