REALTOR® Charlotte Esarey took a leave of absence from her real estate career to volunteer with the Family Hope International to help rebuild Indonesia. The Dec. 26 earthquake struck off the western coast of Sumatra, making Banda Aceh the closest major city to the earthquake’s epicenter. More than 200,000 people were killed by the tsunami, which also left up to 5 million more in need of basic services, according to the United Nations.