In Sri Lanka, UNHCR has completed its post-tsunami role as the coordinator of a nationwide transitional shelter effort after the target of more than 58,000 shelters built by over 100 NGOs was reached.
SEENIGAMA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - When Kushil Gunasekera returned to Seenigama in Sri Lanka's Galle district days after it was wiped out by a massive tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004, he got to work. Houses ...
It was rebuilt from scratch with a 500,000-dollar funding package from Sri Lanka Cricket and, nearly three years to the day ...
The train disaster became a symbol of the 2004 tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka - Copyright AFP Ishara S. KODIKARA The train disaster became a symbol of the 2004 tsunami ...
At this time last year, most of us didn't know much about tsunamis. But that changed on Dec. 26, 2004, when a devastating tsunami ravaged most of the coast from Southeast Asia to East Africa, killing ...
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Sri Lankan native Ananda Srilal “Lal” Liyanapathiranage never stopped finding ways to help people in his home country. After a tsunami killed tens of thousands in Indian Ocean coastal communities in ...
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 22 November 2005 In Sri Lanka, UNHCR ...