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Tsunami Victims in Batticaloa

Tsunami Victims in School I. Tagged with Orte/Sri Lanka/Batticaloa
Tsunami Victims in School II. Tagged with Batticaloa, Orte/Sri Lanka/Batticaloa, flickr
School, Batticaloa (OSM)
Tsunami Victims in Camp I. Tagged with Orte/Sri Lanka/Batticaloa
Paddy Store, Batticaloa
Tsunami Victims in Camp II. Tagged with Batticaloa, Orte, Sri Lanka, flickr
Paddy Store, Batticaloa (OSM)

Those families, that had lost their homes, found temporary shelter in a school and a paddy store. Thanks to the energetic Special Commissioner of Batticaloa, works had already started to build temporary shelter in a freshly cleared area, and the families were relocated there. The first donations for the tsunami victims often were fishing boats – a jesuit father said it was raining those boats over the lagoon – but house building soon started in different models.

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