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Sri Lankan tsunami survivors paint the town red ... and purple, and blue
25 Oct 2005 Almost all the more than 200,000 Sri Lankans left homeless by last December's tsunami have now been accommodated in so-called "transitional shelters" - a sort of half-way house between emergency accommodation and permanent new housing which will take a few more years to complete. Some of them are treating their new temporary homes with both imagination and respect. -
Sri Lankan tsunami victims get new temporary homes
8 Apr 2005 Tsunami-displaced families in Ampara district in eastern Sri Lanka started getting new homes on Thursday as the UN refugee agency handed over 42 temporary houses in Kalmunai as part of a pilot housing project. The task of providing temporary homes has been made more urgent with the onset of the monsoon rains which are forcing some displaced people out of their tents and into temples, churches and schools. -
Italian concert raises euros 1m for Sri Lanka's conflict and tsunami victims
22 Mar 2005 A star-studded concert featuring Italian artistes like Andrea Bocelli, Claudio Baglioni and Zucchero has raised 1 million euros for the UN refugee agency's assistance to people affected by the conflict and tsunami in Sri Lanka. -
Tsunami response: Indonesia and Sri Lanka latest
4 Feb 2005 -
UNHCR outlines post-tsunami role in Sri Lanka
4 Feb 2005 UNHCR's Asia Pacific bureau director, Janet Lim, has stated that the refugee agency will continue to assist conflict- and tsunami-displaced people in the north and east, with a shorter-term relief role in the south. She also emphasised the need for proper registration to better target aid. -
Tsunami response: Sri Lanka
28 Jan 2005 -
Tsunami response update: Sri Lanka
25 Jan 2005 -
Getting aid from the warehouse to the homeless in Sri Lanka
19 Jan 2005 Overcoming bumpy roads, broken bridges, security checkpoints and other logistical logjams, UNHCR in Sri Lanka brings shelter and non-food relief items to the displaced people who need them most. -
Tsunami response latest
18 Jan 2005