Ceylon Christian Care

Sri Lanka  -  The Tsunami

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As a result of a heavy seaquake on Sunday December 26 the coast of several countries around the Indian Ocean were hit by high and destructive tsunami waves. About 300.000 people lost their live.

Sri Lanka was the second worst hit country. More than 60.000 people died there are still people missing. Many people lost all their property.

The pictures below are taken the first weeks after the Tsunami.

 

Main warden Vathany by the remaining of Herman’s Girls Home

Total Destruction

Collecting bodies

Mourning about lost family members

Lost everything: His wife, 7 children, father, mother and his house

Living in a school

Living in a refugee camp

The tsunami drawn by a young boy

Assembling relief packages

Relief kitchen

Distribution of relief packages on the compound of Ceylon Christian Care

Distribution of  relief packages by Woord en Daad

Distribution of relief packages

The wife and son of pastor Selvantha—Taken by the waves and never found back

One Year after the Tsunami

 

A new girls home

Many new houses delivered to affected people

Rebuilding activities

People have returned back to normal life: The fisherman go out on the sea again