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SRI LANKA: Tsunami Reconstruction - Year 1

Personal stories of children and families affected by the tsunami.
Children at the Happy/Sad Letterbox at Teraputta primary school in Ambalantota. The majority of the letters, requests for items such as musical instruments or books, are no cause for concern. But quite a few have called for complex and delicate responses. Bitter-sweet: Teacher Vindya Kumari looks at children's messages from the Happy/Sad Letterbox. Sanafna's father was swept away while shopping in Hambantota's market. "Now that he is gone, I have to go alone. I must get used to it." Renuka (second from left) and her family in their tiny temporary shelter. The family is one of 150 receiving funding from Plan to self-build new homes on their own land. Their new hillside home adds extra features to the standard design to suit the location.
Young men line up to apply for a carpentry training course in Ambalantota. Sydney's Reddam House School and Canberra University raised more than $40,000 in two separate appeals with funds donated to Plan to help build a 3000-pupil Ruhuni School in Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka - one of the areas hardest hit by the Boxing Day tsunami. The new school will comprise 30 primary and 56 secondary classrooms and include four science labs, a library, computer room, audio-visual room, trades skills workshop and recreation areas.

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Report on Plan's work in Sri Lanka in 2007

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