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Ade Sonyville/Australian Red Cross (p-IDN1284)
Three-year-old Tahira and her family got
a new home in Ladong on the outskirts of
Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Her new home is
one of more than 19,200 permanent houses
built by the Red Cross Red Crescent for
survivors of the 2004 tsunami which
killed more than 130,000 people in Aceh
and Nias.
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Jo Verhaegen/American Red Cross (p-LKA0395)
Girl flying a kite during a Sri Lanka
Red Cross Society event in Panadura
Beach, Kalatura, Sri Lanka. Over the
past four years, the Red Cross Red
Crescent psychosocial support programme
in Sri Lanka has reached more than 300,
000 people across the country.
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British Red Cross (p-MDV0114)
In the Maldives, the British Red Cross
has completed construction of 250 new
homes, allowing survivors from Vilufushi
island, which was completely destroyed
by the Boxing Day tsunami, to finally
return home. The homes are all
earthquake-resistant and built to a high
standard with modern electrics and
amenities. Volunteers have been trained
in domestic skills, such as rewiring
electric power points, fixing hinges and
window catches and using rainwater-
harvesting tanks correctly. This means
communities are able to deal with any
domestic maintenance problems.
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Ahmad Husein/International Federation (p-IDN1288)
A familly from the village of Lahewa, in
Nias Island, Indonesia, smiling in front
of their new house provided by the
Canadian Red Cross. This is one of the
more than 19,200 permanent houses built
by the Red Cross Red Crescent in
Indonesia since the beginning of the
recovery operation.
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International Federation (p-LKA0398)
Working closely with the Srilankan
government, the Red Cross Red Crescent
has installed hundreds of kilometres of
water pipeline, which is providing newly
resettled communities and surrounding
villages with piped water for the first
time.
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Wilda Anggraeni/American Red Cross
Indonesia Red Cross (PMI) volunteers are
planting mangrove trees in potential
vulnerable areas of Aceh Jaya. Since
the beginning of the tsunami recovery
operation, more than 36,000 people have
been trained in vulnerability and
capacity assessments or disaster
management by the Red Cross Red Crescent
all over the tsunami affected countries.
REF:
International Federation (p-LKA0401)
A young girl washing her hands at
Katuwilla school in Sri Lanka’s southern
district of Galle. In Sri Lanka, more
than 213,000 people now have access to
an improved water source.
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Daniel Cima/American Red Cross (p-MDV0115)
On the deserted Island of Dhuvaafaru
located in the Raa Atoll of the Maldives,
the IFRC has constructed 600 new homes
together with all the necessary
community infrastructure. In February
this year, enrolment began for local
children at the island’s new primary
school, a two-storey structure which
houses 31 rooms.
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