Featured here is a selection of pictures by Reuters photographer Kieran Doherty of people living in the Mahmoud Ladies' School, which is being used as a shelter for families left homeless by the tsunami in Kalmunai, on Sri Lanka's east coast.
A child sits outside a classroom in the
Mahmoud Ladies School which is used as a
temporary shelter for homeless tsunami
refugees in the town of Kalmunai on Sri
Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The
death toll from the Asian tsunami,
triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake
off Indonesia on December 26, stood at
156,193 people, government and health
officials said. REUTERS/Kieran
Doherty
REF: KAL205D
Women stand in line to register aid
applications at the Mahmoud Ladies
School which is being used as a refugee
shelter for homeless tsunami families in
Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast
January 10, 2005. The death toll from
the Asian tsunami, triggered by a
magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia
on December 26, stood at 156,193 people,
government and health officials said.
REUTERS/Kieran
Doherty
REF: KAL209D
Families eat in a classroom in the
Mahmoud Ladies School which is being
used as a temporary shelter for homeless
tsunami refugees in the town of Kalmunai
on Sri Lanka's east coast January 10,
2005. The death toll from the Asian
tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0
earthquake off Indonesia on December 26,
stood at 156,193 people, government and
health officials said. REUTERS/
Kieran
Doherty
REF: KAL201D
A classroom in the Mahmoud Ladies School
is used as a temporary shelter for
homeless tsunami refugees in the town of
Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast
January 10, 2005. The death toll from
the Asian tsunami, triggered by a
magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia
on December 26, stood at 156,193 people,
government and health officials said.
REUTERS/Kieran
Doherty
REF: KAL200D
Families eat in a classroom in the
Mahmoud Ladies School which is used as a
temporary shelter for homeless tsunami
refugees in the town of Kalmunai on Sri
Lanka's east coast January 10, 2005. The
death toll from the Asian tsunami,
triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake
off Indonesia on December 26, stood at
156,193 people, government and health
officials said. REUTERS/Kieran
Doherty
REF: KAL202D
Young girls look out from empty
classrooms at the Mahmoud Ladies School
which is being used as a temporary
shelter for homeless tsunami refugees in
the town of Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east
coast January10, 2005. The death toll
from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a
magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia
on December 26, stood at 156,193 people,
government and health officials said.
REUTERS/Kieran
Doherty
REF: KAL208D
A mother washes her child in the Mahmoud
Ladies School which is being used as a
refugee shelter for homeless tsunami
families in Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east
coast January 10, 2005. The death toll
from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a
magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia
on December 26, stood at 156,193 people,
government and health officials said.
REUTERS/Kieran
Doherty
REF: KAL204D
A mother washes her child in the Mahmoud
Ladies School which is being used as a
refugee shelter for homeless tsunami
families in Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east
coast January 10, 2005. The death toll
from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a
magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia
on December 26, stood at 156,193 people,
government and health officials said.
REUTERS/Kieran
Doherty
REF: KAL207D
A child washes her hands over an area
used for refuse in the Mahmoud Ladies
School which is being used as a refugee
shelter for homeless tsunami families in
Kalmunai on Sri Lanka's east coast
January 10, 2005. The death toll from
the Asian tsunami, triggered by a
magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia
on December 26, stood at 156,193 people,
government and health officials said.
REUTERS/Kieran
Doherty
REF: KAL206D
