In June 2007, S.S Mahan wasn’t very optimistic about the future. The 26–year-old had just returned to his home in the village of Uriyankaddu, which lies on the Vaharai peninsula in Sri Lanka’s north eastern district of Batticaloa. (...)
From the very onset of the tsunami response, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has maintained the importance of communication, that programmes will only succeed when beneficiary needs and opinions are accounted for. Programmes in the tsunami affected countries are now proceeding into the fourth year, but till today, the voices of those directly or indirectly benefiting from them continue to be heard by the Red Cross Red Crescent.
Tsunami operation financial overview
The information in this summary combines financial data from 39 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies and organizations and the International Federation secretariat. (Latest update: August 2008)
When saving lives is not enough By Jerry Talbot, Special Representative for the tsunami operation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Disaster management
