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Transitional shelter programme in Indonesia final report
Tsunami operation three-year progress report
Feature story
More than 400 construction workers from Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and beyond have been involved in the massive effort to build a new community from scratch on a previously unihabited island. (p17557)

23 April 2008
Maldives: A big thanks for tomorrow
It was lunchtime on Saturday 29 March. The beat of drums silenced the usual roaring of trucks and heavy construction machinery. While the beat was unmistakeably bodu beru – a local style – the vocals had a callow sharpness and a carefree pitch. The drummers and vocalists were school children, living at the moment in an internally displaced persons camp on nearby Ungoofaaru Island who were, for the first time, visiting their future home on Dhuvafaaru. (...)
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Photo galleries Photo essays
Visit our Tsunami operation photo galleries. (p-IDN0838)
Welcome to the International Federation's photo galleries taken from our tsunami operation.
Watch more than 40 photo galleries featuring the tsunami operation.
(Last addition February 2008)
Photo essays
Financial updates
Interactive map
Tsunami operation financial overview
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.
Tsunami operation interactive map
Red Cross and Red Crescent tsunami recovery operation interactive map
View details and locations of the Red Cross Red Crescent tsunami operation.
Opinion piece Press release
Jerry Talbot, Special Representative for the tsunami operation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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.
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19 December 2007
Tsunami three-years: Communities take significant steps towards recovery with support of the Red Cross Red Crescent
Three years on from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has supported thousands of communities around the Bay of Bengal to take significant steps along the road to recovery.
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Fact sheet Operation updates
Fact sheet no. 34 - March 2008
Transitional shelter programme in Indonesia
Between July 2005 and November 2007, the International Federation’s transitional shelter programme built 19,923 shelters in 392 communities in Indonesia, providing high quality accommodation for 80,000 beneficiaries. This was achieved through the collaboration of 35 national and international implementing partners. (...)
The shelter designed displayed at the Alora camp on remote Nias Island. The design was based on the International Federation’s shelter programme in Viet Nam, with an emphasis on ease of construction and adaptability. (p17228)
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14 December 2007
Tsunami three-year progress report
14 December 2007
International Federation-wide tsunami semi-annual report: Indonesia | Sri Lanka | Maldives | India | Thailand | Myanmar | Bangladesh | Eastern Africa
14 December 2007
Tsunami operation latest facts and figures
21 November 2007
Fact sheet no. 33: Sustainability
Revised Tsunami Plan of Action 2005-2010
More information
14 December 2007
International Federation-wide tsunami semi-annual report: Indonesia | Sri Lanka | Maldives | India | Thailand | Myanmar | Bangladesh | Eastern Africa
Revised tsunami plan of action 2005-2010 (PDF document, 2.4 Mb, 97 pages)
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