Long after the tsunami's deluge, 1.5m homeless still battle to survive

Almost a year after the Boxing Day tsunami ripped through Indian Ocean coastal villages, more than 1.5 million people remain in temporary accommodation, fighting a continuing battle with the elements.

Across south Asia, monsoons lash land littered with the tents and wooden huts that are still home to tens of thousands of displaced people. Aid agencies estimate that fewer than 20 per cent of the 1.8 million people made homeless by the tsunami are in permanent housing.

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"It is truly shocking," said one independent aid worker. "It looks like the disaster happened days ago, not a year ago. These people need proper accommodation and they need it now."

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"There was a moment just after the tsunami when the country came together," said Maleec Calyaneratne of Save the Children Sri Lanka. "That is not the case now. If we had kept the momentum we could have taken the country forward. We couldn't hold that momentum, though. It is very sad."


http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article333925.ece

It also need their goverment commitments. There is a lot of rebuilding going on. The tsunami and the earthquake are bad. I think also everyone overtax in this area. They will fare better then New Orleans in the end.