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After 4 yrs, Tsunami victims see ray of hope
London, Dec 26: Its four years that the killer Tsunami has struck. Improvements and ray of hope can be seen in the Tsunami hit areas. The killer wave had killed more than 230,000 people and rendered thousands homeless and jobless. Today, new schools have been constructed, and armies of workers - many of them volunteers - have cleared and rebuilt homes and towns, and helped get people back to work.
"The tsunami, despite being a horrific event, also provided a lot of opportunities for those countries," said Jonathan Cauldwell, chief of UNICEF's Tsunami Transition Support. "It brought a peace dividend within Banda Aceh (Indonesia) where you still see peace in an area which had long term localized conflict in place. It allowed those areas to be built up as well, to have investments in the infrastructure in the social sectors," he added.
According
to
a
CNN
report,
agencies
such
as
UNICEF
said
that
while
the
immediate
emergency
was
over,
they
remain
committed
to
improving
the
lives
of
millions
of
children
across
the
region.
Oxfam
International,
which
said
it
will
close
its
response
to
the
tsunami
at
the
end
of
December,
said
it
has
provided
housing
to
tsunami
survivors
in
Aceh,
helped
restore
the
livelihoods
of
people
in
India
and
Sri
Lanka,
and
funded
the
reconstruction
of
eight
Tsunami-affected
secondary
schools.
"The money we received allowed us not only to help meet the immediate emergency needs of tsunami-affected populations, but also to try to address the factors that made them vulnerable: not least poverty and a lack of influence over their own lives," Barbara Stocking, chair of the Oxfam International Tsunami Fund Board, said in a statement.
"What has been achieved is astounding. Hundreds of thousands of people are now living in better conditions than they were in before the tsunami," she added.
According to UNICEF officials, the basic needs of children affected by the tsunami have been met. More children are going to school as a result of improved facilities, and better nutrition, post-natal care and other life-saving interventions are helping those countries worst hit transition to developing regular services and programs, they added.
ANI
