Nasim Mohammed is a worried man. In about one week's time he will lose almost 90 per cent of the customers in his restaurant. Nasim opened the Coral Garden Café on the Maldivian island of Ungoofaaru barely six months ago. Since then, he has been doing a roaring trade thanks to the patronage of the neighbouring islanders of Kandholhudhoo who have been displaced on Ungoofaaru since their island was swamped by the tsunami for the past four years and was deemed uninhabitable by the government.

"I've been getting about four hundred

Cuatro años después del tsunami que asoló el sur de Asia, Cruz Roja sigue trabajando con las personas damnificadas por esta catástrofe en 10 países del Índico. Hasta la fecha, la Cruz Roja y la Media Luna Roja han prestado asistencia a más de 4 millones de afectados a través de proyectos de dotación de agua potable (546.000 personas), programas de salud (374.800) o construcción de viviendas (41.215 viviendas permanentes)

When the tsunami struck, humanitarian agencies were confronted with an unprecedented challenge: a major disaster in multiple locations across numerous countries, some already severely affected by conflict. As well as the huge loss of life, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, millions lost their means of earning a living, and, in many places, the destruction of infrastructure was almost total. Humanitarian agencies were given more donations than they had ever before received for a single emergency. There was a massive responsibility to

Après quatre ans d'engagement et 156 projets menés dans 7 pays qui ont contribué à aider 1 million de personnes à retrouver une vie digne, la Croix-Rouge française, première bénéficiaire de la générosité des Français pour le tsunami, annonce la fin de sa mission dans les pays touchés par la catastrophe.

Depuis 4 ans, la Croix-Rouge française

According to the International Federation's Tsunami Four-Year Progress Report - which accounts for the collective efforts of 40 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies - by the end of September 2008, 41,215 permanent houses had been built and a further 12,722 were being built. Of 383 planned hospitals and clinics,

In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and disease, the International Federation with its global network, works to accomplish its Global Agenda, partnering with local community and civil society to prevent and alleviate human suffering from disasters, diseases and public health emergencies.

In brief

Executive Summary: Four years after the devastating tsunami ripped through the peaceful archipelago of

In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and disease, the International Federation - with its global network - works to accomplish its Global Agenda, partnering with local community and civil society to prevent and alleviate human suffering from disasters, diseases and public health emergencies.

In brief

Programme purpose: All Appeal 2008-2009 programmes for the Maldives are focused essentially on creating

The earthquake that occurred under the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004, had a magnitude of 9. It triggered a massive tsunami that affected several countries, particularly Indonesia, Sri Lanka, southern India, Thailand, the Maldives, and Somalia. In the immediate aftermath, five million people needed humanitarian assistance. An estimated 227,000 people have died.

As the full scope of the crisis emerged, the Canadian government committed $425 million toward a comprehensive response until 2009. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) manages

Government's tsunami relief was excluded to those with a "particular political thinking," and priority was given to government supporters, a parliamentary committee report has found.

The report says distributers of aid took "undue advantage," while MPs in parliament said money had been embezzled, with penciled-in figures altered after obtaining recipients' signatures.

And a quarter of aid has not yet been distributed, despite a number of those who lost their houses in the tsunami remaining in temporary shelters.