DFID is helping UNICEF on a programme of activities designed to promote long-term mental and physical wellbeing for Sri Lanka's tsunami-affected children. Sports and cultural activities can play an...
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After the tsunami: Funding shelters for Muslim communities in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, more than 77,000 houses were damaged or destroyed by the tsunami on December 26, 2004. Almost =A3600,000 from DFID funded the construction of 900 temporary shelters in the villages of...
After the tsunami: Rebuilding homes in Indonesia
Bapak Syukri is re-building his house in the village of Merduati, a village in Banda Aceh which suffered the full force of the tsunami on 26th December, 2004. The waves completely destroyed the...
Sri Lanka: After the tsunami - Schools are being built back better
Many schools in Sri Lanka have been operating in makeshift classrooms since the tsunami of December 26, 2004. But some 95% of tsunami-affected children are already back in school. Part of this story...
Indonesia: After the tsunami - Cash for work project is channel for change
Villagers in Paya Ting, Indonesia, have taken ownership of their tsunami-devastated community through a scheme that is enabling them to earn an income by cleaning up their communities, and improving...
Tsunami: One Year On - Somalia
Country summary Death toll - 394 (all figures refer to East Africa) Missing - 158 Displaced - 2,320 Affected areas - the tsunami hit the region of Puntland (Northeast Somalia) in particular. DFID...
Tsunami: One Year On - Indonesia
Country summary Death toll - 131,934 Missing - 37,066 Displaced - 572,126 Affected areas - Aceh Province (Full name - Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam) DFID Actions Three days after the tsunami, a team of...
Tsunami: One Year On - India
Country summary Death toll - 10,881 Missing - 5,792 Injured - 6,913 Livelihoods affected - more than 3 million Affected areas - Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, the Union Territories of...
Tsunami: One Year On - Sri Lanka
Country summary Death toll - 35,000 Displaced - 500,000 Affected areas - almost the entire coast, but particularly the north-eastern districts of Ampara, Batticaloa, Trincomalee and the southern...
After the tsunami: Helping Sri Lankan widows into business
DFID has given =A3300,000 to MercyCorps, who work in partnership with the Centre for East Lanka Social Services (CELSS), to run a small-scale livelihoods scheme helping people restart or build back...
Tsunami: One Year On - Maldives
Country summary Death toll - 82 Displaced - 29,577 Affected areas - Of the 198 inhabited islands in the archipelago, 53 suffered severe damage, and 10% of the islands were totally destroyed. DFID...
After the tsunami: Rebuilding livelihoods in Indonesia
DFID support given following the tsunami is helping to fund the Livelihood Regeneration Scheme, which is providing displaced workers with the chance to start and sustain their own businesses. Meet...
Pakistan + 1 more
DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 33 - South Asia earthquake
I. SITUATION OVERVIEW Background 7.6 earthquake (depth 10 kilometres) hit at 08.50 Pakistan time (03.50 GMT), on 8 October with the epicentre in Muzaffarabad. Area affected approximately 30,000 sq...
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UK Presidency conclusions from tsunami follow-up event, 20 December 2005, Brussels
The UK Presidency and the European Commission organised an exchange of views about the European Union's (EU's) humanitarian and reconstruction response to the 26 December 2004 Asian tsunami, with a...
UK£24 million further tsunami aid to Indonesia allocated
Plans for spending £23.6 million to assist long term reconstruction in tsunami-hit Indonesia were outlined by the Department for International Development today, as it also published a booklet of...
UK cuts direct budget aid to Uganda by £15 million, withholds further £5 million
The UK is to reduce budget support to Uganda by £15 million and use the money to provide humanitarian relief in northern Uganda, Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for International Development, told...
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DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 32 - South Asia earthquake
I. Situation Overview Background 7.6 earthquake (depth 10 kilometres) hit at 08.50 Pakistan time (03.50 GMT), on 8 October with the epicentre in Muzaffarabad. Area affected approximately 30,000 sq...
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DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 31 - South Asia earthquake
I. SITUATION OVERVIEW Background 7.6 earthquake (depth 10 kilometres) hit at 08.50 Pakistan time (03.50 GMT), on 8 October with the epicentre in Muzaffarabad. Area affected approximately 30,000 sq...
DFID provides £1.5 million additional support for tsunami relief in North East Sri Lanka
As the one-year anniversary of the Asian tsunami approaches, UK Minister for International Development Gareth Thomas today confirmed an additional =A31.5 million to coordinate development activities...
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Benn confirms additional £7 million support to combat food shortages in Malawi and Zambia
Over 6.2 million people in Malawi and Zambia are likely to face food shortages before April 2006, Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for International Development, told the House of Commons today. "The...