UNDP & Tsunami Recovery

Helping Local Governments & Civil Society

Tsunami survivors voice concerns on reconstruction as dialogue begins

Colombo, 2 August 2005 —For tsunami survivors feeling left out of the reconstruction process, UNDP has initiated peoples’ consultations that will take place in more than 1,000 villagers, giving people a chance to voice their concerns and needs on recovery projects in the tsunami-affected districts of the island.

Much of the reconstruction and rehabilitation work that has take place since the last December’s tsunami, the survivors say, has been carried-out with minimal consultations with the affected communities. Full story

Women from tsunami-hit districts in five countries meet to address gender concerns in reconstruction

Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, 1 August —Thirty six year old Jesinda Jeganathan squats with her face resting on her palm outside her 10 by 10 tin beach shack in the Zahira College tsunami relief camp in Batticaloa. Her thoughts are not on the tsunami which flattened her house, destroyed her livelihood and killed her relatives, but on the future that awaits her. Full story.

Tourism and culture highlighted in plans to develop post-tsunami Koh Lanta, Thailand

Koh Lanta, Thailand, 13 May 2005 —A new development strategy for Koh Lanta in southern Thailand was launched today to bolster the island’s post-tsunami recovery efforts and establish the island as a model of economic and social harmony paired with forward-thinking natural resource management. Full story

People to help chart rebuilding of communities

2 March 2005: Hundreds of people converged on Aceh's Syida Kuala University for the first of a series of public consultations on the government's plans for the future of Aceh, the so-called "blueprint," for reconstruction. The meeting is an attempt to involve people and communities in the rebuilding efforts. Full story