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Assessing Tsunami Responses

(Livelihoods Connect)
20 June 2006

The devastating impact of the tsunami in South-East Asia on 26th December 2005 claimed over 140,000 lives, leaving millions of people in desperate need of aid.

The world responded by providing significant funds. How have the most affected countries and regions - Indonesia (Sumatra), Sri Lanka, Malaysia (Penang), Thailand, South India, Myanmar, the Maldives, the Andoman and Nicobar Islands and Somalia - benefited from the aid?

These papers and organisations assess the responses to the tsunami and review how the livelihoods approach can be used within humanitarian relief work to foster longer term improvements in people's livelihoods.

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		Documents :
		Regional Workshop on Post Tsunami Rehabilitation of Fishing Communities and Fisheries Based Livelihoods. International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF). Jan 2006 - PDF
		How People Are Recovering Their Livelihoods 12 Months After the Tsunami. Oxfam. 2005. HTML
		Livelihoods in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka. Simon Harris. Christian Aid. PDF DOC For the full Forced Migration Review - Special July 2005 Issue PDF
		Build Back Better: A Mantra Aside, An Aid Gone Wrong Story? A Livelihood Sector Review. Rajan Alexander. Development Consultancy Group. 2005. PDF
		One Year After the Tsunami: Public/Private Partnerships a Catalyst for Change. CHF International. 2005 HTML
		Rapid Livelihoods Assessment in Coastal Ampara and Batticaloa Districts, Sri Lanka. Save the Children. 2005 HTML
		Rapid Livelihoods Assessment in the Districts of Cuddalore, Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu) and Karakial (Pondicherry Union Territory), South India. Save the Children. Sonya LeJeune. 2005. HTML
		Tsunami Response: Human Rights Assessment. Action Aid. 2006. PDF
		Organisations
		Swayam Snikshan Prayog - Numerous documents which investigate the reponse to the Tsunami with a focus from the female perspective. HTML
		Tsunami Evaluation Coalition - Sector Wide Learning and Accountability Initiative HTML
		International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Cresent Society - Evaluation Reports HTML and the American Red Cross Reviews HTML

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