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The first stepping stone, first day of a new term

January 25, 2005

One month after the tsunami. Today the schools reopened.

‘Today was like the first day of life after being dead for a month. The schools have reopened for the first time today. Seeing the school children going back to school in their uniforms is the start of things going back to normal…it’s like the foundation for the future. When I saw them I wanted to cry. You don’t know what it means to us to see them going back to school. Seeing them gives us some hope…that if we don’t do this for us we have to do this for the future. Batu loncatan pertama*.

One month on photos of our response

January 20, 2005

Meet some of the Oxfam staff involved in the tsunami relief operations and see the camps housing displaced people.

Faith can heal

January 19, 2005

Sreedevi Jacob reports from a number of displaced people camps organised by different religions and explains how Oxfam has been proactive to ensure that all the needy people receive relief from the government, irrespective of the ethnic background they belong to.

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Oxfam help fishermen restore their boats – Stories from the Asian tsunami 2004

January 19, 2005

Villagers living on the Colachel coast in Kanyakumari district have felt the blow of the powerful tsunami waves differently. While some have lost their dear ones, others have lost their houses. Many have lost their means of livelihood – their vallams (traditional fishing boats made of 4 wooden logs), canoes, catamarans and mechanised boats.

Together we can ride the wave

January 17, 2005

Aditi Kapoor writes how some of the things she has seen will forever remain etched on her mind.

Asian tsunami 2004: In pictures

January 17, 2005

Photo: Two brothers, Rahmat and Ari look out of the damaged wreck of their home. Their home is right next door to the Oxfam shop where unwanted items of building or construction materials are traded to assist the reconstruction of homes. Credit: Jim Holmes