Author: Plan Asia
File size: 2.7mb
Number of pages: 44
Published: June 2005

In December 2004, Plan joined people from neighbouring communities, local governmental and voluntary organisations, and the international community to respond to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. This report, written in June 2005, reflects on what had happened after the tsunami struck, and the work ahead.

The tsunami was an unprecedented disaster, both in terms of its impact and in the scale of local and international responses. Given this, what was Plan able to achieve or not achieve in those first 6 months post-tsunami? How did Plan work with people in their struggle to reclaim their normal lives? What children’s issues were we in Plan able to address, and what issues remained?

This report shows the struggles of individuals and communities in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India to rebuild their lives, and records Plan’s work.