Reference : V-P-LK-E-00128
Date : 14/02/2005
Country/Region : SRI LANKA
Caption : Valagnanmadam transit camp. Distribution of household essential items to a displaced family just arriving in the camp.
Photographer : BJÖRGVINSSON, Jón
Confidentiality level : public
Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions
Copyright : ICRC
Description : In Valagnanmadam, north of Mullaitivu, 75 percent of the coastal population have been affected by the tsunami. Here, a fishing community huddles in a transit camp, squeezed in between the sea and a lagoon. Today, the last arrivals are settling into their tents and collecting the kitchen and other equipment they will need to make them habitable. The 85 fishermen's families will be here for 4 to 6 months. The whole fishing industry will have to be rebuilt.
Original material : digital
Resolution : 2592x1944
Orientation : landscape
Colour/B&W : colour

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