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A swell party

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Several expatriates living in Sri Lanka rallied around with acts of extraordinary generosity in the aftermath of the South Asian tsunami. The efforts of some of these voluntary aid workers are described that includes rescuing survivors, arranging funds to rehabilitate them, trauma counseling, and even offering their own homes as temporary shelters.

Author: Ellis, Eric
Publisher: A C P Computer Publications
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2005
Assistance in emergencies, Emergency assistance

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Turn of the tide

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A year after the devastating Tsunami smashed the Sri Lankan coast and ripped off everything have left people in lamentation and the hope that the aid funds will assist them to rehabilitate seems to be a far fetched idea. The hopes are lost as the rumors of aid funds being siphoned off and the will to recover has finished.

Author: Ellis, Eric
Publisher: A C P Computer Publications
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2005
Management dynamics, Management, Environmental aspects, Company business management

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Through hell and high water

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The situation in post-tsunami Marwela, a fishing hamlet in the south of Sri Lanka is described. The efforts to help finance and organize replacement boats are discussed, but bureaucracy, connivance and internecine warfare beset the plan.

Author: Ellis, Eric
Publisher: A C P Computer Publications
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2005
Casualties

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Subjects list: Company legal issue, Investigations, Sri Lanka, Disaster relief, Tsunamis, Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, 2004
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