5256 x 3504 px | 44,5 x 29,7 cm | 17,5 x 11,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
26. November 2005
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A clown performs for children living in a makeshift camp in the village of Paraliya in southern Sri Lanka on November 26 2005 The project is funded by the British organisation Teardrop Relief with support from Impakt Aid and performers from Children s World International The group plans to travel the coast of Sri Lanka to visit as many tsunami camps as they can over the coming months The situation in Sri Lanka almost one year after the tsunami is still highly unsatisfactory for most of the nearly 800 000 people who lost their homes in the tragedy The vast majority still live in makeshift camps and after the initial global enthusiasm faded the reconstruction work has progressed very slowly Government corruption and the conflict with the Tamil Tigers have further delayed the effort to the degree of making Sri Lanka the slowest to recover of all countries hit by the tsunami on December 26 2004 Tourists are beginning to return but still in very small numbers and the southern coast which depends heavily on the tourist industry suffers severely The government has announced a buffer zone along the coast where no new permanent houses are allowed to be built Many critical voices accuse the government for corruption and for taking advantage of the tragedy as plans to build large hotel resorts within this zone have been made public
