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Children of Tsunami - March 2005 compilation
The Asian Tsunami 2004 left a trail of destruction in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Picking up from where the news media left off, Children of Tsunami tracks the recovery of eight affected families in the four hardest hit countries. TVE Asia Pacific's locally based TV journalist teams will be revisiting them once every month, until December 2005. This is a compilation of the March stories. We see the families forced to adapt to their radically changed lifestyles. Mala's father is bedridden, and her mother has to support the family as best she can. Selvam's father is still indifferent to the plight of his children, and wants to remarry, forcing his eldest son to turn breadwinner. Heshani's father remains jobless, and the family lives on government rations. Theeban is afraid to return to his tsunami-ravaged school, and instead apprentices at a motor garage. Beam's mother tries to bring up her two children by herself, while Bao leaves his job as he is overworked, and tries catching crabs. Some families are making progress: Putri is able to leave the refugee camp and go back to her old home, and Yenni can turn to her new-born cousin and try to forget the sorrow of her lost sisters.
Digits4Change
There are more poor people in the Asia Pacific than in all other regions combined. At the same time, some Asian countries have achieved the most advanced economies in the world. How can the developing countries of Asia use the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to help generate wealth, create more jobs and improve livelihoods of people? Digits4Change presents six ICT success stories that have changed people's lives in Asia. This will be an on-going series.
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Pradip Gogoi & Purni Gogoi
Tunijan, Lakhimpur Dist., Assam, India
Sayar Singh, 33
Pushkar Nala, Rajasthan, India
Judy Baltazar, 29
Baguio city, The Philippines
Lourdes Casipit, 57
Pasig City, Metro Manila, The Philippines
Soledad Alvis, 55
Santa Rita, Pampanga, The Philippines
Chamara Pahalawattage, 18
Gonapola, Sri Lanka
Kittipong Sangsri, 19
Bang Chak, Bangkok, Thailand
Children of Tsunami - September 2005 compilation
The Asian Tsunami of December 2004 left a trail of destruction in South and Southeast Asia. Picking up from where the news media left off, Children of Tsunami tracks the recovery of eight affected families in the four hardest hit countries. TVE Asia Pacific's locally based TV journalist teams are visiting and filming with them every month in 2005 to track their recovery.
In September 2005, our eight families continue their recovery journeys with courage and resilience. In India, jealousy among neighbours threatens to divide Mala's community while Selvam falls sick after drinking the unclean water in his camp. In Indonesia, the fathers of both Putri and Yenni find work at last, but families face rising cost of living as Ramazan approaches. In Sri Lanka, prospects are now looking good for Heshani's family -- they receive a new house and a coir rope machine. Not so fortunate, Theeban's family plans to send him to the conflict-ridden North. In Thailand, Bao's uncle Nuay talks about the tsunami's impact on the local environment. Beam's mother worries that her daughter might have trouble adjusting when she enters boarding school next year.
Children of Tsunami - February 2005 Compilation
The Asian Tsunami 2004 left a trail of destruction in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Picking up from where the news media left off, Children of Tsunami tracks the recovery of eight affected families in the four hardest hit countries. We will be visiting them once a month from February to December 2005. In February(5min x 8 Progs), we begin with the eight children telling us what happened and how they are coping now. In India, Selvam lost his mother, his family's sole bread-winner. Mala's fisherman father survived with injuries, only to find his livelihood gone. In Sri Lanka, the homes of both Heshani and Theeban were wrecked beyond repair: one family survived, but the other was torn apart. In Indonesia, Putri and Yenni both lost sisters and homes. And in Thailand, Bao is grieving the loss of both parents, while his grandparents struggle to keep the survivors alive. Not far away, Beam wonders why her father won't come back home.
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