Children of Tsunami July 2005 - Bao

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 July 2005, we find the frustrations of affected families are mounting. In India, Mala's neighbours claim that making illegal country liquor is the only viable business option for them - even if it causes social problems. Selvam's village, and the adjoining MGR Island have put their differences aside and are working together. In Indonesia, Putri's parents have started to clean the fields and find that the tsunami has actually made their land more fertile. Yenni's father continues to struggle finding money to restart his business while a magnitude 5.6 earthquake shakes up everyone. In Sri Lanka, news of an Indonesian quake causes panic in Heshani's village. Theeban's camp conditions have become unbearable driving a woman to commit suicide. In Thailand, Bao's uncle is forced to work in a rubber plantation even though his heart is in fishing. Beam's mother is frustrated that she still cannot give her husband a decent funeral as his body has still not been identified six months after the disaster.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Community participation
• Development aid
• Economics
• Fishing & fisheries
• Housing & shelter
• Industry
• Refugees and migration