UNICEF: Tsunami: Five Year Update

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NEW YORK, USA, 22 December 2009 - Building back better has been the mission of UNICEFs recovery work in the countries that were devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami five years ago.

Some 230,000 people perished in the tsunami on December 26, 2004, which also washed away homes, schools and communities - many of them already poor and remote. In the years since, the task of rebuilding after the tragedy has been viewed as an opportunity to bring improved social services, clean water, and sturdier schools to the tsunami-affected areas.

To give children a much-needed head-start in life, UNICEF and its partners have - in the past five years - built nearly 100 health centres, equipped more than 7,000 health centres, and trained some 60,200 healthcare workers.

UNICEF has also supported campaigns for mass vaccination, mosquito net distribution and nutritional monitoring.

Though the five-year anniversary of the tsunami will bring much sadness to the Indian Ocean region, the massive recovery efforts in education, health and sanitation will ensure that those who were affected will also have a bright future to look forward to.

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• Lanka
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Water is so necessary and so many communities lack the facility to make this viable.

I can also vibrate with this beautiful work to bring this communities a better living. Thank you! Thank you Unicef!

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