tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187838772011-04-21T19:55:35.069-07:00humanity ashore - pathirajagamaA Photo Essay of the Plight of People in PathirajagamaHAnoreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131505146679922772005-11-08T18:59:00.000-08:002005-11-09T04:22:13.606-08:00More than thirty thousand people were killed in boxing day Tsunami. Half a million made homeless. Ninety housand permanent houses are needed, however only a few thousand are being built. Like every other village,people of Pathirajagama in Balapitiya are tired of chasing the officilas and filling up forms.HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131505012752311432005-11-08T18:56:00.001-08:002005-11-08T18:56:52.753-08:00Five and a half months old Vishva Shamantha Buddika crawls on a mud floorHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504962528771662005-11-08T18:56:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:56:02.526-08:00There are eighty five families-three hundred and thirty seven persons living in eighty four shelters.HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504924851268292005-11-08T18:55:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:55:24.856-08:00Pets and people live together HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504871908382582005-11-08T18:54:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:54:31.910-08:00Four years old Kavithilanga Upul Asanka is having breadfruit for breakfast HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504829557920882005-11-08T18:53:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:53:49.560-08:00Fifty one years old Hemalatha Muthumuni making preperations to cook luch for her four children HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504525070579072005-11-08T18:52:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:52:32.946-08:00Tot napping...there is no quiet space nor privacyHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504708052859742005-11-08T18:51:00.001-08:002005-11-09T04:22:55.223-08:00Seven years old Vimukthi Sachidra Buddhika enjoys breadfruit, while his younger brother fast asleep.HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504663215956212005-11-08T18:51:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:51:03.220-08:00Twenty five years old Nissansala Asanka cooks Dhal curry for lunch, while her two years old son Pasinthu Upul Asanka looks on.HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504615434090812005-11-08T18:50:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:50:15.433-08:00The transitional shelters are overcrowdedHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504573022958752005-11-08T18:49:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:49:33.026-08:00Corrugated metal sheets are used for the sheltersHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504316655303592005-11-08T18:45:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:45:16.663-08:00"We have only one room.How can an extended family member live with us?"queries twenty seven years old Dilshika Damayanthi BubbhikaHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504273855643622005-11-08T18:44:00.001-08:002005-11-08T18:44:33.856-08:00It's very congested HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504248765188392005-11-08T18:44:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:44:08.766-08:00People still suffer, after three hundred days HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504201191791802005-11-08T18:43:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:43:21.190-08:00Eight years old Prabha Sankalpani De Silva HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504143001841642005-11-08T18:42:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:42:23.006-08:00The children are desperate for toys to play HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504096104610562005-11-08T18:41:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:41:36.106-08:00As the children don't have toys to play, they go to the neighbour's house to play with other childrenHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504055499915392005-11-08T18:40:00.001-08:002005-11-08T18:40:55.500-08:00Seven years old Vimukthi Sachidra Buddhika helps his mother in cookingHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131504011851531522005-11-08T18:40:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:40:11.853-08:00Villagers complain that, they have been neglectedHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503935207569822005-11-08T18:38:00.001-08:002005-11-08T18:38:55.206-08:00People can't afford to use gas for cooking.They either use the firewood or kerosene oil HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503899355041422005-11-08T18:38:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:38:19.356-08:00Eleven years old Dija Jayanthi Dadabage Kalpage complains that, she has to walk to long way to her schoolHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503856508379572005-11-08T18:37:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:37:36.513-08:00Story telling for childrenHAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503815458294922005-11-08T18:36:00.001-08:002005-11-08T18:36:55.463-08:00"Curiosity kills the cat"HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503766433772012005-11-08T18:36:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:36:06.436-08:00Rain or shine, not very easy to live in here.HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503719794773452005-11-08T18:35:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:35:19.796-08:00We waited too long , And how much longer .....?HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503663816957322005-11-08T18:34:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:34:23.816-08:00The basic facilities are shared HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503613962625772005-11-08T18:33:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:33:33.966-08:00Not enough space to play.HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503571030464322005-11-08T18:32:00.001-08:002005-11-08T18:32:51.036-08:00An ice cream seller HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503527714023462005-11-08T18:32:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:32:07.716-08:00There have been seven thousand fishermen killed in the Tsunami. And men complain that they live far away from the sea, and very difficult to go to the sea early in the morning, as the transport service is insufficient. HAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18783877.post-1131503467518095772005-11-08T18:31:00.000-08:002005-11-08T18:31:07.523-08:00The Tsunami storesHAnoreply@blogger.com