HAMBANTOTA DISTRICT

2 Month Old Baby Survives Tsunami

2005-05-09T16:15:00.000-07:00

Name: Dimuthu
Age: 24
Location: Moraketiara Camp, Nakulugamuwa, Hambantota
Categories: Stories, Medical

26TH OF December AT 9.20 A.M AT OUR HOME LIVES A 2 MONTH OLD LITTLE BABY , MY FATHER ,SISTER AND I. .I WAS WORKING AT THAT TIME IN THE KICHEN. I HEARD A BIG SOUND. AFTER THAT SOUND I RAN TO THE FENCE BY THE SEA I TOLD MY FATHER WHAT HAPPENED, AND WE TRY TO HOLD OUR BOATS. MY SISTER ALSO HELPED US.AT THAT TIME ANOTHER BIG WAVE WAS COMING TO OUR VILLAGE, AND OUR FATHER TOLD US TO RUN HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . FIRST I WENT TO MY ROOM AND LOCKED OUR MAIN DOOR. THE REASON WAS THAT MY B ABY WAS AT THAT TIME IN MY ROOM . I DIDN’T THINK THE SEA WOULD COME TO OUR VILLAGE. I TRIED TO LOCK OUR HOME AT THE BACK DOOR. I COULD NOT LOCK THE DOOR AND THE WATER CAME AND BROKE THE DOOR.I WENT UNDER THE WATER. MY SISTER AND I ALSO SURVIVED THE TSUNAMI, AND. OUR FATHER ALSO SURVIVED AT THAT TIME. THE WATER COVERED THE ROOF OF OUR HOUSE. MY SISTER AND I ALSO HELD ON TO THE ROOF OF OUR HOUSE.

WE THOUGHT BABY AND FATHER WERE ALSO DEAD, BUT FIVE MINITES AFTER THE WATER. LEVEL HAD GONE DOWN. OUR FATHERWAS SWIMMING BACK TO OUR HOUSE. WE ARE AT THAT TIME ON THE ROOF.WE SAW THAT OUR NEIGHBOURS HOME WAS BROKEN AND GOT DOWN. WE ARE SHOWED MY FATHER THAT THE BABY IS IN THE HOME. FATHER WENT TO THE ROOM HE SAW THE BABY ON THE BED GET DOWN. WE ARE SHOWED. FATHER TOOK THE BABY AND HE IS BABY GIVEN ME BUT WE ARE AFRAID OUR HOUSE WILLS BROKEN THEREFORE WE GET DOWN. AT THAT TIME WATER IS HIGH OUR HOUSE. WE ARE RUN DOWN THE ROAD AND WE ADMIT MY BABY TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT TIME MY BABY SITUATION IS VERY BAD.BUT NOW SHE IS OK. I AM THINKING ALWAYS WE PROTECT OUR BUDDHA.

THE PROJECT GIVES AN ENGINE FOR THE TSUNAMI VICTIMS FISHERMEN

2005-05-05T19:50:00.000-07:00

Name: Dimuthu
Age: 24
Location: Moraketiara Camp, Nakulugamuwa, Hambantota
Categories: Livelihoods, Camps

THE MAWELLA VILLAGE RELIEF FUND PROJECT IS HELPING FISHERMEN GO BACK TO WORK. A SUZUKI 30 hp ENGINE WAS GIVEN TO WIJETHUNGA LIYANAPATABANDIGE HENRY AND HATHAGALA PATABENDIGE NILANTHA ON THE 7TH FEBRUARY 2005 THE PICTURE SHOWS RAYMOND GIVING THE KEY TO HENRY.

The History of Kabul (Moraketiara Camp)

2005-05-05T19:49:00.000-07:00

Name: Suduson
Location: Seenimodara, Nakulugamuwa, Hambantota
Category: Camps

The Tsunami disaster happened December 26th 2004. After the Tsunami the victims had come to our temple. Therefore I decided to help them. After that moment I went to meet my friends. After, we decided to help them. After that we started to collect food. We went to homes one by one. That evening we prepared meals for the helpless. We got ready to organize plans to handle the problems. One day we received a lot of aid. Tai, a foreigner, helped a lot. We helped them continuously for ten days. Therefore, I couldn’t go to work.I also was affected by the Tsunami. Before the Tsunami I was living in my Aunt’s home because she lived alone. My clothes, books, printer & everything were destroyed by the tsunami.While we were helping the victims we met Mr. Modustus. He told me that he would like to help them. One day the helpless went and settled down by force in Kabul. After a few days Mr. Modustus came back. Therefore I had to come to Kabul to help them; Foreigners also are helping the people in Kabul.While helping them I met a foreign friend. She is Debbie. She is my first good foreign friend. She helped me a lot to improve my computer & English knowledge. William is my second foreign friend. He is an active person.

Eneena's Story of the Tsunami

2005-05-05T19:48:00.000-07:00

Name: Eneena
Age: 18
Location: Mawella, Nakulugamuwa, Hambantota
Categories: Housing, Stories

My house is situated near the sea beach. 26th of December I went to shop with my sister. After we return our home. There after I went to my grand mother home for to gives there foods and this time I listened to us. This time I saw 8 feet waves. We saw waves and we are run away. But my grand mother and grand father couldn’t to run away. They were dead. Today we lived very sadly. But home peoples help to us. My house is situated with in the 100 meters of the sea border. So we are unable or helpless to live with in this area.

Hotel Reconstruction Assistance

2005-05-05T19:47:00.000-07:00

Name: Stanley
Location: Beach Rd., Tangalle, Hambantota
Category: Livelihood

Tsunami has damage our hotel and now are have no electricity, water system and the main thing is to find one - a NGO or a donor to rebuild this hotel. The government says they will help to the tourist hotels to reconstruct again but I don't get any support yet. Now I am searching some assistance from the NGO's or any donor who can attends to helps me.