five years later: rebuilding lives after the tsunami: the children's road to recovery december 2009

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FIVE YEARS LATER

REBUILDING LIVESAFTER THE TSUNAMI:

THE CHILDRENSROAD TO RECOVERY

Mustafa Kamal and his daughter Rina ve

years after their dramatic reunion (left)

following the tsunami.


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REBUILDING AFTER THE TSUNAMI: THE CHILDRENS ROAD TO RECOVERY 1

Five years have passed since the devastating South Asiatsunami of December 26, 2004 an emergency thattriggered the largest disaster response in Save the Childrenshistory.

While the worlds focus has largely moved on, Save theChildren has continued to assist hundreds of thousands ofchildren and family members in more than 1,000 villages in ve

countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and Somalia.

This report summarizes the progress we have made and thelives we have helped transform as a result of our plannedve-year response and recovery program. As this report

documents, we have achieved signicant results in many

critical areas including child protection, education, health,livelihoods and disaster risk reduction.

While our initial response focused on saving lives andassisting survivors in the immediate aftermath of thetsunami, our primary mission soon shifted to helping

families become more self-sufcient and healthy, and toenabling children to succeed in school. Indeed, thousandsof children affected by the tsunami throughout Asia areattending schools we have helped build or repair and arebeing taught by teachers whom we have helped to train.And many of these school-aged children also are beneting

from our health, nutrition and child protection programs.

Fro theCHAIR

One of the greatest lessons we have learned from thetsunami response is the value of preparing for emergencies.Over the ve years since the emergency, Save the Children

has responded to more than 50 large disasters across theglobe. We have worked diligently to build our capacityto respond to the natural and manmade crises that affectchildren including pre-positioning supplies and trainingstaff in disaster-prone areas. As a result, our responses are

faster and more effective today.

In addition, we are assisting communities and their childrento increase capacity to anticipate, withstand and respond tocrises. We are working with governments, villages, familiesand children in countries where geography and other factorsincrease threats to the well-being and security of children tomap risks, build back stronger and create a culture of safety.

As always, we are grateful to the many thousands of peoplearound the world who helped support our relief efforts.Along the coastal communities of Asia, Save the Children

remains committed to bringing lasting change to children inneed. We were working in the region long before the tsunamistruck, and we will continue to work on behalf of childrenlong after our response to this emergency is completed.

With gratitude for your generosity and support,

Peter Woicke

Chair

International Save the Children Alliance


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Achieveents for Children5 YEARS, 5 CoUNTRIES

The earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004, killed more

than 260,000 people across the Indian Ocean perimeter, making it

one of the deadliest disasters in history.

Save the Childrens ve-year humanitarian response repre-sents the largest in the agencys history. Our staff mem-bers were on the ground in many coastal areas when thedisaster struck, and their work has beneted an estimated1 million people in over 1,000 towns and villages.

Save the Children responded immediately in the countrieshardest hit, including Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka andThailand, as well as in Somalia.The agency providedemergency food, water and medical supplies; set upcommunity kitchens in temporary shelters; created safe playareas and temporary classrooms for children; distributededucational materials; provided cash-for-work opportunitiesand offered other immediate relief activities. It also reunitedmore than 1,300 children with their families.

During the past ve years, Save the Children has helped

transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of children

and their families affected by the tsunami, while successfullyshifting its efforts from emergency relief to long-termdevelopment. Lasting examples of the agencys work areevident throughout the region:

Children are attending schools that have been rebuilt ornewly constructed;

Families left homeless by the tsunami have moved intohomes they can call their own;Children and parents have access to new health clinicswithin easy walking distance of their homes;Fishermen have returned to their livelihoods in new boatsbuilt with our support;Teachers, healthcare workers and small-business ownershave received training to do their jobs more effectively; and,Disaster-prone communities are better prepared and ableto manage future emergencies thanks to Save the Childrendisaster risk reduction programs.

One of the biggest challenges was making the successfultransition from emergency relief to long-term sustainabledevelopment programs. Not only did Save the Childrenstaff help save the lives of tens of thousands of childrenand family members immediately following the tsunami, butthey also helped hundreds of thousands of children andfamily members rebuild their lives in new or redevelopedcommunities, complete with homes, schools and health clinics.

One of the greatest lessons learned from this response isthe value of being prepared for emergencies. The tsunamiwas a watershed event that highlighted the importance of

disaster preparedness. Save the Childrens responses today arefaster, more efcient and more effective because of what was

learned from the tsunami and the advance preparations andemergency training the agency now has in place.


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Update:

INDoNESIA

The South Asia tsunami devastated Aceh Province andmarked Indonesias deadliest natural disaster in livingmemory. The toll taken by the tsunami in Indonesia dees

comprehension even today. It claimed 167,000 lives,displaced 500,000 people and caused billions of dollarsworth of damage. All told the disaster affected 680,000people among whom were 227,000 children. Having workedin Aceh for nearly 30 years, Save the Children respondedwithin hours, providing critical assistance to communitieswhere children saw their villages swept away in minutes.

Over the last ve years, Save the Children has helpedhundreds of thousands of people in Aceh to rebuild andrecover through its health, child protection, education,disaster risk reduction, livelihood support, construction

and emergency programs.

Today, thanks to a generous outpouring of support, theonce destroyed province is a remarkably different place.Save the Childrens child protection programs have helpedreunite children with their families, improved standardsof care in orphanages and trained children in disaster

preparedness. Through the agencys health programs, healthproviders have strengthened capacity and communities haveincreased access to medical treatment. Education programs

have helped children return to school quickly and improvedthe quality of teaching and learning in the classroom.Finally, Save the Childrens livelihood and food securityprograms restored livelihoods lost in the tsunami, providedloans to women to start or expand businesses, and trainedfarmers to produce and sell more.

Save the Children is one of the few remaining internationalaid agencies in Aceh, and the agency will continue to

provide the assistance needed to help children grow uphealthy and thrive.

Milestnes fr Children:

The following key milestones are cumulative totals for Save the

Childrens tsunami r esponse program in Indonesia:

Initial Eerency ResponseCoordinated a family tracing network that registeredover 2,000 separated children among whom 1,331 werereunited with their families;Fed 190,000 people per month during 2005 through 20community kitchens;Supplied 34,000 families with basic household supply kitsto assist those living in evacuation camps;Distributed supplemental baby food kits to 61,000 familiesand adult supplemental food kits to 78,500 pregnant orlactating women;Established 160 temporary schools and ensured that

trained teachers and textbooks were available so that studycould continue while schools were being rebuilt;Beneted 25,000 people through participation in our

livelihoods programs, which allowed families to providefor their children and infused cash into the local economy;Provided 17,400 mosquito nets for malaria prevention.

Child ProtectionBeneted more than 6,500 children through 66 safe play

areas and over 600 trained personnel;Worked to improve care in 11 orphanages, and establishedand supported 36 community child protection committeesthat worked with 318 poor families to prevent non-orphaned children from being institutionalized;Provided increased educational and vocational training toover 8,000 children from junior high schools, orphanagesand community learning centers who were involved in orat-risk of child labor;Delivered psychosocial support to nearly 11,000 children

through programs at 260 schools.


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36%

23%11%

9%

10%

8%

3%

EducationProvided quality education to 10,860 children through theconstruction and equipping of 41 new elementary andmiddle schools. This represents 336 new classrooms;Beneted 12,800 children who received better education

from trained teachers in 60 elementary schools;Constructed eight early childhood development (ECD)

centers and strengthened 54 others. These centers havebeneted over 2,600 children and nearly 300 ECD

teachers;Established seven satellite resource centers to support

children with physical, mental and developmentalchallenges, and mainstreamed over 8,400 children into 60primary schools.

Livelihoods and Food SecurityEmployed 25,000 people who worked 108,000 working

days at 191 sites, providing much-need income for familiesrecovering from the disaster;Supported the establishment and expansion of Afdhal,a local micronance institution that provides loans to

women through the group collateral approach.Afdhalsthree branches serve over 4,300 active borrowers whomaintain an average repayment rate of over 99 percent.Today,Afdahlis the only new, truly self-sustainedmicronance project in the district;

Provided 12,000 farmers with seeds, tools and marketlinkages to grow better produce and more effectivelyearn a prot.

Nutrition and HealthProvided quality health care and services to 210,000children and adults through the construction of 18 newhealth facilities and the rehabilitation of 17 others;Revitalized 248 posyandu, or community health posts,by providing equipment and by recruiting and trainingcommunity health volunteers in basic maternal and childhealth services;Facilitated the creation of the PosyanduCadre Federationin Aceh, which now represents approximately 1,200 healthvolunteers. This federation is helping to strengthen healthservice delivery to over 27,000 children;Reached over 67,200 children by establishing health clinicsin 58 elementary schools, supplying health equipmentto 250 schools, and providing de-worming tablets andhygiene education;Vaccinated 129,000 children for polio;Installed hand pumps in 31 schools and 750 communities.

ShelterBeneted 4,000 people who are living in 1,025 homes

built for tsunami-affected families. All houses have child-friendly features, meet the highest standards of qualityand safety, and are earthquake and ood resistant. Where

possible, the houses were built in the same areas wherebeneciaries were living before to preserve social and

livelihood networks.

Disaster Ris Reduction (DRR) andEerency Preparedness

Engaged over 400 school children, led by 24 trained youth

trainers, to prepare risk and resource maps and developmitigation and contingency plans for disasters;Trained and mobilized 40 teachers to teach emergencypreparedness skills.

Program Expenditures

2005 2009

EmERgENCY RELIEF 36%

CONSTRUCTION 23%

HEALTH 11%

LIVELIHOODS 9%

EDUCATION 10%

PROTECTION 8%

DISASTER RISk

REDUCTION 3%

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Expenditures, Indnesia

INCLUDINg PROgRAm AND

SUPPORT COSTS: $183,228,447


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Update:SoMALIA

Somalia has experienced nearly two decades of ghting and

lawlessness since its military government collapsed in theearly 1990s. In the midst of an already difcult humanitarian

situation, the 2004 tsunami caused extensive damage alongthe Somali coast, despite being thousands of miles awayfrom the earthquakes epicenter. The tsunami resulted insignicant damage to housing and infrastructure and a loss

of incomes from damage to the shing industry.

Save the Children has worked in Somalia for more than40 years to improve access to basic healthcare, educationand food for the poorest and most vulnerable children andfamilies. Save the Childrens tsunami response program inSomalia was completed in 2008.

Milestnes fr ChildrenThe following key milestones are cumulative totals for Save the

Childrens tsunami response program in Somalia:

EducationRehabilitated and constructed 16 schools and educationalfacilities;Provided teacher training in 10 schools;Established and trained eight community education

committees;Provided education management training, capacitybuilding and support to the regional education system thatincluded child protection and participation.

Livelihoods and HunerProvided 32 shing boats and equipment to tsunami-

affected shing communities;

Implemented cash-for-work schemes to generate incomeamong poor families with projects that develop localinfrastructure and benet the wider community;

Distributed a cash grant to 969 poor and women-headedhouseholds in 2008 beneting approximately 7,036 people.

The aim of the grants was to enable the households tomeet their nutritional needs and build household assets.

HealthConstructed and repaired 10 health facilities and equippedexisting health care infrastructure;Provided health care management training to districtmanagement staff;Increased the coverage of routine immunization byimplementing district and regional cold chain facilities;Established school health programs in primary schools.

ShelterBuilt 42 houses in coastal villages beneting some 284

people.


Provided regional-level emergency preparedness items

such as blankets, school kits and life jackets as well asimplemented a village-level early warning system;Provided institutional capacity building support toPuntland Governments Humanitarian Affairs andDisaster Management Agency (HADMA).

HEALTH 8%

LIVELIHOODS

AND HUNgER 52%

EDUCATION 19%

PROTECTION, SHELTER

AND DRR 21%

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Expenditures, SmaliaINCLUDINg PROgRAm AND


8%

21%

52%

19%


2005 2009


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Childrens tsunami r esponse program in Thailand that was completed

in 2008:

Child ProtectionBeneted more than 5,500 children through emotional-

support activities, including theater workshops, puppetcaravans, childrens camps and day trips;Trained 60 nongovernmental organizations, civic groupsand volunteers working with affected populations on childprotection and emotional support for children;Trained over 30 local groups and organizations workingdirectly with children on organizational ethical guidelinesto ensure that children were protected from abuse andexploitation.

When the tsunami struck southern Thailand, 100,000people felt the devastating consequences. Almost 1,500children lost one or both parents, nearly 19,000 familieswere left homeless and thousands of others saw their boatsand livelihoods vanish.

Save the Children tsunami programs in Thailand assisted21,949 children and over 1,300 adults.

Save the Children was one of the rst international

humanitarian agencies on the scene. It provided food andclean water to families in temporary shelters and createdsafe environments for children. All temporary encampmentsfor tsunami survivors were closed by the end of 2006,and Save the Childrens tsunami response program wascompleted in 2008.

Update:THAILAND

Helping Children Understand Risk

In 2007, Nutar was a student in grade 5, living in RanongProvince. Her mother saved her and her brother fromthe tsunami by pulling them up to the roof beam of theirhouse. Nutar did not talk about the tsunami to anyoneuntil she joined Save the Childrens child-led disaster riskreduction (DRR) program.

Encouraged by the local DRR youth trainer, Nutar visitedthe site of her seaside school, which had been swept away.

She suggested that the DRR trainers create a memorialsite in the school garden where she and a number of

schoolmates killed in the disaster had studied and spentmany happy days.

Nutar and her friends also made signs to warn childrenand villagers of possible risks and hazards, and preparedsurvival bags, provided by Save the Children, for manyhouseholds.

Hazardous area, especially for kids if a tsunami comes,warned the sign made by Nutar.


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EducationCreated the tsunami classroom, a program in 15 schoolsfor 375 children in which participants expressed theirfeelings about the disaster through arts and activities;Organized childrens clubs for 300 girls and boys thatprovided games and information on environmental issues;Built the capacity of 28 youth groups, 480 youth leadersand young volunteers in tsunami-affected areas;Trained 200 tsunami-affected children and youth inleadership and life skills and supported them to participatein tsunami recovery activities in schools and communities.

LivelihoodsProvided family-based economic support in the formof interest-free loans to 197 people in nine villages,which helped them purchase shing boats, engines and

equipment.

HealthOrganized HIV/AIDS awareness activities for 10,377children that included plays and workshops;Trained 50 teachers and 220 health workers on HIVprevention and support.


Built the capacity of children in 40 tsunami-affectedschools in emergency preparedness, through child-ledDRR activities;

Trained 21 young people as emergency evaluators andanother 170 youth as researchers;Developed training manuals and curricula on child-ledDRR, which are suitable for use by other organizationsand schools.

12%

13%

75%

HEALTH 12%

EDUCATION 13%

PROTECTION,LIVELIHOODS

AND DRR 75%

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Expenditures, Thailand

INCLUDINg PROgRAm AND



2005 2009


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Update:

SRI LANkA

The tsunami that struck Sri Lanka ve years ago was the

most destructive disaster in living memory. It claimedmore than 39,000 lives and displaced 550,000 people. Morethan 3,000 children lost a parent. To complicate an alreadycomplex emergency situation, Sri Lanka was suffering athree-decade long civil war at the time the tsunami occurred.

Over the last ve years, Save the Childrens tsunamiprograms in Sri Lanka beneted over 780,300 people.

Save the Children has worked in Sri Lanka for more than 30years and, as in Indonesia, was able to provide immediateassistance to children and families who survived thetsunami. In 2006, Save the Children merged its tsunamiprograms assisting children to regain access to educationand protection, and helping people rebuild their homes,communities and livelihoods into its developmentprograms for children. Since this time, full-scale conict

has taken a terrible toll on thousands of civilians living inthe north. Over 270,000 people have been displaced intocrowded camps and today, more than 1 million people livein poverty, triggered by the conict and the tsunami.

The government of Sri Lanka declared an end to the 30-year civil war in May 2009. A resettlement of internallydisplaced children and adults has begun, but currently thereis no humanitarian access to returnees in most of the areaswhere they are resettled. More than 150,000 internallydisplaced children and adults remain in camps and hospitalsin the north.


Childrens tsunami r esponse program in Sri Lanka:

Child ProtectionMet the emergency protection and education needsof some 130,000 children living in camps due to theescalating conict. Most were also affected by the tsunami;

Created safe play and recreation facilities that beneted

some 88,000 displaced children, almost all of whom wereaffected by tsunami;Placed 1,161 children with families rather than ininstitutions and transferred an additional 1,429 childreninto families from institutions;Helped establish or reactivate child protection committeesin 108 tsunami-affected villages, which beneted some

57,000 children;Trained some 900 local government ofcials on child

protection issues.

Improving One Familys Source of Income

Rafeek Khan from Trincomalee is a father of seven

children, the four eldest of whom are school-age. Khanearned a living as a sherman before the tsunami but wasforced to seek out government and tsunami rehabilitationassistance following the loss of his properties during thedisaster coupled with a shing restriction imposed on theeastern coast, due to the conict. School attendance oftwo of Khans children became poor and irregular.

The situation began to improve when the Khan family was selected to participate in Save the Childrenslivelihood support program. The family received $24 incash assistance, and Khan was selected to receive incomegenerating activity (IGA) support. He was provided with$400 to start a poultry farm and, with technical extensiontraining, was able to gradually expand the farm.

Today, life is much better for the family. Khan earns about$100 prot from each cycle, and he has recently boughta new bicycle for use in his poultry farm. All of Khanschildren are now attending school regularly and his youngestdaughter, who was underweight, is now recovering.


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EducationEngaged 36,172 children from tsunami- and conict-

affected families in learning and development activities inearly childhood development (ECD) centers;

Trained over 5,100 ECD coordinators and facilitators

on child-friendly ECD systems, inclusive education and

child-led disaster risk reduction initiatives, beneting some

90,000 children;Supported some 700,000 children in grades six and sevento learn about life competencies and civic educationand provided catch-up education activities for 13,869children not attending school. Most of the children arenow enrolled in mainstream schools.

Livelihoods and HunerHelped 55,180 children meet their education, food andprotection needs through cash transfers provided to theirfamilies as well as by disbursing cash transfers to 22,120households;

Beneted 2,000 households immediately following the

tsunami in cash-for-work initiatives to clear debris, cleanschools and wells, and build temporary kitchens andlatrines in IDP centers;Supplied 1,281 boats and 320 outboard engines totsunami-affected shermen, provided 500 female-headed

households with cash-for-food for six months and offeredvocation training to over 3,000 youth;Provided cash grants to 13,968 marginalized households,beneting 55,870 individuals, including some 27,000

children.


Reached an estimated 17,600 children through child-sensitive disaster management plans in 12 districts halfthe country and child-led DRR programs throughsome 700 children clubs in 265 communities, involvingover 1,000 teachers;Reached over 600 community members throughworkshops on understanding childrens vulnerabilitiesduring disasters.

9%

6%

33%

28%

24%

HEALTH 9%

LIVELIHOODS ANDHUNgER 33%

EDUCATION 28%

PROTECTION 24%

PREPAREDNESSAND DRR 6%

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Expenditures, Sri Lana

INCLUDINg PROgRAm ANDSUPPORT COSTS: $61,972,364


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Five years after the devastating tsunami swept over theislands of Andaman and Nicobar, east of India, and thenswamped the eastern coastal fringe of the mainland, Savethe Children has made great strides in helping affectedchildren and families restart their lives. Where once therewas destruction, today child-friendly houses stand, thereis increased awareness of childrens rights, and disaster-prone communities proactively participate in disasterrisk reduction initiatives as a result of Save the Childrenspreparedness and protection programs.

Over the past ve years, Save the Childrens tsunamiprograms in India beneted an estimated 549,395 adultsand 682,386 children.

Save the Children plans to continue projects related to childprotection and child-centered disaster risk reduction inTamil Nadu. Child protection and child domestic work havebeen identied as priority areas and initiatives have begun.

Child-centered disaster risk reduction (DRR) to improve

school safety continues as a priority.

Update:

INDIA


Childrens tsunami r esponse program in India:

Child ProtectionHelped form and train 632 childrens groups and 283 childprotection committees in some 399 villages, serving over167,642 children. As a result, 1,568 child protection caseshave been raised and steps taken to address them;Helped link 21 child protection committees fromCuddalore District to the District Child WelfareCommittee as a pilot to integrate village-level committeeswith the juvenile justice system to ensure sustainability;Created a state-level Child Protection Resource Center inthe Andaman and Nicobar Islands in close coordinationwith the police department;Developed a Child Protection Committee handbook toensure sustainability of community-level prevention andresponse mechanisms. Similar materials were developedfor childrens groups.

How Children Helped Save Lives inResponding to One Recent Disaster

The village of Nagapattinam District in Tamil Nadu was well prepared on November 26, 2008, when CycloneNisha struck, thanks in part to children trained in Save theChildrens DRR and emergency preparedness initiatives.

Boys and girls in the Early Warning Task Force Groupinformed villagers by megaphone about the impendingstorm. At rst, the adults did not take them seriously andreprimanded them for being out in the rain. The childrenwere not deterred and, once adults had veried that the

storm was headed toward them, the community identiedpoints of action.

Evacuations for residents in lower-lying areas werearranged for priority groups such as pregnant women,small children and the elderly. Children from the taskforce groups helped adults with food distribution andother services. In August 2009, thanks to the childrensrole in averting the disaster, three village councils in

Nagapattinam District made a groundbreaking decisionto name two adolescents to a DRR planning group that isassessing and addressing disaster response requirementsfor their villages.


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EducationReached 33,244 beneciaries through our education

initiatives;Built 65 semi-permanent and permanent nurseries andprovided training to 451 staff members and assistants aswell as established childrens libraries in 16 villages;Established 81 educational centers, 338 activity centers

and initiated 190 parent groups; 81Sensitized 100 school principals, education departmentofcials and teachers on child-friendly education, inclusion

and positive discipline methods, and worked with 150partner staff, teachers, parents and community memberson positive discipline techniques.

Livelihoods and HunerReached over 94,000 people through livelihood initiatives;Provided employment to 7,147 people in 47 villagesthrough cash-for-work programs;Provided 5,356 household with livelihood assets such astoolkits, nets, boats, cash and animals;Established 21 safety net information centers in target

villages;Supported 125 livelihood group members to increase theaccess of the most marginalized communities to servicessuch as credit, extension advice and markets.

HealthReached 55,015 adults and 25,128 children throughHIV/AIDS awareness camps, and trained 57 partnerorganizations on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS awarenessinto their programs;

Sensitized and oriented 100 peer educators to informcommunity members about HIV/AIDS;

Conducted HIV/AIDS awareness as part of educationactivities for children and communities;Trained 57 partners organizations on mainstreamingHIV/AIDS into their regular programs and 35 others arein the process of mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into theirprograms.

ShelterBuilt or repaired 505 temporary shelters during theimmediate post-tsunami phase;Built 393 permanent child-friendly, disaster-resistantshelters with the communities participation for the mostmarginalized communities.


Beneted 65,433 people: 51,582 children and 13,851

adults through DRR-focused puppet and/or mobileexhibitions;Established an early warning system in 10 tsunami-

affected villages;Mainstreamed DRR into school curriculums in TamilNadu and Andaman and Nicobar Islands;Formed and trained 104 disaster preparedness task forcegroups. Each was divided into ve sub-groups: earlywarning, rst aid, search and rescue, water and sanitation

and shelter management for a total of 800 trained sub-groups in 104 villages and 56 schools;Distributed safety kits that included a radio, bicycle, lifejacket, raincoat, gloves, gum shoes, tent material, siren,megaphone and helmets to 96 villages.

9%

2%

22%

67%

HEALTH 2%

LIVELIOODS ANDHUNgER 9%

EDUCATION 22%

PROTECTION,

SHELTER ANDDRR 67%

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Expenditures, India

INCLUDINg PROgRAm ANDSUPPORT COSTS: $28,699,601


2005 2009


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Donors throughout the world responded in an enormously generous way after the Asia earthquake and

tsunami, which affected millions of children and their families along the coastal regions of the Indian

Ocean. Over the course of ve years, Save the Childrens total expenditure for all of the tsunami programs

is an estimated $284 million.

FinancialSNAPSHoT

INDONESIA 64%

INDIA 10%

SRI LANkA 22%

64%

10%22%

1%

3%

THAILAND 1%

SOmALIA 3%

Ttal Tsunami

Expenditures, 20052009$284 Millin

Expenditures by Country

2005 2009


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Today, Save the Children is proud of the greataccomplishments that have been achieved for childrenacross the Indian Ocean perimeter thanks to the generoussupport of our donor family. As Save the Childrenconcludes the largest operation in its history, the agencyremains committed to assisting children in need in each ofthe ve countries where the agency responded. A summary

by country is provided below.

Indonesia:While Save the Childrens successful ve-

year tsunami response program was completed in 2009,the agency will continue to support the region for manyyears to come. Today, Save the Childrens programsimprove the health of mothers and the health, nutritionand developmental status of children under 5; addresseducation for children and youth; provide community-based child protection initiatives; build the capacity of localcommunities and farmers to increase food productionand income to improve food and economic security, andcontinue to operate emergency and disaster risk reductionprograms.

Having learned a great deal from its tsunami response, Savethe Children is committed to emergency preparedness and

is one of the leading responders to both small- and large-scale disasters in the country. Since the tsunami, Save theChildren has effectively responded to nine emergencieswith the agencys trained team of rst responders who are

deployed within hours of a disaster. More than 690,000people have beneted from essential relief through pre-

positioned stocks from four warehouses throughoutIndonesia over recent years.

Save the Childrens most recent emergency operation waslaunched October 1, 2009, after two powerful earthquakesleft a trail of devastation along the western coast of Sumatra.

Save the Children mounted the largest relief effort of anyinternational nongovernmental organization in the areasmost seriously affected by the disaster and plans to reach150,000 people, among them 90,000 vulnerable children.

Servin Children Today...AND ToMoRRow

Sri Lanka: Between 2005 and 2007, much of Save theChildrens work in tsunami-affected areas of Sri Lanka wasconcentrated on helping people rebuild homes, communitiesand livelihoods. In the past few years, this has also meantnavigating the complex external environment of civilconict. In partnership with government ministries and

departments, local governments and community-basedorganizations, Save the Children focuses on protectingchildren from harm, providing early childhood andbasic education, improving livelihoods and developingways to involve children in decisions that affect them.The agency works hard to ensure that emergencies andconict situations are closely monitored in order to

mitigate disasters through risk reduction and response tohumanitarian needs. Last year, the agency worked directlywith nearly 118,000 children and reached hundreds ofthousands more through policy and communications work.

India: Save the Childrens tsunami programs in India werecompleted in the spring of 2009 with a heavy emphasison sustainability assisting partner agencies and thegovernment to take the programs forward in consultationwith children and adults in their communities. Long-termprogram priorities will focus on child domestic work and

school safety programs.

Somalia: Based on decades of experience and relationshipsdeveloped through the tsunami response, Save the Childrenis now implementing long-term development projects intsunami-affected areas as well as farther inland. Currently,Save the Children is providing primary health and primaryeducation projects, which will continue through 2009.

Thailand: Save the Childrens tsunami initiatives helpedaffected children and communities recover and rebuild aswell as increased the resilience of children and their families

in vulnerable communities to better withstand futuredisasters. Equally important, children were empowered

to interact with adults in developing recovery activitiesincluding disaster risk reduction activities.


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