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International Women's Day, 2007

Sri Lanka celebrates International Women's Day, 2007 [CAFOD]

Human rights centre in Ekala

The human rights centre in Ekala, established by CAFOD partner Srama-abimani, tries to uphold laws that are often ignored by the authorities [Steve Alston, http://srilankannotes.blogspot.com/]

Srivithya and Jeeva

Srivithya and Jeeva lay the floor of their temporary house in Navaledi, eastern Sri Lanka, June 2005. [Noel Gavin]

Srivithya, Jeeva and baby

Srivithya, Jeeva and their baby girl in front of their new home, built with the help of Caritas EHED, Navaledi, eastern Sri Lanka, November 2007. [Caritas EHED]

Nov trip - fishing boats

Fishermen unload their catch in Sri Lanka [Patrick Nicholson]

Nov trip - man and baby

Indrajith Jayantha has recieved a boat from CAFOD's partner, NAFSO in Sri Lanka. [Patrick Nicholson]

Nov trip - house building

Thousands of permanent new homes are going up around Sri Lanka [CAFOD]

Rice farmer M. Dhanapla

Mr M. Dhanapla (on the right), a father of three from Anuradhapura, won a presidential award for the best paddy farmer. Now he has to take other jobs to make ends meet [Patrick Nicholson]

Girls holding hands

Tsunami survivors from Panama village near Arugum Bay, Sri Lanka. [Patrick Nicholson]

secondary school assembly

Copyright: Reuters/Arko Datta/courtesy www.alertnet.org This photo is only authorised for use as part of CAFOD's Tsunami Appeal [Reuters/Arko Datta/courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Fr Sylvester, Caritas Batticaloa

Fr Sylvester, director of Caritas Batticaloa, in discussion with one of his staff members. Caritas Batticaloa is caring for about 5,000 victims of the disaster. [Caritas Sri Lanka]

beach cleaning at Trincomalee

Fishermen at Sandy Bay, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, cleaning the beach where they used to live [Cordaid]

EHED staff washing up

Staff and volunteers from EHED (Caritas Batticaloa) do the washing up. EHED provides meals daily for about 5,000 victims of the disaster. [Caritas Sri Lanka]

Caritas delegation in Mullaitivu

Caritas team visits Mullaitivu, where all the houses within 1.5km of the sea were destroyed by the tsunami [Caritas Sri Lanka]

Sri Lanka fishermen

Sri Lankan fisherman Ramachanthiran and his wife at the place they lost their house [Cordaid]

Rhiannon and Thayalini

Rhiannon with Thayalini who works as a counsellor for CAFOD partner, Caritas EHED. [CAFOD]

Tsunami survivors

Survivors of the tsunami disaster recover in a Caritas Batticaloa camp. [Caritas Sri Lanka]

Flood damage

Scenes of devastation caused by the tsunami in the coastal area of Sri Lanka. [HUDEC/Caritas Jaffna]

Fisherman throwing net

The CAFOD-funded National Federation of Fishworkers organises fishermen to defend their rights [Nithila Mariampillai/HUDEC]

Cardinal and Chris in Sri Lanka

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor with church leaders and CAFOD's director Chris Bain in Sri Lanka. [CAFOD]

Shop destoyed by shelling

Building trust is vital to a lasting peace in Sri Lanka, where many people have been displaced or killed by the civil war [CAFOD]

Sarath Fernando

Sarath Fernando, founder and co-ordinator of MONLAR, works to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor across Sri Lanka [CAFOD]

Tsunami damaged town

Survivors survey the damage after a tsunami hit the Sri Lankan town of Hikkaduwa, December 26, 2004. Photo: Reuters/Stringer, courtesy of www.alertnet.org [REUTERS/ Stringer, courtesy of www.alertnet.org]

Fr. Damian Fernando, director, SEDEC/Caritas Sri Lanka

Fr. Damian Fernando, director, SEDEC/Caritas Sri Lanka [APHD]

Chris meets tsunami survivors

CAFOD director, Chris Bain meets tsunami survivors in Payagala, Sri Lanka [CAFOD]

Kallarave church

The church in the centre of Kallarave was the only building in the village to survive the tsunami [Caritas Internationalis]

Linus Jayatilake, MONLAR

Linus Jayatilake is a member of CAFOD partner, MONLAR (Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reform) in Sri Lanka. He is also president of the United Federation of Labour [CAFOD]

Ukalboda villagers carrying water

Ukalboda villagers carrying water [CAFOD]

Cardinal meets tsunami survivors

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor meets survivors of the tsunami in Sri Lanka. [CAFOD]

Cardinal with monks

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor with leaders from Buddhist communities in Sri Lanka. [CAFOD]

Father Sri, Caritas EHED

CAFOD partner, Father Sri, Director of Caritas EHED in Sri Lanka. [Noel Gavin]

Kingsley Sellar and family

Kingsley Sellar's mother and two sons survived the tsunami in Sri Lanka, but his wife and youngest child died in the disaster. [Cordaid]

Ujini, navaledi

Eleven-year-old Ujini was saved by her father from the tsunami. [Noel Gavin]

tsunami - library

Families use the toy and book library which CAFOD supports [Freddy Gamage]

Mother and son Navaledi

Fourteen-year-old Sendhuran helps his mother Aruldevi lay the floor of their temporary home in Navaledi, eastern Sri Lanka [Noel Gavin]

Vathiya

Vathiya, aged 12, and her father now have a temporary home built next to the foundations of their old house. It has a tile roof and walls made of dried palm leaves so they can keep cool [CAFOD]

Srivithya Navaledi

Twenty-six-year-old Srivithya Karunanithi, eastern Sri Lanka. [Noel Gavin]

Father John Pillai

Father John Pillai led his congregation to safety in Peigalla Kellar, eastern Sri Lanka. [Noel Gavin]

Vinashambathy and Ujini, navaledi

Vinashambathy and his eleven-year-old daughter Ujini who have recieved a temporary home from CAFOD's local partner Caritas EHED.

Pubalapillai and his wife

Pubalapillai and his wife outside their new home [Laura Storr]

Rebuilding after the tsunami in Sri Lanka

Rebuilding after the tsunami in Sri Lanka [Pete Garratt]

Rebuilding after the tsunami in Sri Lanka

Rebuilding after the tsunami in Sri Lanka [Mariska Smolders/Cordaid]

tsunami - picture

An example of a child's drawing in one of the camps [Freddy Gamage]

Families build their own shelters

A mother and daughter help to build their own shelter in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka [Pete Garratt]

Girl in Navaledi

Twelve-year-old Vathiya who lives in Navaledi with her father [Aude Galli]

shelter in Sri Lanka

Temporary shelter in Sri Lanka [Laura Storr]

Taking the boat to school

Vathiya and her friends take the boat to school [Aude Galli]

Prathapan and father

Prathapan Karunakaran and his father Thampapillai with photographs of their relatives whose bodies were never found. [Noel Gavin]

Aid workers killed in explosion

Shanmugaratham Pathmanathan (left) and Chelvendra Pradeepkumar [CAFOD]

Soldiers after attacks

Sri Lankan soldiers patrol the shopping centres of Colombo following a suicide bomb attack [REUTERS/ANURUDDHA LOKUHAPUARACHCHI, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Building blocks

Men carrying hollow bricks made in the brickyard near Trincomalee, eastern Sri Lanka [Caritas Sri Lanka]

Market vendors

Amarasena and the group of market traders near Galle, southern Sri Lanka. [Caritas]

Caritas flying the flag

Relatives react after identifying the bodies of slain workers

Relatives react after identifying the bodies of slain workers from the international aid agency Action Contre La Faim (ACF), at a hospital entrance in Trincomalee, August 8, 2006 [Reuters/STR/SRI LANKA, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

family in permanent house

[Caritas Sri Lanka]

conflict Dec 2006

A man walks with his bicycle near an armoured carrier in Trincomalee, north east Sri Lanka [REUTERS/STR/SRI LANKA]

Brickmaking

Brick making production centre in Kulunai, eastern Sri Lanka. The bricks are earthquake proof and six times stronger than fired bricks. [Vicky Tindal/Trocaire]