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| Sunday, 20 February 2005 |
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Local shelters for tsunami victims ZOA Refugee Care through its local Sri Lankan organisations and 180 local staff members, is allowing the tsunami victims to set up their own movable, locally made, temporary shelters. ZOA Refugee Care, has provided already more than 1,000 families a locally made temporary shelter set up, allowing them to shape their own future homes. The local concept of ZOA's shelter is developed in Mannar, prior to the tsunami, by the communities themselves. All the material for these local shelters is purchased in Sri Lanka, even from the affected districts, encouraging the local economies to restart. The families themselves are in charge of building the shelter, they receive the material and a manual in their language allowing them to set up their own transitional shelter. ZOA Refugee Care has received support from the Dutch, the British Governments and the European Union (ECHO) to provide 6,000 families with the locally made, cultural sensitive shelters. As soon as the families have been able to return to their compounds, ZOA also facilitates the communities and its leaders to find and implement their local solutions on issues like permanent housing, livelihoods, water, sanitation and psycho-social assistance.
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