UNHCR's tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia's Aceh province are focused both on getting emergency shelter and supplies to devastated villages which are still isolated, as well as laying the groundwork ...

GALLE, Sri Lanka, Jan 11 (UNHCR) - As its emergency relief efforts gather pace in Sri Lanka, the UN refugee agency has sent a team to the south to discuss the longer-term shelter and documentation ...

SEENIGAMA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - When Kushil Gunasekera returned to Seenigama in Sri Lanka's Galle district days after it was wiped out by a massive tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004, he got to work. Houses ...

AMES, Iowa – “I didn’t breathe under water. I didn’t stop my prayers. And I didn’t give up hope…” Six years ago, Onalie Ariyabandhu began writing those words about her family’s harrowing experience ...