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Article from Oxfam International: http://www.oxfam.org/en/programs/emergencies/tsunami/index.htm
Published: 07 November 2006

Tsunami crisis

  
Image: Agriculture graduate Nurbaiti prepares compost during training at Lhoong village, in Aceh, as part of the Oxfam-backed GreenHand permaculture project. Credit: Jim Holmes/Oxfam
Agriculture graduate Nurbaiti prepares compost during training at Lhoong village, in Aceh, as part of the Oxfam-backed GreenHand permaculture project. Credit: Jim Holmes/Oxfam
Following the massive earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck Asia on 26 December 2004, Oxfam launched the largest aid effort in its history. To date, Oxfam and its partners have assisted more than 2 million people across seven tsunami-affected countries.

This assistance has ranged from the provision of emergency water and sanitation in the initial stages of the response to longer-term help such as the construction of permanent houses, roads and schools, helping communities to better protect themselves against future disasters and restoring livelihoods. This latter category is currently the area of greatest expenditure.

The full amount that the Oxfam International Tsunami Fund will receive from joint agency appeals will not be known until later in the tsunami response, but it is anticipated that donations will total US$293 million, more than 90 per cent of it generously donated by the public. By December 2007, Oxfam had spent $248 million, or approximately 84% of the total budget. An estimated 6% of the Fund will be spent on administration and fund-raising.

Read the Oxfam International Tsunami Fund Third Year Report (pdf 1.2MB)

Read the stories of some of the people helped through Oxfam and our partner organizations

Image: Sumana Ranjani holds up the wooden frame with which she makes bricks. She has been helped to expand her business by Oxfam partner RRWO. Credit: Howard Davies/  
Image: The women's livelihoods group in Thandiadi stands in front of the goat house built with support from Oxfam partner SWOAD. Credit: Howard Davies/Oxfam
Sri Lanka: Better foundations
Sri Lanka: Rebuilding livelihoods
Image: Joseph Thanapalasingam inspects eggplants on his smallholding in Kalmunai, Ampara district. As part of Oxfam’s program, he trains other farmers in alternative agricultural methods. Credit: Howard Davies/Oxfam
Image: Maryamah’s is one of 700 homes in LhokNga, Aceh Province, that now have running water thanks to a gravity water system installed by Oxfam. Credit: Jim Holmes/Oxfam
Sri Lanka:  Improving farming methods
Aceh: Turning on the water
Agriculture graduate Nurbaiti prepares compost during training at Lhoong village, in Aceh, as part of the Oxfam-backed GreenHand permaculture project. Credit: Jim Holmes/Oxfam
Image: Oxfam partner CEE is deploying 50 reef balls to boost fish stocks and consequently the livelihoods of tsunami-hit fishing communities. Credit: Marie Banu Jawahar/Oxfam
Aceh:  Permaculture takes root
India: Artificial reef

 
More stories in the Oxfam Tsunami Fund Third Anniversary Photo Gallery (.pps file, 7MB; please note this is a large file and may take time to download)

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Three years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, international aid agency Oxfam has spent over $220m (£109m) on disaster recovery work, helped over 2.3m people in seven countries and is on track to finish its programs in December 2008.

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Oxfam International Tsunami Fund is a limited company registered in England and Wales at Companies House number 5401107 and a registered charity number 1108700.  The registered office is Suite 20,  266 Banbury Road, Oxford  OX2 7DL.

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