What is it about?
Many of the victims felt unable to provide for their families. 3 months after the tragedy victims were still unhoused and relying on the help of monks
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Why is it important?
Becoming homeless because of a disaster is good headlines for news broadcasting TV programs but what happens afterwards? Life is brutal for those suffering from homeless. Children sharing temples with lots of adults is not ideal and so how does safeguarding fare in such conditions? Whose responsibility is it?
Perspectives
This is a publication about assessing needs and not a study but a report on the back of UNICEF giving us permission to visit the camps on one day only. It is combined with a commentary about the living and work conditions and how the collectivist community survive on a day by day basis.
Dr. Matt Broadway-Horner
University of Bolton
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This page is a summary of: A snapshot of psycho-social issues in camp living. A Sri Lankan landslide May 2016 in the Kegalle district, Environment and Social Psychology, September 2018, Whioce Publishing Pte Ltd,
DOI: 10.18063/esp.v0.i0.705.
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