Shalvaraha East IDP camp

Left to right: water supply point provided by UNICEF; tents of the Shalvaraha East camp; two boys on a bike; (distant) an ice cream truck emmitting a very annoying tune (probably designed to make parents buy ice cream for kids just so it will go away) and new replacement housing for tsunami survivors.





The local NGO's camp manager (left), Merlin's Community Health Department's Kolitha Wickramage (a bloody Australian, centre) and Subash (a nice Sri Lankan, right) discuss record keeping of conjunctivitis cases.





An IDP child demonstrates proper Infection Control procedures. Merlin trains Community Based Volunteers - IDPs themselves - to promote best health practices such as infection control, food preparation, disease outbreak identification etc.







This young woman shows how easily all the posessions that her family of four carried from their homes fit into the corners of their neatly-kept tent.