FMR Special Issue : published July 2005

Tsunami: learning from humanitarian responses

Contents

Introduction by Eva-Lotta Hedman

UN assesses tsunami response by Marion Couldrey & Tim Morris

Natural disasters and IDPs' rights by Walter Kälin

The public health response to the tsunami by Manuel Carballo and Bryan Heal

The great land theft by Scott Leckie

Has the tsunami affected funding for other crises? by Toby Lanzer

DFID evaluation of tsunami response by David Horobin

Indonesia

Accessing IDPs in post-tsunami Aceh by Claudia Hudspeth

IDPs confined to barracks in Aceh by Lukman

Age Ensuring minimum standards in reproductive health care by Sandra Krause

Coordination in Indonesia: an NGO viewpoint by Carsten Völz

Post-tsunami protection concerns in Aceh by FMR Editors

Powerless victims or strong survivors? by Ingvild Solvang

Sri Lanka

Ethnic conflict, the state and tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka by Jayadeva Uyangoda

Reflections on post-tsunami psychosocial work by Ananda Galappatti

Livelihoods in post-tsunami Sri Lanka by Simon Harris

Six months on: facing fears by Lyndon Jeffels

Logistical challenges by Steve Matthews

Small fish trampled in post-tsunami stampede by Irene Fraser

Thailand

Humanitarian response towards Burmese migrant workers by Pia Oberoi

India

Indian symposium reviews tsunami response report by Paula Banerjee and Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury

A voice for vulnerable groups in Tamil Nadu by Max Martin

Response effectiveness: views of the affected population by Anisya Thomas and Vimala Ramalingam

Maldives

Lost innocence: the tsunami in the Maldives by Heidi Brown

Africa

An African perspective on the tsunami by Bahame Tom Nyanduga

Vulnerable populations in Somalia by OCHA Somalia office