tsunami

UNICEF starts first of 500 schools in tsunami-battered area of Indonesia

29 September 2005
Workmen have started to dig the foundations for the first two of the 500 permanent schools that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will either build or repair in the tsunami-devastated Aceh and North Sumatra areas of Indonesia in a $90 million project.

UN, Thailand launch trust fund for Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system

26 September 2005
A trust fund to help establish a tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean region got under way today with a $10 million contribution from the Government of Thailand, with the aim of preventing a repetition of last December's disaster, a United Nations regional commission announced
Former US President Bill Clinton

UN envoy Clinton’s tsunami group endorses stepped-up recovery plans

22 September 2005
Convened by former United States President Bill Clinton, the United Nations tsunami recovery envoy, key players in the reconstruction of areas devastated by last year’s giant waves today endorsed stepped-up measures to improve transitional shelters, replace livelihoods and build local government capacity.