Strengthening child protection systems in all

Key objectives:

tsunami affected areas.

All  families and children in temporary camps / shelters

children with adequate water for drinking and for

Education

household use as well as with adequate sanitation

Around 20 per cent of schools, for 50,000 children, in

facilities

20 districts, were affected by the tsunami in some way.

All early childhood centres and primary schools

Twenty six schools were directly damaged or de 

with adequate water and sanitation

stroyed and others  lost students or teachers. Alternative

Direct multi sectoral support (food, water, shelter, health

arrangements were quickly made to ensure that children

and nutrition)

continued their learning without interruption, includ 

Over 8,000 people lost their homes and were living in

ing for example, repair to damaged school buildings,

temporary shelters while awaiting the rebuilding of

school materials purchased or borrowed, and erect 

their houses. Families were relocated from outlying

ing temporary classrooms .

islands to the mainland.  Some 35,000 families lost their

incomes.

Priorities at the outset of the emergency were to

Key objectives:

ensure that children were able to return to school. This

Strengthen emergency response for multi 

is one of the single most important contributions to

sectoral support and preparedness for disease

helping children s lives return to normal. Children in

outbreaks. In close collaboration with districts,

school benefit from the protective support of teachers,

monitor the response to this emergency, and pro 

friends and the school environment.

vide cash, supplies, technical and logistics support

Key objectives:

where needed in the areas of health, nutrition,

All children are back to school for the January 4

food, education and shelter

opening, or as close as possible to this date, and

Ensuring primary healthy and nutrition services

attendance is sustained as a contribution to the

for vulnerable children through outreach

return to normalcy

HIV/AIDS

Ensure opportunities for play and recreation in

The risks of HIV transmission have increased in tsunami 

schools as part of the psychosocial recovery

affected areas as a result of economic stress, the break

programme

up of family units and increased mobility of workers

All children in school (including those who never

due to the construction industry.

attended school pre tsunami),  receiving a high qual 

Key objectives:

ity education

All young people are aware of HIV/AIDS and to

Water and Environmental Sanitation

protect themselves

The tsunami resulted in interrupted water supply and

Care and support for children infected and affected

sanitation for an estimated 50,000 people. In most

cases this was caused by seawater contamination of

LOCATION

almost 500 shallow wells, the source of drinking water

UNICEF projects are being carried out in all six affected

for most villagers in tsunami affected areas. In other

provinces.

cases, piped water systems and sanitation systems

were damaged along with physical damage to houses

PROGRAMME PERIOD

and roads.

UNICEF programmes are mid  to long term in perspective

and are expected to continue through 2008.

Priorities at the outset of the emergency were to ensure

adequate drinking water and sanitation   particularly

RESULTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

SE

for vulnerable families   to prevent outbreaks of

Child Protection

XEN

diarrhea or other infectious diseases that would be life 

Major successes:

N

A

threatening for children.

The strong psychosocial recovery programme for

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