Mothers, children and Helaine inside a transitional house. The baby on the left was in utero at the time of the tsunami.

One of the few tent settlements still in use in southern Sri Lanka. Most people who lost their homes in the tsunami have been moved to sturdier transitional housing.

One of the few tent settlements still in use in southern Sri Lanka. Most people who lost their homes in the tsunami have been moved to sturdier transitional housing.

This clock stopped at 9:25am on December 26, 2004…the moment the tsunami struck the house

Father (with children) holding photo of wife and mother lost in the tsunami

Inside the tent

Two Income Generating Officers who work at Navajeevana Development Alternatives in southern Sri Lanka: K. G. N. Lanthi (left) and Suneetha Malika (right) produce greeting cards for sale. (Both have physical handicaps)

Navajeevana Development Alternatives has provided physical rehabilitation service to Sri Lankans for the past 19 years. The NGO expanded its services after the tsunami.

Patrick Connolly, MPP ’06 reviews one of the four funding proposals he wrote with Navajeevana founder and director, Mrs. Kumarini Wickramasuriya``

Helaine Daniels greets Mrs. Wickramasuriya at the Navajeevana headquarters in Tangalla, Sri Lanka

Ashley Hernreich, MPP ’06, Indunil Ranaviraja, MPP ’06 and Manjiv Jayakumar, MPP ’05 are the dinner guests of Major General SD Tennakoon RSP ndc, Commander of the Sri Lankan Security Forces (based in Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka)

Helaine Daniels is honored to join KSG students as guests of Major General Tennakoon in Jaffna (northern Sri Lanka)

Meeting with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Jaffna, Professor S. Mohanadas and division directors: Manjiv Jayakumar (3^{rd from left); Indunil Ranaviraja, (5th from left); Helaine Daniels (center); Ashley Hernreich, (3rd from right); Josh Temblador (2nd from right)}

Inside the transitional housing of tsunami survivors in northern Sri Lanka

This transitional housing settlement was sponsored by UNHCR. 210 families live in the settlement in northern Sri Lanka.

Grandmother and Grandson

All other members of the family were lost in the tsunami.

Roshanna Arasaratnam, MPA ’06 worked with the staff and trustees on the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust to craft a new Strategic Plan. Roshanna also assisted the executive management is revising and updating their accounting and budgeting systems.

Josh Temblador, MPP ’06, Indunil Ranaviraja, MPP ’06 and Helaine Daniels, MPP Program Director attend the Shelter Meeting

Shelter Meeting convened by Mr. Tilak Ranaviraja, Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, Law and Order with international relief organizations working in Sri Lanka