In pictures: Life after the tsunami
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Just under half a million Sri Lankan people were displaced by the waves that hit the islandÂ’s coastline on the morning of 26 December last year.
Nearly a year on many are still living in transitional camps.
Save the Children and PhotoVoice have been running photojournalism training workshops within the camps allowing the students to explore their own identity and give voice to their thoughts. -
Champika Shiranthi
"This is a 62 year old woman at the camp washing rice for her lunch.
"SheÂ’s an old woman but she has no freedom.
"Sri Lankan women have to work into their old age. ItÂ’s wrong: when we are children our parents look after us, when we grow up we should look after them in return." -
Dinesh Kumara
"Young people in the camp are strong, they can get out. ItÂ’s harder for older people.
"They canÂ’t walk very well so they canÂ’t go outside and they lose contact with the outside world." -
Krishna Kanthi
"My auntie Subu Akka, 37, washing her clothes at the camp tank." -
Krishna Kanthi
"This is my school friend Sara Bandara Menike at a birthday party.
"IÂ’ve only got a few friends, everyone else was killed in the tsunami.
"I donÂ’t have any photos of my dead friends.
"These friends I have now, we too will have to separate after "O" Levels, some to do jobs, some to go to higher education." -
Champika Shiranthi
"This is Sachithi Umayanda, heÂ’s my elder brotherÂ’s son and lives in Pradeshiya Sabha camp, Pellana, Weligama." -
Krishna Kanthi
"These are the tools they are using to make my new house.
"We are happy because it is going up very fast. But sometimes I feel sad because other people still donÂ’t have houses.
"Italy gave the money for the building of our new house. We only have to wait three or four months more.
"One day this will be my home." -
Krishna Kanthi
"I saw these little ones playing and it reminded me how I used to play when I was a little child." -
Dinesh Kumara
"This is a photograph of me when I was playing as a child.
"I think a childÂ’s life is better than this life. ThereÂ’s no progress for me financially and I donÂ’t have much hope of a job.
"Without a job I canÂ’t get married. IÂ’ve got more freedom now, because sometimes I donÂ’t sleep at my parentsÂ’ house. ItÂ’s fun.
"But my parents have less freedom because they live with lots of relatives now and it isnÂ’t very peaceful." -
Krishna Kanthi
"This is Sumana and my sisterÂ’s son Pasindu. I took this photo near the house they lost in the tsunami.
"Sumana works as a domestic in Colombo. She lost her husband, her daughter and two sons in the tsunami." -
Tsunami-hit schools
The old school in Baan Nam Khem is practically deserted now. -
It is dwarfed by the new building next to it. -
The pupils now have access to brand new facilities, which were bought using donations from abroad. -
Down the road, a new school in Baan Bang Sak is still under construction, after the old one was destroyed by the tsunami. -
Even though the building has not been completed, more than 600 children are already registered as pupils. -
Most of them live in the school as well. This is one of the girls' dormitories. -
Some have lost relatives, while others are there because their families cannot afford to look after them at home. -
Headteacher Nora Phuwarat says many pupils are still grieving, often expressing their feelings through art.