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ZOA
Refugee Care Sri Lanka, an NGO committed to the welfare of
Sri Lankan refugees, launched its temporary housing project
for tsunami victims on Monday in Ampara.
ZOA Country Director, David Verboom, told the 'Daily News'
that their low cost 'movable temporary house' can be used
till permanent housing is provided.
He said the house is made of materials bought locally and
can serve as reasonable shelter until permanent housing is
provided. The ZOA is already in the process of shipping 4000
of them to Ampara where they are directly coordinating
humanitarian assistance in respect of 20,000 refugee
families. In the context of the huge number tsunami stricken
refugee families that are housed in school camps, welfare
camps and make-shift shelters, the ZOA expected other NGOs
also to join the task of addressing the immediate housing
problem of the refugees.
In ZOA's opinion, the refugees should be given a free choice
to reside where they want to in order to re-start their
lives and livelihoods.
To provide this freedom to them, the ZOA has proposed to the
Government to distribute movable temporary home packages,
Verboom said.
The
protective temporary shelter can be set up at any place of
the refugee family's option either with friends, relatives
or close to their original villages, subject to permission
of the relevant government officers, Verboom said.
In the aftermath of the Tsunami, the ZOA provided immediate
relief, which includes dry rations, shelter items, household
items and water sanitation facilities, to 130,000 tsunami
victims in Ampara, Batticaloa, Trncomalee, Kilinochchi and
Mullaitivu districts, Verboom said. |
           
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