26th December 2004

• 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered the tsunami

Sumatra-Andaman (Indian Ocean) Earthquake

• 1.5 hours after the Indian plate subducts beneath the Burma plate, Sri Lanka is hit.

Registered charity No. 1111363.

• 9th July -> 19th July 2011

Komari Temporary Housing

Micro – Finance Schemes

Types of effects from a natural disasterPrimaryInitial effects that result directly from the earthquake itself. Example: Roads cracking, buildings collapsing, death toll.

SecondaryEffects that result from the primary effects. Example: Fires from burst gas pipes, homelessness, unemployment.

Or• Economic (business destroyed)

• Environmental (drains overflowing)• Social (psychological problems)

• Demographic (death toll)