Tales of Post-Disaster Recovery in Sri Lanka

Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera In the wake of cyclone Ditwah, one of the worst environmental disasters in Sri Lanka directly affecting 2.3 million people across the country, recovery remains a long and arduous process. State authorities with a great deal of support from local communities, charitable organizations, foreign governments and others continue to provide the essentials including food, shelter and basic utilities to affected communities. Later stages would involve other complicated processes including rehousing displaced groups and preparing communities to more effectively face similar disasters in the future. The latter is essential given that extreme weather events are more…

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