Tsunami, two years on...
26/12/2006
Two years after the devastating tidal wave, AsiaNews looks at PIME’s campaign and involvement in South-East Asia. All projects in Thailand, Myanmar and southern India have been completed. This year some € 300,000 have been raised but more is needed to complete the work still underway on the Andaman Islands.
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26/12/2006
According to a recent BBC report, funds allocated by Western countries for December 26, 2004, tsunami victims have largely gone unspent. Seven ambassadors meanwhile ask Thailand to look into alleged misappropriations.
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26/12/2006
More than 97 billion rupiahs disappear in the pockets of government officials, Christians on Nias Island complain that housing and infrastructures have not been rebuilt. Today a sombre ceremony will mark the 167,000 people who died in the tragedy.
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26/12/2006
Most projects planned for survivors in the diocese of Surat Thani, one of the most affected by the December 26 tidal wave, have been completed, including a professional training centre which gives hope to young people.
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