Projects
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is supporting several projects in tsunami-affected countries—predominantly Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Southern India, Thailand, Maldives, and Somalia—to help communities that were devastated by the December 26, 2004, tsunami.
Tsunami-related projects fall into two categories:
- Relief/rehabilitation: The relief aspect of this phase concentrates on short-term and temporary activities to meet people’s basic needs (for example, emergency food, clean water, shelter, etc.). The rehabilitation aspect works to restore local services (for example, sanitation, power, transportation, law and order, etc.).
- Reconstruction represents longer-term development assistance to help people rebuild their lives and meet their own current and future needs.
Part of CIDA’s tsunami response includes the Matching Fund Program, in which the Government of Canada matched dollar-for-dollar individual donations made between December 26, 2004, and January 11, 2005, to 23 eligible organizations.
To learn more about CIDA’s tsunami-related projects or other CIDA projects, please consult the Project Browser, which offers a short description and basic information on CIDA-funded projects.
Consult the following links that lead directly to:
For more details on a cross-section of projects and results, please consult From the Ground Up: One Year After the Tsunami, Canada’s Support is Making a Difference.
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