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ADB President Tadao Chino visit to Sri Lanka
24 Jan 2005

“We need to use this sad occasion to lay the roots for a better future for vulnerable communities," said ADB President Tadao Chino when he visited tsunami-affected communities on Sri Lanka's east and south coasts on 15 January 2005. He added,
“ADB stands ready to provide support to Sri Lanka, and will assist the reconstruction effort with about $200 million in 2005.”

The President visited four camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Trincomalee and Matur on the east coast and also turned over tractors and trailers to deliver drinkable water to IDPs.

He also visited Matara in the south, another area badly damaged by the tsunami.

Each thumbnail below links to a larger photograph.

President Chino meeting internally displaced persons (IDPs) at a camp at a Buddhist temple in Trincomalee.	Survivors of the tsunami disaster at an IDP camp at a Buddhist temple in Trincomalee.	People rendered homeless by the tsunami have temporary shelter at a tented camp for IDPs at Trincomalee.
A tsunami survivor in a tented camp at Trincomalee smiles in spite of her circumstances.	Tsunami victims at a camp at Trincomalee with tents provided by UNHCR.	An internally displaced person at a camp at Mutur.
President Chino meets children at an IDP camp at Trincomalee. On the right is Alessandro Pio, country director for ADB's Sri Lanka Resident Mission.	Scenes from the devastated coastal village of Mutur which President Chino visited.	President Chino hands over two tractors which ADB is contributing to the tsunami effort to deliver clean water to camps for internally displaced persons.
Photos by Ian Gill, Principal External Relations Specialist, ADB

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