MEARCH press and photo blog
Often during field work sessions, staff members take pictures. This page shows a selection of them. In our database we have numerous pictures of tent camps, refugees, temporary shelters, and permanent houses.
One of the many camps, constructed for new
arrivals, refugees from the Vaharai region, Batticaloa, December 21, 2006, Sri Lanka.
Scenic view of paddy fields, Ampara, Sri Lanka
Cyclists transport wood from uncleared areas in Vaharai, Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has a dense network of schools, Manmunai West, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
School child looking over fence, Muslim school, Kattankudy, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka.
Flooding during monsoon season, Kiran, Batticaloa District.
Days of rainfall covering dirt roads for days, Valaichchenai, Batticaloa District.
Curious children in the remote areas of Batticaloa District.
Increased conflict in North and Eastern Sri Lanka has resulted in numerous IDP camps.
Buffalo's at the beach, Ampara District, Sri Lanka.
Aligambe, a community of gipsies, not speaking
singalees or tamil, Ampara District 2005, Sri Lanka.
Ampara's paddy fields, often called the
"granary" of Sri Lanka.
West of Batticaloa town, you drive straight into
the remote areas of Manmunai-West, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
Tsunami shelter sites, most of them are closed
down, as people have returned back to their (newly built) houses, Batticaloa District 2005, Sri Lanka.
A mosaic of debris, left by the tsunami
breaker wave, Batticaloa, February 2005, Sri Lanka.
Tons of sand washed away by the tsunami waves
withdrewing, Batticaloa, 2005, Sri Lanka.
The beautiful landscape of rural Batticaloa, one of her
most hidden secrets, 2006, Sri Lanka.
"Uncleared" or "uncontrolled" rural areas, inland of
Batticaloa District. Land occupied by the LTTE rebels, 2006, Sri Lanka.
Last tent left, after a tsunami tent-camp was closed, 2005, Sri Lanka.
