Water & Sanitation

LAGOON CLEARANCE Before > In Ampara District GOAL cleared lagoons that were damaged and destroyed by the tsunami. These are images made just after work was started to clear them in February 2005. Using labour and machinery hired locally on cash for work schemes the task of clearing the rubble and lagoon injected much needed money into the local economy in a time of great need.

After > These are photographs made after the work was completed in May 2005. The embankment along the lagoon sides was reinforced using rubble cleared from the tsunami affected zone.

WELL CLEARANCE GOAL is also providing clean water to the affected communities along the coast. To date GOAL has cleared and desalinated over 2,200 wells in Ampara District. Wells that were contaminated by flood waters and debris, rendering them unusable, have been cleaned and rebuilt using contracted labour hired locally.

DYKE or BUND REBUILDING The dyke or bund has been rebuilt using debris from houses destroyed in the tsunami. This has allowed farmers to replant rice paddies and provides the population with an alternative escape route, from a town surrounded by water, in the event of another emergency.