Children have a discussion in a Buddhist temple school to debate various society oriented issues in a village in Sri Lanka
Children have a discussion in the Buddhist temple school to debate various society oriented issues in the village of Godagama in southern Sri Lanka on November 27 2005 The Buddhist monks help the children of the village get together every Sunday to discuss issues that affect them The interest in religion has increased among affected Sri Lankan people and the number of parents in Godagama sending their children for voluntary classes has doubled since the tsunami The situation in Sri Lanka almost one year after the tsunami is still highly unsatisfactory for most of the nearly 800 000 people who lost their homes in the tragedy The vast majority still live in makeshift camps and after the initial global enthusiasm faded the reconstruction work has progressed very slowly Government corruption and the conflict with the Tamil Tigers have further delayed the effort to the degree of making Sri Lanka the slowest to recover of all countries hit by the tsunami on December 26 2004 Tourists are beginning to return but still in very small numbers and the southern coast which depends heavily on the tourist industry suffers severely The government has announced a buffer zone along the coast where no new permanent houses are allowed to be built Many critical voices accuse the government for corruption and for taking advantage of the tragedy as plans to build large hotel resorts within this zone have been made public
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