5. Registered Environmental Assessor (REA) Program Significant Findings: Caused locally significant changes in on- shore land form profiles, Damaged or removed coastal vegetation, Caused sand casting on productive lands, and, Resulted in salt water intrusion into surface and sub-surface fresh water sources

7. Sri-Lanka Tsunami Facts The World Bank’s support to Sri Lanka after the tsunami of December 26, 2004, was to mitigate the immediate suffering; assist people to regain their livelihoods; restore basic services to the affected population; and initiate the recovery and reconstruction process. Total World Bank Commitment: US$150 million - Owner-Driven Housing Program: US$65 million - Livelihood Support: US$34 million - Roads: US$33 million - Health: US$8 million - Capacity Building: US$5 million - Contingency: US$4 million World Bank

8. According to Tsunami Laboratory, “Citizens of 55 countries were killed by the tsunami resulting from the December 26, 2004 North Sumatra earthquake. The destructive waves affected more than 5 million people, including 1 million homeless.”

9. Affected Population Latest figures: Number of deaths: 30,615 Number of people missing: 4,356 Number of families displaced: 103,276 Number of people displaced: 572,578 Number houses destroyed: 93,507 Information compiled on 6 January 2005 by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

11. Facts about Children According to UNICEF, “Sri Lanka, where children account for 40% of the known death toll, has made an appeal for child counsellors” “In all, about one million people were directly Affected by the tsunami in Sri Lanka, many of them children.” According to the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA), 635 children were orphaned in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami. (2005)