Assistance to Tsunami Affected Children in Their Time of Need

Posted Date : 04/15/2005 CST
The killer waves of the South East Asian Tsunami engulfed a large number of children and left behind a generation of kids who now have to face a future without the love of their parents. An older sibling in charge of her young brothers and sisters, an injured father taking care of his children crying for their mother every night, a grieving grandmother charged with taking care of a large number of grand children… such tragic stories are endless and heartrending!

This project targets these families and will provide assistance for as long as it is needed. I-FREED has completed a detailed needs assessment and has now identified over 100 families with 200 such children. They fall in to the following categories:

• Families with children who lost their livelihood, where the living parents are capable of employment with some means of initial support.


• Families with children who lost their livelihoods and are not capable of employment.


• Children who lost both parents and are cared by relatives.


• Children who lost both parents are in temporary foster care arranged by the government.