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Tsunami in Asia

Teaching about disasters, reconstruction and beyond…

>	Tsunami one year on: Assemblies - find out more about life today in countries affected by the Asian tsunami with our powerpoint presentations. There are teachers' notes beneath each slide to give further information.   > Download Primary Assembly > Download Secondary Assembly
>	Asian Tsunami: One year on - find out how children are rebuilding their lives after the Asian tsunami (on Cool Planet for Children).
>	Beyond the Wave: After the tsunami, can we make poverty history? - easy-to-use, curriculum-linked, flexible summer term activities for 9-11 year olds.
>	Latest information about Oxfam's response and the situation in affected countries.
>	If your school contributed to the tsunami relief effort – thank you! If you want to continue to help save lives and change the world, click here
>	"I feel sad because of all the children in the tsunami that have lost their mum and dad, family and friends." Read quotes from children who have taken part in lessons about the tsunami.
>	Background information
>	Classroom materials and activities
>	Advice on incorporating these resources in the classroom
>	Source materials
>	Information for schools: frequently asked questions
>	-Click here for the Welsh language version of this resource (Welsh version last updated January 05)

Background information

On 26 December 2004 an earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale occurred deep in the Indian Ocean. Huge waves sent out by the quake devastated coastal communities in India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

More than a hundred thousand people have been killed and millions of lives wrecked by the disaster. Many more deaths have been prevented by the emergency work of local people, governments and agencies like Oxfam to prevent the spread of disease. Two months on, Oxfam continues to provide emergency relief to hundreds of thousands of people across Asia. In some ares, the process of planning reconstruction has begun, and Oxfam is working with others to rebuild and develop the affected areas.

Map of the region: where Oxfam is working

Classroom materials and activities

The following activities are designed to support you in exploring with pupils the impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami on communities in the affected regions. However, if you are talking about the tsunami in the classroom for the first time, it is important to bear in mind the effects of the disaster and subsequent media coverage on your pupils, and we recommend that you give pupils the opportunity to talk openly about their own feelings. Obviously it is also important to be aware that some pupils may have been directly affected. If you are revisiting issues raised by the tsunami and exploring the situation a couple of months on, you may want to allow pupils to talk about their feelings again and ask them whether their feelings about the disaster have changed, and if so, why.

All activities are designed to be used, with adaptation, across different age-groups. The assembly plans, in particular, may be of use to teachers wanting to look at longer term development issues.

Additional links to materials about the current global campaign to overcome poverty and stop the deaths of 30,000 children every day can be found on our MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY web pages

> NEW - Beyond the wave: After the tsunami, can we make poverty history? - easy-to-use, curriculum-linked, flexible summer term activities for 9-11 year olds
> Defining disasters
> Tsunami in the media
> Disaster strikes
> Investigating needs
> Consequences of unclean water
> Oxfam's response to short-term needs: providing clean water
> Notes for a primary school assembly or classroom work
> Notes for a secondary school assembly or classroom work
> Photographs from areas affected by the tsunami
> Keep making a difference: MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY

Advice on incorporating these resources in the classroom

Use the links below to watch Oxfam's curriculum advisors give recommendations on incorporating these resources in the classroom, or to read a transcript of the video.

Video first published on the Teachernet site.

> Watch the video via modem connection
> Watch the video via broadband connection

> Read the transcript

Source materials

	Helping people return home - Health Promoter Inga Mepham explains how Oxfam is supporting villagers to return home and shape their own future (3 Feb)
	"In 10 minutes, you lose everything" - Oxfam's Shaista Aziz talks to survivors in a village devastated by the tsunami (3 Feb)
	Taking the long view - Oxfam Director Barbara Stocking in Sri Lanka explains why the huge initial aid effort is just the beginning (27 Jan)
	A clean start - Oxfam is giving out hygiene kits in villages across Tamil Nadu, India - kits to help keep people clean, and reduce the risk of disease (21 Jan)
	Oxfam aid arrives at Vattavan camp - Vattavan camp in Battaciloa, East Sri Lanka, is currently home to 164 displaced families (7 Jan)

On the Oxfam GB website

> Latest update, stories and reports
> Archive of stories and reports
> 'The first stepping stone...' - schools re-open in Indonesia
> How we work in emergencies
> Emergency fact file

Other NGO websites

> MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY
> ActionAid
> CAFOD
> Christian Aid
> Global Gang - Christian Aid's site for young people
> Red Cross
> Save the Children
> UNICEF

On the BBC website

> Asia Quake Disaster: In depth
> Animated guide: The tsunami disaster
> CBBC Newsround: Asia earthquake disaster for young people

Other websites

> RaisingKids.co.uk: Dealing with Disasters – support for parents