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Tsunami orphans still languish in shelters [1]

More than 5,500 tsunami affected orphaned children still remain in shelters around the country, the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) revealed yesterday adding that it would launch a programme to seek guardians for these children.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2009
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) [2]
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Natural Disasters [3], Tsunami [4], Disaster Management [5], Disaster Housing [6], Children [7], Sri Lanka [8]
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