After the Deluge

Gopinath Nair, for The Chronicle

REBUILDING BRICK BY BRICK Charities have made mixed progress in rebuilding the countries devastated by the December tsunamis. V. Vivekanandan, of the South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies, says some efforts by international groups have done more harm than good.

A YEAR AFTER THE TSUNAMIS STRUCK, progress in the recovery of South Asia has been mixed, bedeviled by short supplies, lack of coordination, and even, in some instances, too much money spent too quickly.

RELIEF GROUPS IN SRI LANKA struggle to correct the imbalance between the massive assistance provided to tsunami survivors and the relative neglect of the victims of ethnic conflict on the island.

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HOMES IN INDONESIA flattened by the tidal waves has been stymied by political and logistical problems, leaving many communities a barren landscape.

AMERICAN CHARITIES collected more than $1.6-billion to help victims of the tsunamis, and have spent about a third of that money, a new Chronicle study has found.