Full coverage: Sri Lanka

13.01.2005 Tsunami in Sri Lanka not only brought disaster but also an opportunity that allowed leaders and communities to come together to address the need to rebuild lives and shattered dreams. Various communication technologies could facilitate the process, writes Sanjana Hattotuwa, a rotary world peace scholar at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

12.01.2005 The Matara Community Multimedia Centre, in the heart of Sri LankaÂ’s disaster zone, is broadcasting over 250 missing persons messages a day on its station, the Southern Regional Station of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, while its telecentre has been mobilised by those handling the crisis.

05.01.2005 Global telcos including Vodafone, Cable & Wireless and Inmarsat are supporting a new charity Télécoms sans Frontières (TSF) in setting up an emergency communication centre equipped with satellite phone lines and high-speed internet connections in Sri Lanka. Relief organisations have started using this facility in their ongoing rescue operations.