NPR's Phillip Reeves reports from Tricomalee, Sri Lanka, on efforts to provide aid to victims of last week's massive Indian Ocean tsunami. At LAist, we believe in journalism without censorship and the ...

Catholic aid agencies were among those working to assess the needs and get relief to the island of Sulawesi after an earthquake and tsunami left more than 1,400 people dead. Among those killed were 34 ...

Aid groups rebuilding Indonesia’s Aceh region after the devastation wrought by the 2004 tsunamis have come under fire for failing to build adequate houses and follow through with other commitments, ...

Arunachalam Sundararajah looks east to the Sri Lankan coastline with a feeling that resembles envy. Many families on the shore live in new houses or own new fishing boats donated by charities working ...

GENEVA, Jan. 11 (UNHCR) - As the U.N. urged donor governments to donate nearly $1 billion to tsunami disaster relief Tuesday, the U.N. refugee agency stepped up its delivery of aid supplies to ...