Navashakti children, Pandiruppu, Ampara District, Sri Lanka / Kopitha, age 8

Kopitha, age 8 Home destroyed, living now in refugee camp; father is paralysed since many years. Kopitha was in her home when the Tsunami hit, as the water came in she was unable to escape, the water was up to her neck when she was pulled out. She was battered and bruised. Since the tsunami every night she dreams of the tsunami and the people, friends that died. Lost eight relatives in the Tsunami, not immediate family. She now lives in the camp. NEC cook’s daughter