page_title: Jaffna Peninsula
section_title: Tsunami Disaster
hierarchical_section_title: Jaffna Peninsula / History / Tsunami Disaster
caption_attribution_description: English: Most Rev. Dr. Thomas Savundaranayagam, Bishop of Jaffna with German tsunami relief mission team members including Dietmar Doering, Sebastian Schmid, Kerstin Horaczek, Friederike Wagner-Vogel, Yvonne Seiler, Georg Schmidt-Colinet, Johannes Horstmann, Martin A. Bosshart and Sri Lankan Coordinators Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena and Rajkumar Kanagasingam in January, 2005. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOkn8MGfEQw)
context_page_description: Jaffna Peninsula or is an area in Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is home to the capital city of the province, Jaffna, and comprises much of the former land mass of the medieval Jaffna kingdom.
  Parts of Jaffna peninsula was historical divided into the three regions of Vadamarachchi, Thenmarachchi and Valikamam, which are today three sections of the Jaffna District.
context_section_description: Northern and Eastern coast of the peninsula were badly affected by tsunamis, especially of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; this includes the villages in the Northern coast from Thondaimanaru to Thumpalai and Eastern coast from Vallipuram to Kuddarappu. The damage to the eastern coast was higher than that of northern coast. Fisheries sectors of this district were badly affected. Estimation of damages caused to different sectors has not been completed.
  Available data revealed that a total of 2,640 people lost their lives while 1,647 were injured and 1,204 are missing. 37,255 people belonging to 9,885 families were displaced, of which 15,034 people belonging to 4,038 families are living in the welfare camps and the balance 22,221 people belonging to 5,847 families are living with their friends and relatives.
  People displaced from the coastal villages of Kankesanthurai, Myliddy and Palali due to the formation heavy security zone are not yet settled in the above villages and are facing difficulties without homes and jobs. Fisheries and agriculture sector in the above villages are affected badly and Sri Lankan government has no plan to improve the living standards of these conflict affected zones.
caption: Bishop of Jaffna with German tsunami relief mission team members of AGSEP in January, 2005.
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