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Following our drop in Trincomalee we drove one of the lorries north to Mullaitivu with a donation of 500 mosquito nets for camps in the area and other medicine remaining from the clinic not redistributed elsewhere. Mullaitivu is situated on the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka, in LTTE controlled area. We were given an escort to Mullaitivu where we met with the Planning and Development Secretariat, visited camps and looked around the coastal side of town. We also met a representative from the UN who was overseeing the co-ordination of aid in the region. We informed them and ZOA (another NGO who are providing mosquito nets for the area) of our delivery. The planning here was generally excellent. Sites have already been identified to move families from the camps to. We saw examples of temporary houses which are going to be built to house people while longer term reconstruction gets under way. The big aid effort from the major NGOs is now well under way too. This was a special occasion for Panni and Jayantha who had never been able to travel to this part of the country before due to the ethnic conflict. One of the photos shows Panni and our escort Jeevan using a dictionary to communicate. A very positive day in many different ways.

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