Delivering much needed relief supplies brings joy to the giver as well as the receiver.

By the 29th, Ven. Wimalaratana and members of the temple were rushing large quantities of aid to the beleagured camps.

Ven. Dhammaratana and volunteers from the Singapore Buddhist Libray arrive at Colombo airport with medicine and other relief items.

Medicine donated from Singapore carried as personal luggage.

Inventoring the supplies from Singapore that were unloaded and stored at Bellanwila.

Recycled bottles were filled with water boiled at Bellanwila.

Some of 2200 displaced persons remaining at Pushparama Temple in Payagala (Kalutara). Of the 5000 who sought refuge, most were Catholics from the nearby fishing villages.

Worried faces at a welfare center.

Close living, but protected.

Even in a makeshift home, parents can smile when their children are safe and happy.

Sometimes counseling and comforting words are needed, more than food.

After the first few days, hospitals were able to reorganize.

Checking stores at Puhparama Temple.

Bhante trying his hand at one of the communal cooking pots common in the relief camps. This one was at Savil Kovil Camp set up at Nilaveli (Trincomalee). The camp housed about 300 people, mostly Tamil. Little outside aid had reached here before..

At this camp in the 'contested' area near Trincomalee, the military insisted on escorting the relief team.

Children are forever optimistic as long as their family is near.