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Photos from the Peace Counts Report in Sri Lanka
- A bloody civil war...
- Sri Lanka - destruction from the war
- Ghost country...
- One and a half million landmines...
- Rohini Narasingham...
- Children like little Ravindran...
- The conflict...
- War victims...
- The aim of SEED...
- Foreign aid organizations...
- Becoming dependent...
- When the Berlin wall came down...
- In a mud hut...
- Alternative ideas...
- The first German donations...
- The SEED team...
- Back then...
- The need is enormous...
- Economic recovery...
- Watched by armed guards...
- The most necessary things...
- We have to learn...
- An oasis...
- The leftovers...
- A headstrong commune...
- On the inside...
The first German donations...
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The first German donations, he figured, would be enough for 10 houses. When SEED announced their plan, 850 families wanted to participate. “We took the time to speak with every single one. Some evenings all I could do was break down and cry after all I had been told about the dead and those who disappeared, about torture and rape.”
Singham wanted to help everyone, to heal everything. Very difficult to choose 10 families – and to turn 840 away. The team decided to give preference to landless families with handicapped children or very many children. Clear criteria made it easier to select without feeling guilty.