Long-Term Responses

• The UN and other countries donated financial aid, supplies and medical support
• Rebuilding of roads, bridges and airports
• "Cash for work" programmes were set up which paid people to help clear debris and rebuild the city
• Oxfam helped with the replacement of fishing boats which proved to be a vital source of income
• Rice farming and fishing quickly re-established
• 1000s of homes have been rebuilt away from areas at risk of future flooding
• More cyclone shelters built to accommodate people evacuated from coastal areas