There are 160 families -1,050 members living in the Uduththurai transitional shelter-Vadamarachchi East, which is under the control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The transitional shelter was flooded in the recent rain, and the flood water has not receded yet completely

Thirty year old Arutperunchchothy Ganesh cleans crab, which he caught from the sea

A child peeps through the cadjan fence of his neighbour as they are being filmed

"Life is very difficult here.I have five children.When it rains, the roof leaks. I have no other place to live " says forty nine year old Yogalakshmi Rajendram

Relatives living in Norway and Denmark visited their loved ones in the transitional shelter. They say that, they have visited them twice since the Tsunami, but nothing has changed.

Fifty year old Chandravathana Devadas steams flour to make "Puttu" for lunch for her seven children and husband.

Eleven year old Sriskandarajah Prashanth having a bath with his six year old sister Indumathy Sriskandarajah

Thirty year old Sujitha Upasingham dries the mats in the sunlight to kill the germs

"I do not have a permanent income" says thirty seven year old Ponnuthurai Shakthivel

Children having their December vacation.

Rice, flour, dhal, oil, sugar and maze are given as food ration

About 1, 000 people died from tsunami waves in Uduththurai, many of them buried here.