THE
DAMAGE TO LIVELIHOODS, AND WHAT NEXT In the beginning of January, based on general and
incomplete situation reports, the International Labour Organisation
(ILO) made a preliminary estimate that total jobs and livelihood
losses due to the tsunami numbered about 400,000. With better
information becoming available on a daily basis, this estimate
has been regularly .......... More>>
ILO
ESTIMATES 1 MILLION PEOPLE LOST LIVELIHOOD IN SRI LANKA AND
INDONESIA The International Labour Office (ILO) today urged that
"employment-intensive" jobs creation strategies be
integrated into the humanitarian and reconstruction response
to the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Asia that destroyed
the livelihoods of an estimated 1 million persons in Indonesia
and Sri Lanka alone............ More>>
40%
OF TSUNAMI-VICTIMS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS STILL NEED MEANS
OF LIVELIHOOD - 6 MONTHS AFTER
Six months after the tsunami, 40 per cent of the affected people
who have lost their jobs are still in urgent need of livelihood
recovery assistance. Nine out of 10 men and women in affected
areas lost their jobs due to the tsunami. As of May 2005, only
about 60% of them managed to regain some source of income...... More>>
THE
DAMAGE TO LIVELIHOODS, AND WHAT NEXT