Bangkok--Jun 23--Francom Asia
Airtimes: Sunday, 26 June 2005 at 20:00
Monday, 27 June 2005 at 01:00 and 09:00 (replays)
For the past 182 days the survivors of December’s devastating Indian-Ocean Tsunami have struggled to cope with the aftermath of the disaster. Now, on June 26, 2005, exactly six months after the tragedy, CNN will take the pulse of reconstruction efforts and the difficult healing process for people in the region in a special program, “Tsunami: Six Months On.”
Presented live by Veronica Pedrosa, from the network’s Asian headquarters in Hong Kong, this half-hour program includes special reports from CNN’s correspondents in the region who were there when the Tsunami struck and then reported continuously as the true horror of the disaster unfolded.
For the past six months CNN has reported on the massive humanitarian relief and reconstruction efforts taking place as well as deeply moving stories of human perseverance amid the widespread destrution. In this special program CNN investigates what the future holds for the governments, aid agencies and the ordinary people left behind after mountains of water swept away thousands of lives, together with entire towns and villages.
Atika Shubert reports on how corruption and red tape are hindering reconstruction efforts in Indonesia’s Aceh region. Satinder Bindra speaks to survivors about a plan to move the fishing town of Galle, Sri Lanka, further inland. Aneesh Raman interviews a child survivor in Thailand about mourning the loss of her parents, and moving on, as so many of those orphaned by the tragedy have had to do.
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