Dispaches from Sri Lanka_12405
Posted: 1/12/05
| Rubble left by the tsunamis is all that remains in many areas near Batticaloa in east Sri Lanka. Texas Baptist Men volunteers are feeding and purifying water in the area. (Photos by Rex Campbell) | |
 Kevin Dinnin and other Texas Baptist Men examine ways to help in a refugee camp housing 1,000 refugees of the tsunami near Batticaloa in east Sri Lanka. This camp is expected to swell to many times that number by the end of January.
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 Workers with Baptist Child & Family Services sort donated medication that will be distributed in the Batticaloa region of east Sri Lanka. The team is in the nation to provide emergency shelters for orphans and train residents to care for children who lost their families when a series of tsunamis hit. |
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 Bill Gresso of Northlake Baptist Church in Garland and Dick Talley test a well on the east coast of Sri Lanka near Batticaloa. Texas Baptist Men workers are assessing where they can use water puririfiers. |
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 Texas Baptist Men volunteers and team from Baptist Child & Family Services worship with a group of believers near Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. |
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