GALLE (Sri Lanka): Wearing a donated red T-shirt, pale green pleated skirt and rubber thongs, Waruni Delpagodage, 18, ponders her future in the refugee camp her destitute family has fled to in the tsunami aftermath.
“A year. I think my parents will have to stay here for about a year, that’s how long it’s going to take to rebuild our house,” she said, standing erect with her hair tied back neatly in a long ponytail.
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