Children of Tsunami September 2005 - Beam

The Asian Tsunami of December 2004 left a trail of destruction in South and Southeast Asia. Picking up from where the news media left off, Children of Tsunami tracks the recovery of eight affected families in the four hardest hit countries. TVE Asia Pacific's locally based TV journalist teams are visiting and filming with them every month in 2005 to track their recovery. In September 2005, our eight families continue their recovery journeys with courage and resilience. In India, jealousy among neighbours threatens to divide Mala's community while Selvam falls sick after drinking the unclean water in his camp. In Indonesia, the fathers of both Putri and Yenni find work at last, but families face rising cost of living as Ramazan approaches. In Sri Lanka, prospects are now looking good for Heshani's family -- they receive a new house and a coir rope machine. Not so fortunate, Theeban's family plans to send him to the conflict-ridden North. In Thailand, Bao's uncle Nuay talks about the tsunami's impact on the local environment. Beam's mother worries that her daughter might have trouble adjusting when she enters boarding school next year.