Understanding community resilience and program factors that strengthen them

The IFRC’s response and recovery operation in the aftermath
of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami reflected
the scale of what is recorded as the deadliest tsunami
in history – one that swept through coastal areas of
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Thailand, and ten
other Indian Ocean countries. Over 4.8 million people
benefited from a wide range of Red Cross Red Crescent
support that included reconstruction of physical
infrastructure such as homes, schools and health
facilities as well as long term recovery and disaster
risk reduction programming.