by Hilath Rasheed, British Red Cross communications officer in Male' / IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies)
The reclamation of a Maldives island partially washed away by the 2004 tsunami has paved the way for house construction to begin.
The British Red Cross has received eight bids to build homes on Vilufushi island, Thaa atoll, where more than 90 per cent of the infrastructure was destroyed.
Since then a land reclamation process by the Maldivian and Dutch governments has tripled the size of the island and raised it by one meter.
Most of the 1,900 displaced people from Vilufushi are currently living in cramped temporary shelters on neighboring Buruni Island - a welcoming community of 550 people who have traditionally enjoyed good relations with Vilufushi. READ MORE FROM RELIEF WEB
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