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The Tsunami Student Tour has been a life-changing experience for the participants of the EI Tsunami Student Tour to Aceh, Indonesia, from 19-24 February 2007. Below is a summary of the feedback they gave EI after returning from the tour.

Report on the Tsunami Student Tour from the Australian students, Phuoc Huynh and Hue Huynh, and their teacher Glenn Hokin.

"I could never have anticipated what I experienced whilst I was in Banda Aceh", said Martin Jones, 17, from the UK as he returned from the EI Tsunami Student Tour to Banda Aceh.

"I could never have anticipated what I experienced whilst I was in Banda Aceh", said Martin Jones, 17, from the UK as he returned from the EI Tsunami Student Tour to Banda Aceh.

EI has organised a tour for twelve students from Japan, Australia, the UK and the Netherlands to the tsunami-hit areas of Aceh in Indonesia from 19-24 February. The students were selected from schools which contributed to the EI Solidarity Fund for the Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme.

By the end of September this year, teachers and children in the tsunami-hit areas of Indonesia in the Aceh province have access to 8 brand new fully-furnished and well-equipped elementary schools built under the EI-Novib Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme. And there will be 20 more to come.

All over the world, public education is under threat and facing competition from private education systems. In countries that have faced natural disasters like tsunamis, the reconstruction of public schools takes on a particular dimension. The following is a picture of the situation in Sri Lanka.

Anyone arriving in Sri Lanka is captivated by its charm – the charm of smiling faces. Never in my life have I seen so many! People smile whenever and wherever they meet, whether they are acquaintances or strangers, whether the other person is a foreigner or a fellow Sri Lankan,...

According to EI affiliate, the East Timor Teachers’ Union (ETTU), many teachers and students are still living in refugee camps after three months of violence that shook the already war-torn country.

Innocent civilians in Lebanon, including many teachers and their families, are severely affected by the current hostilities and they are appealing for your solidarity assistance!

EI is currently looking into the possible damages to education in the areas affected by the 6.3 richter scale earthquake that hit the island of Java in Indonesia on 27 May. The main areas affected were Klaten, Bantul and the ancient city of Yogyakarta.

The South Asia Earthquake struck the Pakistan-administered and parts of the India-administered region of Kashmir on 8 October 2005. It registered a magnitude of 7.6 and caused widespread devastation. Almost 90,000 people died and more than 4 million were directly affected.

As of 5 Jan 2005, about 150,000 people in 8 Asian countries have perished and more than 5 million lives affected due to the tsunami waves generated by the underwater earthquake near Bandar Aceh, Indonesia on 26 Dec 2004. About one third of those killed are children. As part of...

As part of the Global Unions Tsunami Solidarity (GUTS) programme, co-operating partners including EI launched the Tsunami Skills Development and Vocational Training project in the Aceh province in Indonesia. A Manpower Training Centre was set up in this area most affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami, and the centre aims...

As part of EI's Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme in partnership with NOVIB (Oxfam Netherlands) to restore education back in the areas affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami in Dec 2004, the first school has been reconstructed and refurbished.

Education International is pleased to report that good progress is being made with the development and rebuilding of schools in Aceh and Sri Lanka, the areas which were destroyed by the tsunami of December 2004.

On behalf of all its member organisations, EI has expressed its sympathy to its four affiliates in the Philippines after the entire village of Guinsaugon, in the town of St Bernard on the southern part of Leyte, in the central Philippines, was buried by a major landslide on Friday 17...

Beside the road from the principal airport of North Ossetia to the capital city of Vladikavkaz is a new cemetery. It has been opened in the past year to accommodate the remains of over 300 victims of the siege in School No.1 in Beslan. It is a remarkable sight. Its...