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Finding homes for disaster-hit orphans
By Apsara Kapukotuwa
With an estimated 1000 children orphaned due to the tsunami, the focus of the authorities has fallen on giving priority to the placement of these children in environments familiar to them.

Living in refugee camps with relatives, these orphans are the worst hit of the three categories of children classified in tsunami-hit areas. The other categories consist of children who have lost one parent and those who have been traumatised by their experiences.

Probation and Child Care Services Commissioner Sarath Abeygunewardene says that even in the case of adoption by either local or foreign interested parties, priority lies in rehabilitating children in their own familiar environment or extended family set-up.

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