Tsunami International Survey On Emotional Impact

Our sympathy goes to the victims and their loved ones who are affected by the tsunami of 2004. The forum remains open and the webservice active for those who wish to participate.

We remember that in the morning of December 26 2004, an exceptionally great earthquake occurred to the northwest of the island of Sumatra. The earthquake caused a rupture in the earth’s crust some 1,200 km long and a tidal wave or tsunami of immense proportions. The tsunami caused widespread devastation particularly on the coasts of Sumatra, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India; about 300,000 people were killed or lost. Numerous victims were also made in people from other nationalities that were working in these areas. Three years have passed by - on December 26, 2007 the whole world will once more remember this event.
Picture right: A family member of a Swedish tsunami victim looks at traditional floating flowers with burning candles released during a memorial service in Phuket, Thailand. Reuters/ Chaiwat Subprasom

TISEI provides information about the emotional aftermath to victims and their relatives, gives advice for psychological help and performs research on the effects of the disaster. TISEI has joined ECHOES ONLINE, a webservive dedicated for community building through ICT after major disasters.

Figure: activity www.tisei.org 2005 - 2006 - 2007

This site has several portals, each portal in a different language. If you decide to participate in the wesurvey, please click your country in the left menu bar.
Filling in the questionnaires may be helpful, it can serve as a orientation to where you are. Please register and you will receive and email with which you can login. You can print each page of the survey and take to your counsellor or physician.
Currently the bolded countries/languages are operational. Please report errors or bugs to info@tisei.org.

Mental health workers, public health workers, and governement agencies aiming to organise regional psychological meetings and support: this can be facilitated through the TISEI webservice. Please contact us on info@tisei.org or e.vermetten@umcutrecht.nl

The TISEI project group expresses heartfelt sympathy with all people that are affected by natural disasters or are the victim of large scale attacks. For those affected by hurricane Katrina, the American tsunami, for a forum please go here. We hope that a community can be built that enables them to connect with others and that a collective memorial archive helps them cope in the aftermath.

ECHOES ONLINE is an NGO registered in the Netherlands no 30203021 - bank acct 97.33.02.232 in Bloemendaal, the Netherlands info: luctaal@ipact.nl

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