Chitravadivel Rajeswari is a victim of the seaquake. She sits mourning on the foundations of her collapsed house on Baticaloa beach. Only some stones of the foundation are left in the sand. She sits on these stones holding the decorative stone which was once above the entrance. Chitravadivel is crying and holding her face. Anything around her is destroyed.

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   Sebastian Lasse (sl007@digitalcourage.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 02:12:32 JST Sebastian Lasse

   #tsunami #stern #geo
   #SriLanka

   20 years of trauma …

   We met Chitravadivel Rajeswari in the General Hospital of Batticaloa.

   The Tidal waves in Sri Lanka were up to 12 metres high and Chitravadivel survived them by climbing up a tree and clutching it for hours.
   After the waves flooded the area she had just one goal: Helping in the hospital where she works as an assisting nurse.
   Normally she would go by bike but now there was no bike, there was just water.

   After 3 days we visited her again, she was totally exhausted. 💖 Chitravadivel did not spent a second to think about herself or her own property.
   It was a very strange feeling but the only feeling I had at this minute was that anyone now needs a bit of time to care for themselves.
   We tried to find her home which was a nice house. It was made out of stones and built by the best intentions of what a community can build.

   This was the moment when we found the house.

   🧵 to be continued