Y.Kodeeswaran, 31 years old
Food Security technician. In January, Kodees had lost a brother, shot down along with 4 other young men. Because of the bereavement, he had delayed to the next year his wedding with Mogana, a young lady who also worked for ACF.

V. Kokilavathani 29 years old
Moderator for the Hygiene promotion She was always very cheerful and well turned out. “Kolika” had worked for an Italian NGO before joining ACF. And ACF had placed great hopes in her. She reached the most vulnerable in the camps for displaced people, the one who fled the war. She [...]

V. Kokilavathani 29 years old
Moderator for the Hygiene promotion She was always very cheerful and well turned out. “Kolika” had worked for an Italian NGO before joining ACF. And ACF had placed great hopes in her. She reached the most vulnerable in the camps for displaced people, the one who fled the war. She [...]

T. Pratheeban, 24 years old
Water and Sanitation technician He was the frailest of all the boys. Always absorbed in his work, he worked hard on the rehabilitation of water wells and the construction of latrines in Muttur after the tsunami. He loved explaining his job to all, even to those who did not understand [...]

Selliah Ganesh, 54 years old
Driver We called him “uncle Ganesh”, he was one of the oldest of the team. He would always look concerned and focused. Ganesh would never say no. He woke up at dawn to clean his car; he was driving a Charlie 6, a very old Toyota 4×4. It was the [...]

S. Romila, 25 years old
Moderator for the Hygiene promotion She could talk about anything and had a natural authority over people. Romila worked for hygiene amelioration in the kitchen of the poorest households. The boys used to joke a lot with her. They loved to make her laugh. Lot of them had a thing [...]

S. Preema Anantharajah, 33 years old
Assistant manager of the program One morning in 2004, “Ananth” like we called him there confided to one of his friend, after he had hidden a whole night in a school with other families, his wife and his baby girl because he was afraid of the armed conflict between Tamils [...]

S. Koneswaran, 24 years old
Driver He was a dreamer with the soul of a child. He always brought joy to the team. “Konees” was from a very poor family and he was living with his mother. His house was in a very sensitive neighborhood after ethnical violence had surged in April 2006 in Muttur, [...]

R. Arulrajahd, 24 years old
Water & Sanitation technician “Arul” believed in the resolution of the conflict thanks to peace and smiles. He worked for the construction of water wells and latrines for the fish auction place by the harbor. Just like Narmathan, he was really good for dancing on Tamils music. In Sri Lanka, [...]

Narmathan, 24 years old
Water & Sanitation technician He was the handsome one in the “boy gang”, as was called at ACF the Water & Sanitation team hired after the tsunami. “Madan” was a talented cricket player. In March 2006, the ACF Batticaloa team had challenged the Trincomalee one in cricket, soccer and volleyball. [...]

M. Rishikesan; 23 years old
Water and sanitation technician He had been working for ACF since March 2006. He was a very discrete man.

M. Ketheeswaran, 36 years
Food Security technician “Kedis” was in charge of food security in the zone controlled by the Tamil Tigres. He would travel by motorbike, without any radio. One evening, he did not come back from Muttur. A team went looking for him and found him in a dried mud hut village, [...]

K. Kovarthani, 28 years old
Moderator for the Hygiene promotion Kovarthani was very confortable dealing with children when she was trying to convince them that hygiene was very important. She was supposed to get married soon.  Her parents had found her a husband because they thought it was time for her to have a family.

I Muralitharan, 34 years old
Driver He was very shy, sometimes slightly clumsy but was always smiling. He would always polish and overhaul his car. He was worried about the security of his wife and the one of his daughter. He was sharing a house with his brother in law Subra, who was also an [...]

Gangatharan Sritharan, 36 years old
Food security qualified technician Sritharan, called “Sri”, was the living memory of ACF. He knew like nobody the zone controlled by the Tamils Tiger and he was there during the most difficult moments. For each newcomer, he would show the sowed rice cultures, the reconstructed water wells, the water tank [...]

G. Kavitha, 27 years old
Hygiene adviser She was Ganesh’s granddaughter. Kavitha was very discrete and a little bit shy. She had succeeded in creating strong relations with the different communities, even in the most sensitive zones.

Abdul Latheep Mohamed Jaffar, 31 years old
Mason Jaffnar was among the best mason of ACF. He could have earned much more working elsewhere but he had created strong ties with the boys. He has played an incredible volley game against the team of Batticaloa. At soccer, he was playing right winger. He was a leader, always [...]

A. Jaseelan, 27 years old
Water and sanitation technician Jaseelan had first started at ACF working for the hygiene promotion. He was the only man among 5 women. Together they used to practice theatre plays to raise awareness about hygiene in the refugee camps. It was about the use of the toilets, the food risks, [...]