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Sri Lanka

Vesak, a festival to celebrate Buddha's birthday in Gangaramaya Temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A patient at the National Cancer Institute Maharagama, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Riding the train from Hatton to Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Research by youth-led, grass roots organisation 'Sri Lanka Unites' suggests that 60-70% of Sri Lankan children still don't have friends outside their ethnic group. Here a muslim family visit the beach in Welligama, Sri Lanka, March 2012.

Research by youth-led, grass roots organisation 'Sri Lanka Unites' suggests that 60-70% of Sri Lankan children still don't have friends outside their ethnic group. Here a muslim family visit the beach in Welligama, Sri Lanka, March 2012.

The Veddahs are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. Inhabiting the island long before the Sinhalese and Tamils. They have been marginalised through out Sri Lanka. Originally jungle dwelling peoples, this Veddah community in Batticalao were chased out of the forest by Indian Peacekeeping Forces, they were then hit by the tsunami and recruited to fight for the LTTE during the war. They now live in a resettlement camp north of Batticaloa. Sri Lanka, February 2012.

The Veddahs are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. Inhabiting the island long before the Sinhalese and Tamils. They have been marginalised through out Sri Lanka. Originally jungle dwelling peoples, this Veddah community in Batticalao were chased out of the forest by Indian Peacekeeping Forces, they were then hit by the tsunami and recruited to fight for the LTTE during the war. They now live in a resettlement camp north of Batticaloa. Sri Lanka, February 2012.

The Veddahs are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. Inhabiting the island long before the Sinhalese and Tamils. They have been marginalised through out Sri Lanka. Originally jungle dwelling peoples, this Veddah community in Batticalao were chased out of the forest by Indian Peacekeeping Forces, they were then hit by the tsunami and recruited to fight for the LTTE during the war. They now live in a resettlement camp north of Batticaloa. Sri Lanka, February 2012.

The Veddahs are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. Inhabiting the island long before the Sinhalese and Tamils. They have been marginalised through out Sri Lanka. Originally jungle dwelling peoples, this Veddah community in Batticalao were chased out of the forest by Indian Peacekeeping Forces, they were then hit by the tsunami and recruited to fight for the LTTE during the war. They now live in a resettlement camp north of Batticaloa. Sri Lanka, February 2012.

A goat stands on the remains of a shelled out building in the Parsayur district of Jaffna. Reconstruction of the north and east is underway but little has been done to address the social and ethnic imbalances that were the real cause of the conflict. Sri Lanka, February 2012.

Tamil communities in Jaffna are predominantly Hindu but there is also a strong Christian presence. San Anthony's church, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, March 2012

Jaffna railway station suffered repeated shelling in the 1980s and today the station is abandoned with much of the roof caved in. The walls have become a canvas for local people to express a mixture of personal and political sentiments. The government plans to rebuild the northern trainline as part of its larger development plan for the north and east regions of Sri Lanka. Jaffna, February 2012.

Navaratnam, a Tamil originally from Kallikulam in Vavunya district. He has been displaced more times than he can remember over the last twenty years. At one stage he was split from his daughter for three years as they were sent to different IDP camps. Two weeks a ago they were reunited. The civil war in Sri Lanka has had a devastating humanitarian and environmental impact. Sri Lanka, 02 March 2012.

Manchula Navaratnam, 16, sufferered multiple displacements during the war. She has been seperated from her family since she was 13. The last three years she has been living in Menik Farm IDP camp. She was reunited with her father just two weeks ago. Vavuniya Dictrict, North Sri Lanka, 02 March 2012.

Pilgrims approach the summit of Sri Pada,, or 'Adam's Peak', a mountain sacred to Buddhists, Hindus, Christians and Muslims. Central Sri Lanka, March 2012.

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