Creating CTEC







CTEC TEAM







President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Jeyraj Fernandoupulle, Minister of Trade and Commerce



The presidents soldiers



MANAGER: Roshan Waduthantri, (retired ARMY)





Learning to trust the sea again



Swimming lessons



Tsunami busters!!!

Thankyou for everything you have done for CTEC Tyronne



District Governor


CTEC Protected through Harmony





Tyronne Anthony: CTEC manager


The Community Tsunami Early-warning Center located on Galle Rd, Peraliya, Telwatta.


Board meetings and busy office moments.


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"A moment of silence for the 'Stolen lives"







26th DEC, 2005. One year anniversary brings a visit from the Presidents soldiers.



Introducing our new CTEC officer with his father Manager Roshan and his wife!



Marketing CTEC to the community





monitoring, officers, volunteer handing out CTEC numbers and new focal points opening all along the coast.



Local Volunteers: Father and son from surrounding villages






Dr. Novil: great leader



Team



More Meetings


Thankyou Cronulla, Rotary Club, Australia for your support and donations





CTEC officers were asked to protect the Seenigama full moon festival through fears of a stampede due to a Tsunami rumor. CTEC set up a booth with computers and monitored for earthquakes.










An overwhelming response from the police and locals for the tsunami center numbers


Thousands of people attended the Full moon festival


Meetings... lots of them!






A visit from the Sri Lankan Navy endorsing the center



DR Novil and the quarterly report available for anyone to see.






CTEC officers give lectures to the villagers on tsunami and evacuation routes.







Alan Wellington of Habitat for Humanity sent us a great Reuters crew to help paint the tsunami Warning center







Speakers are secured throughout the villages to warn of a future tsunami




Tsunami evacuation signs are placed along the evacuation routes





James teaching computer to local kids



Alison's Tsunami dog looking out the CTEC window.


Alison Co-Founder of CTEC and "The Angel of Galle"




Candidates for CTEC Coordinator undertaking the written assignment: My vision for CTEC today and by 2010..."


Fire preparedness programme, Matara


Tsunami awareness programme, Dadalla