BOOK REVIEW: Vanni: A family’s struggle through the Sri Lankan conflict
Benjamin Dix felt it was “a failure of the international system” when he was forced to abandon his job with the United Nations in northern Sri Lanka helping some of the thousands of Tamil people made homeless by the massive Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004.
It was July 2008, and the UN was closing down its humanitarian work in Vanni, the northeastern part of…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Asia Sentinel to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.