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NAME: SLANKA VOL 060105N TAPE: EF05/0022 IN_TIME: 10:00:09:00 DURATION: 00:02:47:24 SOURCES: SKY DATELINE: Galle area - 5 Jan 2005 RESTRICTIONS: No Access UK/CNNi/ Ireland/Internet SHOTLIST 1 Emergency food supplies being sorted 2 Various of aid workers conferring 3 Simone Grace giving instructions 4 SOUNDBITE (English) Simone Grace, volunteer aid worker: There was the fact, you know, that because we saw a lot of what happened you know, people being rushed out and things like that there was a call for 'let's try and stay if we can' It was more so about the fact of whether or not emotionally or mentally we could handle that sort of situation 5 High shot of group of mainly children in village 6 Various of local administrator conducting meeting 7 SOUNDBITE (Sinhalese) Local administrator (no name given): A group of English people came and gave some aid which we distributed to all here They brought dry rations and food The people in this area need it desperately 8 Various of villagers 9 VOXPOP (English) Villager: Came (the) water near our house And we are taking something from this temple this (inaudible) temple We are coming but there is not enough for us 9 Mid shot young girl 10 Mid shot old man 11 Group of female villagers 12 Mid shot woman 13 Same woman exposes bandaged leg 14 VOXPOP (Sinhalese) Villager: I couldn't get here in time for the aid they brought and so my bag (CUT TO BLACK PLASTIC BAG) is empty I waited all day after that but got nothing So I am waiting today too 15 Various village scenes, villagers STORYLINE While most understandably quickly fled the region, some holidaymakers caught up in the deadly tsunami of 26 December stayed on in southern Asian to help in the relief effort At a makeshift storage facility in Sri Lanka - a temple near the southern town of Galle - a group of them have been collecting food and supplies for distribution to some of those hardest hit by the tidal waves Over one-thousand people are billeted in an emergency camp nearby the temple Simone Grace from the southern English town of Weybridge, southwest of London, was one of those who stayed and she has taken a leading role in the effort As Grace points out, the decision to stay wasn't a straightforward one Many tourists found it difficult to cope emotionally after witnessing the horrific scenes of 26 December Grace and her co-workers are doing the best, but with so many mouths to feed, the supplies aren't nearly enough Keywords - Indian ocean earthquake tsunami