The President briefed Ms. Bellamy and the Resident Representative Ted Chaiban about the programme now in place to protect children made destitute by the catastrophe. She said the National Child Protection Authority, the UNICEF and Commissioners of Probation in the Southern and Northern Provinces are working together. Ms. Bellamy was pleased to learn that a Foster Parent Scheme and a legal adoption programme are to be formulated.

The President said there appears to be no shortage of food and clothes for children now in camps. UNICEF agreed to make available toys and sports goods. In response to the President's appeal UNICEF also agreed to help build temporary housing for the tsunami orphaned. The President said alternate locations would be found for children housed in schools by the time the
school year begins on 20th January.

The UNICEF chief Carol Bellamy said Sri Lanka is the first of the tsunami affected countries, to restore normalcy within a short period of one week.