By Elmo Fernando Colombo correspondent, BBC Sinhala Service

Yet, the resurrection is underway says the Assistant District Secretary WA Dharmasiri.

"At the beginning there were 39 camps, now we have managed to reduce it to four. We have released all the schools for educational purposes."

Women still struglling to cope

One of them, Tangalla Maha Vidyalaya has 1300 students. But, only half of them turned up on the first day back after the tragedy.

"The children have not recovered. They look sad and shocked. Students are reluctant to participate in activities," says Ernest Jayasinghe, the Head Teacher.

No uniforms

Most children came without the uniforms. "All my clothes were lost," said Suneth Gayan who had also lost many family members.

"We have to try and forget what had happened and concentrate on our education. I am determined to work hard," was the reaction from Lahiru Jayaweera, another student who had lost some members of his family.

The fishermen of Hambantota were showing distress about the new restrictions announced by the government.

"Even when we are living on the beach, we were getting our propellers stolen. They used to come and take our fuel cans. If we go and live 100 metres away, we will lose the bits we had managed to rescue," declared Mohammed Iddis Mohammed Seid.

Fishermen

Seieudu Mustapa Faruk, is also critical of the relief.

"We do not want any handouts from the government. We want them to help us get our life back. We want to go fishing again. If the government make arrangements to give us boats, fishing equipment and the nets, we can earn a living. We are not interested on getting aid from anyone. But they have not made any arrangements to meet our real needs."

Assistant District Secretary WA Dharmasiri does not agree.

Moulana who lost 16 relatives visits his destroyed house

"We are very concerned about people settling within the range of One hundred metres from the beach. We have to remove them immediately. We have to find a solution where the fisherman can live away from the beach while they have the facilities to go fishing without any trouble."

Sitti Ul Khania had lost her husband and two children and now faces a bureaucratic nightmare. She has to obtain death certificates.

Women

"I am not in a proper state of mind to find these things. I no longer have the strength or the energy. I feel like killing myself. But I can't do that because I am a Muslim. Who do I live for? I have no one! The government does not even bother to give us a document about the dead."

"We are making arrangements to solve that problem. The Register General is still looking in to the matter. As soon as we hear something, we will sort the matter about death certificates," was the official reply from the District Secretary's office.

"If we can shed our differences and unite without race, caste, religion and class; we can build a better Hambantota than before," says Ven. Pallewela Saddhatissa of Hambantota Sri Dharmaraja Temple.