This is the second episode in a four-part series of Heartbeat of Humanity reflecting on the impacts of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis.  

In this episode, MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton talks with Ananda Galappatti, co-founder and co-Director of MHPSS.net about the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on MHPSS work in Sri Lanka and the legacy of this work on global MHPSS practice. 

Resources mentioned in the podcast: 

• IASC Guidelines on MHPSS in Emergency Settings 
• Intervention Journal 
• Psychosocial Work in the Aftermath of the Tsunami: Challenges for Service Provision in Batticaloa, Eastern Sri Lanka 
• Responding to the psychosocial impact of the Tsunami in a war zone experiences from northern Sri Lanka 
• Sri Lanka's post-Tsunami psychosocial playground lessons for future psychosocial programming and interventions following disasters 
• Workshop report, Lessons Learned on the psychosocial response to the Tsunami