In the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami,I saw how children struggle with trauma. Australia now must answer how we will treat the children who are traumatised by living in detentionAt the time the 2005 Boxing Day tsunami struck, a little boy and his sister were playing on a pristine beach in the Maldives. They were engulfed by a enormous wave and when the little boy came to his senses his sister had vanished. His parents searched in useless before realising that their daughter had perished. I am unsure whether her body was ever found. I met the little boy, and barely six,when I arrived on his island as a Commonwealth volunteer physician. The neighbouring island had been decimated, hence evacuated. I worked amid a swollen population due to the relocation of residents from the other island. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com