After the 2004 tsunami, ORT India Director Benjamin Isaac reported that “ORT has helped survivors of the South Asian tsunami find a new sense of hope.”

Mr Isaac ended a tour of ORT assisted projects in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands – where some 45,000 people died.

“It was heartening to know . . . . there is a marked change in the attitude of the teachers, students and the people in general from a state of despair to one of hope and optimism,” he said.

The Washington office of World ORT’s non-sectarian International Cooperation (IC) arm managed the project to improve the education infrastructure.