To meet the urgent needs of Tsunami affected families, Alliance Development Trust provided temporary shelters in the worst affected areas.  During 2005 and 2006, ADT was able to provide permanent housing for over 600 families.  Due to the intensification of the ethnic conflict, people from the North and East were displaced and some of the construction work was affected; however, even though at a slow pace, the construction did proceed.  The southern part of Sri Lanka, which is not affected by the war, has seen more houses come up.