Sri Lanka’s recent history has been dominated by its ethnic troubles. Thousands of lives have been lost and in excess of one million people displaced, while the damage done to property, infrastructure and the country’s economy is incalculable. The GTZ Jaffna Rehabilitation Project was established in 1996 to assist with the reconstruction of the Jaffna peninsula and islands as refugees began to return to the area. This book reviews the work of the GTZ, while they focus their attention on rebuilding schools and houses as well as rehabilitating urban and rural water supply systems. It reflects the GTZ’s Development Oriented Emergency Aid Concept using the rehabilitation process to lay the foundation for sustainable long term development activity through practices that stimulate the population’s self-help capacity.