In late November last year, as we all prepared for Christmas, Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka with ferocious intensity, unleashing torrential rains, widespread flooding and deadly landslides across the island. Homes and fields were inundated, infrastructure washed away, and entire communities were cut off by water and debris. Millions of people were affected, hundreds lost their lives, and vast numbers of families were displaced into makeshift housing, where they were given b