Recovery and Humanitarian Action Management Agency (RAHAMA) initially concentrated its efforts in the Northern Province and recovery, and development were integrated with resettlement. In the beginning, RAHAMA was funded by the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo and focused on shelter, water, sanitation, livelihoods and securing land rights for about 3,000 affected internally displaced persons. Over the years, Norad, Stavengar and Sandejford VGS, Norway began to fund RAHAMA’s resettlement. In addition to giving access to safe shelters and making our efforts more effective, RAHAMA introduced micro credit to support livelihoods and other needs especially of women and the deprived communities and collaborated with the state party to give access to land rights and dignity for IDPs in the war-torn North.