Limitations:

Cultural Differences:

�     Each culture has practices different from each other.  For example, in Sri Lanka, the people their do not show signs of sadness no matter what the situation may be.  This and many other cultural differences may cause difficulty in determining the severity of emotional trauma the children suffered after the tsunami disaster.

�      What we practice to help the children may be viewed in a negative way by the natives of the countries directly affected by the tsunami.  Not all of the medical practices provided by the United States are allowed in other countries because of cultural differences and beliefs.

Language Barrier:

�      English is not the universal language, so providing help is a difficult task to accomplish.  We will not be able to understand the immediate and long term needs of children who survived the tsunami.

�      Our intentions of trying to help the children in need may be misunderstood because of the language barrier.  Without at least simple translation of the English language to provide the survivors with understanding of what we are doing to help, they might avoid contact from doctors and other aide. 

Money:

�      We need money to hire local and international doctors, contractors for rebuilding of villages and cities, cooks, military personnel if necessary, and other general aide.

�      Children who survived the tsunami must be supplied with medical treatment and supplies ranging from simple saline solutions to life-saving surgeries.  We must allocate a lot of money and hired effort to medical aid.

�      The devastating tsunami ravaged entire villages and cities.  The local government and international help groups initiated long-term rebuilding plans, but vast amounts of money is needed for materials, capital machinery, and hiring of building contractors and general workers.

�      Most of the various food sources including crops and live stock are destroyed by the flooding and erosion.  We need money to provide the most nutritious foods to children because of their weaker immune systems compared to adults.  Money is also an issue for long-term food sources because of the vast amounts of resources required to rebuild land for crops.  It is also very expensive to transport live stock from other neighboring countries. 

Unwillingness of the Victims to Get Help:

�      PTSD may cause too much shock for the children, hindering them from getting help. 

�      Children are taught not to interact with strangers.  In this case, children may avoid help from others because of the helpers� �stranger status.�

Lack of Manpower:

�      For medical needs, there may not be enough doctors to go around.  The doctor to children ratio may be so outrageous that the doctors themselves could become overused and exhausted.

�      Many children that survived the tsunami may be trapped under debris or washed away to some unfamiliar territory.  Without enough rescue workers and general aide, the surviving children and adults may be dead by the time they are discovered.

Difficulty Transporting Goods:

�      The most basic paved roads for public transportation are destroyed by the tsunami.  Many of the children that survived the tsunami are located within rural villages, so getting medical and food supplies to them is a difficult task.  Transporting food and medical supplies are impossible without some sort of a paved road with a hard surface.

�      Transportation of goods requires money to buy capital machinery such as trucks, fork lifts, and other heavy duty lifting equipment.  If money is an issue for the �transportation of goods� category, a lot less children will be saved due to the increased duration of time required for goods to be transported without machinery.