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It was lunchtime on Saturday 29 March. The beat of drums silenced the usual roaring of trucks and heavy construction machinery. While the beat was unmistakeably bodu beru – a local style – the vocals had a callow sharpness and a carefree pitch.

Three years on from the devastating tsunami, thousands of Maldivians have taken significant steps along the road to recovery, thanks in part to Red Cross Red Crescent recovery efforts. They are smiling again and some of their smiles are captured in the powerful photos displayed at an exhibition on the capital island of Male'.

The room is stuffy, the ceiling fan doing little to move the think, sluggish air. But the people gathered in the Kudhahuvadhoo community hall are alert and active.

26 November 2007 – In a historical event for the Maldives today, the country is launching 20 broadband-enabled, child-friendly learning centres, which link 20 of the country's atolls.

Online education is revolutionizing learning in the Maldives as UNICEF strives to ‘build back better’ after the tsunami.