This study is based on a comprehensive community profile conducted in a war-affected fishing village called Passaiyoor East in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.  The village is one of twenty-five Grama Niladari Divisions in the Jaffna Divisional Secretariat and the research sets out to understand the scope of the inhabitants, recovery and the strategies they used to achieve it after their resettlement. The study explores the outcomes of various resources across six aspects in relation to area, which include: 1) a part of the city 2) a place to live 3) social community 4) economic community 5) political community and 6) personal space. Principally a mixed methods field research, the study relied on primary, secondary, quantitative and qualitative data to triangulate findings and draw up a comprehensive view of the community.. The fieldwork was conducted during 2014 and 2015.Blurb Source- International Centre for Ethnic Studies