Informes

Himangi Jayasundere (07.09.2009) On a pitch dark night in February this year, a group including 74 old aged people struggled through the jungles in search of safety. They were among the first to flee the conflict area in Northern Sri…

MORAWEWA, Sri Lanka, September 4 (UNHCR) - Alaguratnam Ravindran was just three years old when his family fled their small farm in eastern Sri Lanka in the wake of the country's decades-long conflict. Twenty seven years later, married and…

The distribution of school text books for next year (2010) will began today. Nearly 30 million text books had already been printed. The text books will be sent to 9662 Government schools. The ministry has drawn up plans to…

I. Situation Overview & highlights - On 18 August, the Ministry of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services called for registrations by persons seeking to claim ownership of land in the north and east, which they had been compelled to abandon…

The displaced people in the North will be resettled in their original homes soon after the mines were cleared in the respective areas to integrate them into the national development process, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Speaking at the bicentennial celebrations of…

(extract) SRI LANKA: OUT OF POVERTY Sujithar is a widow who lives alone in a ramshackle house in the town of Muthur in Sri Lanka. During the nation's 20 year conflict, displacement and tsunami, Sujithar survived on what little she could…

"Northern Spring" (Vadakku Vasantham), the 180 day accelerated development drive initiated by the Presidential Task Force under the guidance of Senior Presidential Advisor and parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa, is successfully achieving its set goals bringing relief to the people of Jaffna,…

Around 5,700 children from Welfare villages and IDP camps in Vanni sat for the Grade Five Scholarship exam yesterday. The scholarship exam was held in 42 centres and the Government provided all facilities. Students who sat for this exam…

New York, NY; August 18, 2009- AJWS has recently awarded more than $3.2 million to 151 grassroots project partners in 28 countries. The new grants are divided into five categories, which include sustainable livelihoods and development, community health, community voice,…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (17 August 2009) - The United Nations has received a generous donation of relief items by the Government of India to assist hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) as well as those returning to…