Informes

The Government yesterday initiated a special educational program for the students of displaced families who are sitting for the G.C.E. Advanced Level examination this year under the directive of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Resettlement and Relief Services Minister Rishard Bathiudeen gave away…

01-15 June 2009 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Displacement after April 2006 Location Number of Families Number of Individuals Jaffna 21,638 displaced before Dec 2005 5,517 displaced after Jan 2006 74,059 displaced before Dec 2005 18,745 displaced after Jan 2006 Kilinochchi - - Mullaitivu - - Vavuniya 89,934 273,434 Mannar 2,423 6,771 Trincomalee…

Ministry of Health (MoH) has mobilized its resources to a maximum to provide medical facilities to the civilians in welfare centers in Vavuniya. Additional 232 Medical officers have been permanently posted to the Northern Province and Padaviya hospitals. With this…

This report covers the period from 6 to 11 June 2009. The next report will be issued on or around 19 June. I. Highlights - Construction work in Menik Farm zone 5 commenced on 5 June. The Competent Authority (CA)…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact sheet was dated June 4, 2009. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On June 11, U.N. Resident Coordinator Neil Buhne stated that conditions at Manik…

Challenges of an Unprecedented Humanitarian Mission Prior to the Tsunami, Richard Schmidt was the Senior Technical Advisor with the NPA Mine Action Programme. As Deputy Programme Manager of NPA in 2005 he was a founding staff member of the Solidar Consortium…

Text and story books worth over Rs. 137 million have been sent to Menik Farm and other IDP welfare centers to be distributed among war displaced children. "This was the first stock of books scheduled to be distributed among…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Independent Experts on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty and the Effect of Foreign Debt on Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights present a…

This report covers the period from 30 May to 05 June 2009. The next report will be issued on or around 12 June. I. Highlights - The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, briefed the Security Council today…

COLOMBO, 5 June 2009 (IRIN) - Concerns are growing that the number of malnourished children is higher than earlier estimated among thousands of recently displaced in Sri Lanka. Some 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDP), many of them children, live in…