Informes

JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update As a result of advocacy efforts from the GA, ZDEs, the Bishop and UNICEF, the Security Forces Commander agreed for schools to open on 30th August in Jaffna town and Valikamam Zone. Curfew is lifted from…

Food distributions for 1,000 families in Batticaloa are underway as part of CRS' commitment of $100,000 to emergency relief efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people who have fled their homes due to the escalation of violence in…

COLOMBO, 30 August 2006 - More than 500 children, teachers and parents of Zahira Primary School, in Hambantota district, will today be the proud recipients of new primary school buildings. This is the second project, completed under the UNICEF…

(Geneva and New York: 30 August 2006): Against the backdrop of renewed conflict, which has newly displaced more than 200,000 people in the north and east of the country, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) country team in Sri Lanka…

Plus de 1 000 morts depuis janvier, plus de 160 000 déplacés, dont 41 000 à Jaffna au nord de l'île depuis deux mois. Les dernières hostilités au nord et à l'est du Sri Lanka semblent entraîner inexorablement le…

General The IASC Country Team approved today 25th August, the final field draft of the Sri Lanka CHAP for the period of September to December 2006. JAFFNA DISTRICT WFP in a press release stated today (25th August) the ship that left…

Situation Update A ship left on 22nd August at 1900 hrs from Colombo to Kankasanthurrai in Jaffna and is expected to reach destination by 1900hrs on 24th August. The ship is carrying 1,000 MT of food from the government and…

Press release The International Committee of the Red Cross announced on 22nd August that since 21st August ICRC has facilitated a convoy of civilians going from Kilinochchi to Vavuniya. The convoy consisted of 243 persons, including 61 foreign citizens and…

Press release The Sri Lankan Red Cross Society, on Monday 21st August, announced the death of a staff member who was murdered outside her home in Cheddikulam, Vavuniya on 20th August evening. The 23 year old volunteer was working as…

A recent escalation of conflict in the Trincomalee area of Sri Lanka has led to the deaths of 1,000 people and the displacement of approximately 41,000 residents including 10,000 children. The slaying of 17 workers for the French-based organization,…