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DFID is helping UNICEF on a programme of activities designed to promote long-term mental and physical wellbeing for Sri Lanka's tsunami-affected children. Sports and cultural activities can play an important role in the community life and bring about community wellbeing in…

Many schools in Sri Lanka have been operating in makeshift classrooms since the tsunami of December 26, 2004. But some 95% of tsunami-affected children are already back in school. Part of this story is our work with UNICEF to…

HONOLULU (DEC. 23) - A total of US $506,978 has been contributed to the East-West Center Tsunami Relief Fund. The contributions have come from donations from the generous public and EWC alumni, through fund-raising activities conducted by the EWC…

GOAL's €10 million project to build 63 schools along Sri Lanka's Ampara coastline kicks off this week, with a New Years Eve 2006 completion deadline. One year after the tsunami, GOAL is focussing its energy on a programme that will…

Nearly a year after the December 2004 tsunami devastated the island nation of Sri Lanka, children in the village of Ambalangoda are returning to a rebuilt and modernized school, thanks in part to Rotary. Randombe Junior School is the…

Overall Situation The Government will launch a report for the one year mark of the tsunami "Post-Tsunami recovery and Reconstruction: progress, challenges and way forward. The Report has been jointly prepared by the government, donor community and civil society following…

UNICEF highlights - Tsunami One Year Anniversary Commemoration candlelight ceremony on 26 December 2005 to be joined by all UN agencies. - The UNICEF "State of the World Children Report 2006: Excluded and Invisible" report was launched on 20 December 2005…

A new study from Save the Children shows that many Sri Lankan children are still struggling to access a quality education one-year on from the tsunami and highlights the need for agencies to develop a clearer strategy for education…

Brian Hatchell , Press Officer, Sri Lanka Thursday, December 22, 2005 - The hallways will once again be filled with the sounds of students at the Randombe Junior School when the school year begins on January 2, 2006. One year…

Matara, Sri Lanka: The rains this September flooded low-lying areas in Ratnapura, an inland district in western Sri Lanka, but the residents were quickly evacuated before flooding and landslides could pose a threat. There was a plan, and it had…