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Randombe School part of nationwide school rebuilding project (Colombo, Sri Lanka, 5 December 2005) - A primary school destroyed in the Tsunami will reopen as a completely rebuilt model school at a ceremony next week. The Randombe Junior School, located in…

Tsunami: One Year Update In this interview, UNICEF Communication Officer in Sri Lanka Geoff Keele talks about the challenges that the organization and its partners faced in the days immediately after the tsunami, the progress that's been made since then,…

Program Description USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) program in Sri Lanka aims to generate greater support for a negotiated peace settlement to end the island nation’s longstanding internal conflict by: - Mobilizing and linking peace constituencies through…

INTRODUCTION Around 40,000 people lost their lives when the tsunami hit coastal regions of Sri Lanka on 26 December 2004. Around 70,000 houses were destroyed and more than 40,000 damaged. EMERGENCY AID An SDC/HA Rapid Response Team with construction and logistics specialists…

INTRODUCTION POURQUOI HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL EST-ELLE INTERVENUE SUITE AU TSUNAMI ? Handicap International est une association de solidarité internationale agissant en faveur des personnes handicapées et des populations vulnérables. L'association intervient dans le cadre de l'aide humanitaire chaque fois que des populations sont…

Overall Situation Due to atmospheric disturbance in the Bay of Bengal producing 24 hours of non stop heavy rains over the island, sporadic floods occurred in various districts. The districts mainly affected include Colombo, Kalutara, Gampaha, Kurunegala, Trincomalee, Killinochchi, Mullaitivu and…

Le processus de reconstruction est en marche. Il s'inscrit dans le prolongement logique de la phase de post-urgence qui consiste à apporter des réponses transitoires aux victimes du tsunami. L'action humanitaire en Asie doit se poursuivre au-delà de ces…

Transitional Housing With funding from Japan, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), and Greece, IOM has now completed transitional homes for 4,602 families in seven tsunami-affected districts of Sri Lanka. Transitional houses are expected to last between two and four years.…

Overall Situation The main opposition, the United National Party (UNP) has pledged to extend a section of the southern coastal belt towards the ocean by filling it, as a protective measure against a tsunami threat if a…

Opportunities to resume education have helped thousands of children get back to normalcy and recover from the tsunami disaster. In the last 11 months, Save the Children in Sri Lanka has built 80 preschools across affected areas and will…