Informes

Highlights 17 fit persons recommended by SCiSL to receive allowance to look after tsunami affected children in Batticaloa SCiSL takes over 550 children of single parent families in Batticaloa for follow up 54 persons receive cash grants from SCiSL in Matara Breeze block…

As Sri Lankans return to their fields to begin planting and harvesting their crops, the United Nations is supporting a national campaign to prevent them reaping a deadly harvest - hidden mines and other explosives seeded throughout the north…

General Situation The Taskforce for Rebuilding the Nation (TAFREN) has established a Helpline to provide information and answer queries of the tsunami-affected in Sri Lanka. The Helpline has personnel to provide assistance in Sinhala, Tamil or English and operates from…

Landmines and unexploded ordinances (UXOs) are a major problem throughout the North and East of Sri Lanka, putting children and their families at risk of injury and death. To help raise awareness of the dangers posed by landmines, the…

COLOMBO, Jul 6, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The first weeks of July and August have been designated as "National Mine Action" weeks to raise awareness about landmines that continue to kill in Sri Lanka's north and east, Daily…

1. Introduction More than 75 representatives of key stakeholders involved in the tsunami response convened in Colombo on the 8th and 9th of June 2005 for a one-and-a-half day 'Lessons Learned and Best Practice' workshop. The representatives were from national,…

Situation The Chairman of Ceylinco Consolidated which owns one of the largest banks in Sri Lanka, Seylan Bank, has announced that his group of companies will provide loans to resume constructions within the 100-metre buffer zone while ensuring that the…

Highlights Medical Clinics held in Batticaloa for children Construction of preschools at 7 camps in Kilinochchi completed Matara District Secretary promises to give aid to non-tsunami affected needy children. Security Situation Three SLA soldiers killed in ambush 01.30 Thursday at Urani Junction, Batticaloa. Worrying as…

Program Description USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) program in Sri Lanka generates greater support for a negotiated peace settlement to end the island nation's longstanding internal conflict. To accomplish this, USAID/OTI: mobilizes and links peace constituencies…

In May 2004, the Office of Transition Initiatives began working with the Women's Rural Development Society from Sivapuram, a Tamil village in the Muthur Division on the east coast. A grant was provided to develop agriculture in the area,…