Informes

Situation On the 30 April at the NGO Consortium meeting in Trincomalee it was announced that at a meeting held in Colombo for shelter it was brought to the notice that any agency going for permanent housing in the South…

by Florina Benoit It is beautiful to see the children in Sri Lanka go to school in the morning with their white uniforms and black shoes. In some villages families are so committed to outfitting their children in uniforms that…

Since January 2005, Polish Humanitarian Organisation (PHO) has been delivering humanitarian assistance to the victims of the tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka. The activities of the PHO are focused in the district of Ampara, the area most damaged by…

Highlights In the South, the fishing communities get fishing nets, canoes and boats repaired with the support of SCiSL. Temporary shelters construction underway in Trincomalee Pediatric ward being improved by SCiSL in Kilinochchi Security Situation SCiSL Trincomalee office reports that security forces check the Identity…

Main challenges and response In Galle district, the government and UN agencies and NGOs are assessing the daily migration patterns of IDPs from shelter camps in the coastal belt to camps inland during the evenings. In addition, many IDPs are…

Experts attending a United Nations-sponsored conference on the health aspects of the South Asian tsunami today said that the lack of information and the poor quality of DNA samples shipped from tsunami-ravaged areas slows the ongoing process of identifying…

Situation The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Asma Jahangir, is on a ten-day mission to Sri Lanka from 02 to 12 May. Her fact-finding mission focuses on religious concerns,…

Highlights - 170 temporary shelters - target achieved in Jaffna - 500 desks and chairs for tsunami affected schools in Matara. - SCiSL holds training workshops for military personnel on child rights and child protection. - SCiSL plans tree planting programme in the South Security…

UNICEF highlights UNICEF supported successful implementation of Vitamin A supplementation campaign in tsunami-affected districts on 30 April MoE submits proposal for mainstreaming of psychosocial activities through education Master plans completed for 14 out of 25 schools to be reconstructed by UNICEF Water and sanitation…

HIGHLIGHTS Focus is shifting towards sustainable, longer-term development projects across all sectors The Women's Coalition for Disaster Management (WCDM) issued their second memorandum on "Concerns of Displaced Women's Welfare and Rights" WATER & SANITATION This past week, the Water Board made available information…