Informes

Stacey M. Winston , Press Officer Galle, Sri Lanka -- Perched atop a hill under a canopy of trees, children played in the front yard of the Ruhunu State Receiving Home. The joy of the children appeared to triumph over…

Our most complex humanitarian aid mission was completed on the 18th of April. We identified 10 schools and 300 children who required essential school goods to help them recover from the tsunami disaster. Preparations in advance of the mission included finding out…

TORONTO / April 15, 2005 -- The Canadian Catholic Organization for DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE is co-ordinating its efforts with its partners in Caritas Internationalis and the partners with whom DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE works as part of its regular international development…

By Rob McBride KILLINOCHI, Sri Lanka,15 April 2005 - With the new temporary classrooms built at the Kallaru school in Northern Sri Lanka, children can now return to their studies for the first time since December's tsunami devastated their village.…

(The information provided here will be updated as more becomes available.) Latest news (14 April 2005): ADB has approved a US$197 million grant and loan package for two projects that will help rebuild tsunami- and conflict-affected areas of Sri Lanka. External…

Leaders of more than a dozen international sports organizations today pledged to join the United Nations-led recovery efforts underway in the countries devastated by the late December earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean. "This is a time for sport…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (14 April 2005) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$197 million grant and loan package for two projects that will help rebuild tsunami- and conflict-affected areas of Sri Lanka. External funding for the projects will…

On 26 December, Sri Lanka was devastated by the tsunami that followed an undersea earthquake near Sumatra. Hitting some two-thirds of the island's coastline, it killed more than 31,000 people and injured some 23,000; another 4,700 are still missing. With…

Situation On 08 April, OCHA Sri Lanka issued a press release on the United Nations Mid-term Review of the Flash Appeal. The press release was reproduced in full in Colombo's Daily Mirror and Island newspapers and was reported on by…

The government of Turkey has contributed US $ 700,000 to the President's Fund for Disaster Relief to be used exclusively for relief and humanitarian efforts carried out by the Government of Sri Lanka. A letter to this effect was…