Informes

News Release No:2005/341/SAR WASHINGTON, February 24, 2005 - Sri Lanka's commitment to ease the burden of its tsunami victims and rebuild devastated parts of the country, received a boost today when the World Bank announced a total $150 million in…

Sarah est coordinatrice médicale dans l'équipe de Volontaires en Mission internationale CRF à Arugam Bay. Son rôle consiste à identifier des projets de réhabilitation faisant suite à la phase d'urgence. Cependant, la présence de nombreuses ONG sur le terrain,…

Essential Information Total Assessed Caseload: 852,500 WFP beneficiaries 850,000 Total MT dispatched since 28 December 16,803 Daily MT dispatched (18 -23 February): to be reported in the next sitrep SECURITY Reported incidents: - Mannar District in the North: On 18 February, Sea Tigers…

SHELTER ACTIVITIES Ampara District: 361 family tents were distributed to IDPs in various divisions. This raises the total number of tents distributed in the district to 681. Temporary shelters for 212 families and 13 temporary buildings to be used for schools were…

Key issues (Developments over the past 24hrs, including priority needs and constraints, and the major actions that have taken place, etc): Coordination Issues: Inter-Agency Collaboration; - As reported in the last two sit-reps, responsibilities for humanitarian and relief activities have been…

Major developments Psycho-Social Framework UNICEF has drafted a strategic framework for psycho-social activities in Sri Lanka in the post-tsunami context. Activities cover four main areas: community support services; specialized services for vulnerable groups; direct support for mental health…

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field Sri Lanka's coastlines in the north, east, south and south-west of the country were overwhelmed by the tsunami that followed the undersea earthquake near Sumatra on 26 December. More than 30,000 people died…

Sri Lanka: Refugee families move into temporary shelters A matter of weeks after the devastating tsunami disaster in southeast Asia, the first families have moved into their temporary shelters in the district of Mullaitivu. 100 shelters made of sand and…

Local man helps Sri Lanka rebuild By Heidi Sweeney, East Greenwich Pendulum Plan USA has been operating in Sri Lanka for more than 20 years where in a district called Hambantota, the organization has worked tirelessly to improve and bring hope…

A Caritas Internationalis official called upon the Sri Lankan government to cut the bureaucracy and allow charitable groups to build temporary shelters for tsunami survivors before the rainy season arrives. Duncan MacLaren, secretary-general of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 162 Catholic…