Informes

(The information provided here is preliminary and will be updated as more becomes available.) Latest news (15 February 2005): Sri Lanka will need about $1.5 billion to effectively implement a recovery and reconstruction strategy according to a preliminary damage and needs…

Returning from a five-day-trip to Sri Lanka to see the Caritas work for those affected by the tsunami, Duncan MacLaren, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis, called upon the Sri Lankan government to cut the bureaucracy and allow Caritas and…

Dès le premier jour de la catastrophe, la CRF mettait en place un dispositif d'accueil (Roissy) et d'aide au rapatriement des victimes du séisme. Dans le même temps, elle lançait ses Equipes de Réponses aux Urgences humanitaires (ERU), préludant…

UNICEF highlights UNICEF is supporting the Department for Probation and Child Care Services to submit an amendment to the Tsunami Law. Four gully emptiers arrived in country from Japan School attendance encouraged through back-to-school campaign and other activities Ten water…

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

NEW YORK, 10 February 2005 - More than a month after the tsunami killed more than thirty thousand Sri Lankans, UNICEF is focusing on the long-term care of children who have either become orphaned or lost a parent. According to…

Overall situation According to the latest Government figures, published on 1 February, 248,866 Sri Lankan families have been affected by the tsunami. 553,287 persons are displaced, whereof 411,302 stay with relatives or friends and 141,985 reside in welfare centers or…

Major Developments The number of displaced persons has dropped slightly, while the number of schools housing IDPs has dropped considerably. The total number of displaced persons on 1 February was 553,287. The relocation of displaced families continues to be confusing…

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, 7 February 2005 In Batticaloa, children describe last month's tsunami as 'the lunge of a striking cobra.' Snakes are a familiar danger to Sri Lanka's youngsters, and the devastating waves that struck last month seemed to…

COLOMBO, Feb 7, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A joint mission of international lending institutions expressed hope Monday for a smoother relief co-ordination of tsunami victim assistance. Responding to wide spread criticism that the state aid co- ordination has left…