Informes

An Emergency Dengue Prevention Presidential Task Force has been formed in order to curb the Dengue epidemic which is on the rise mainly in Colombo and its suburbs. Accordingly a three day Dengue Prevention Programme will…

I. NARRATIVE SUMMARY DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY Incessant torrential rains continued heavy downpour from 1 June until evening of 4 June, and caused severe damages mainly to Southern part of Sri Lanka. According to the Disaster management Centre,…

According to the Bureau of the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation (BCGR), there are 132 former members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) currently undergoing rehabilitation. The Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Maj. Gen. Jagath Wijetilleke said…

COLOMBO, 29 May 2014 – The Ministry of Health has partnered with UNICEF to boost awareness on the importance of iron rich foods as a way to decrease the growing numbers of children and women affected…

Communities and local authorities in Mullaitivu District, Northern Sri Lanka, were trained to develop Grassroots Development Plans through an inclusive and participatory process, with the support of the EU. Each plan served as a roadmap to…

By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, May 21 2014 (IPS) - It has been five years since Sri Lanka’s brutal three-decades-long civil conflict came to an end in May 2009, but for the country’s youth, true national reconciliation is…

AMDA conducted a mobile Dental camp and Hygiene education in the outskirts of Badulla district in April. The mission was conducted at Polgahaarawa School in Arawa a remote hill area of Sri Lanka and where students…

COLOMBO, 19 May 2014 (IRIN) - Five years after Sri Lankan forces declared victory over the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) who had fought for an independent Tamil homeland since 1983, overcoming the divisions caused by the decades-long…

Youth Affairs and Skills Development Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding with two non-state vocational training institutes, the Don Bosco Technical Training Centre and Organisation for the Rehabilitation of Handicapped (ORHAN) to facilitate skills training needs…

Overview IFRC has continued supporting institutional reforms initiated by SLRCS to reposition the organization and empower its branches. The Re-Engineering, initiated by the National Society three years ago, has moved into a strategic ‘Beyond Re-Engineering’ phase, described…