Informes

COLOMBO, Dec 23, 2011 – UNICEF, in association with the Ministry of Education, is to roll-out teacher training and improved school management practices in twenty three new schools in former conflict-affected parts of Sri Lanka, thanks…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Women in Sri Lanka’s predominantly Tamil-speaking north and east are facing a desperate lack of security in the aftermath of the long civil war. Today many still live in fear of violence from…

COLOMBO, 19 December 2011 (IRIN) - Local civil society groups in Sri Lanka view a recently released government-appointed commission report [ https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/FINAL%2520LLRC%2520REPORT.pdf ] on the final period of the country's decades-long civil war as a "springboard"…

As a part of development partnership with Sri Lanka the Government of India is to rehabilitate the Atchchuvely Industrial Zone (AIZ) in the Jaffna district. An agreement was signed by the High Commission of India with its…

A project, spearheaded by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), to rehabilitate ex LTTE cadres is nearing completion, with Japan, too, throwing its weight behind the programme. The IOM launched the project in the East in early…

This report indicates the UN and NGO partner response to continuing humanitarian needs and early recovery concerns, in support to the Sri Lankan government’s efforts to rebuild the former conflict-affected regions. Activities show progress towards the…

Listen to the interview The nearly three decades long civil war in Sri Lanka, left the education system in the country’s North weakened. But, now even after two years have passed since the government declared victory over the…

Period covered by this operations update: 13 July 2011 to 12 October 2011 Appeal target (current): CHF 6.17 million Appeal coverage: 66 per cent based on current revised appeal budget. Appeal history: This Emergency Appeal was initially launched…

BATTICALOA, 3 November 2011 (IRIN) - The decades-long conflict has ended in Sri Lanka, but the damage to the country's educational system lingers, particularly in the disaster-prone east, say families and experts. Home to about 1.5 million…

Last updated: 02/11/2011 // The Norwegian Embassy in Colombo has contributed NOK 3 million (approximately Rs. 57 million) to support the International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) programme that is assisting reintegration and reconciliation of former LTTE…