Informes

All schools in Vavuniya that have been used as temporary shelters for the displaced civilians are now open for educational activities. A total of 18 schools in Vavuniya have been used as temporary shelters for the civilians who were…

by Liu Yongqiu, Chen Zhanjie COLOMBO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- There seems no difference between the Colombo Hindu College Ratmalana and any other school, except for the armed police officers guarding the gate. The college in the Sri Lankan capital is…

I. Situation Overview & highlights In a 21 November statement, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon acknowledged the progress made by the Sri Lankan Government in releasing over half of the IDPs from the camps in northern Sri Lanka. He also…

COLOMBO, Nov 19, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --By Niyata Kulatunga Ten-year-old Priyanthi is yet another war displaced child in a relief camp in Vavuniya, but she is special because she had scored 162 at the recently-held Grade Five Scholarship Examination --…

GLIDE no. EP-2009-000163-LKA The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies.…

(Colombo/New York, 19 November 2009): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes concluded the final day of his three-day mission to Sri Lanka. He met Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe, Secretary…

COLOMBO, 11 November 2009 (IRIN) - One of the more contentious issues in Sri Lanka this year has been the plight of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north. More than 280,000 were in closed camps after…

In the government's effort to rehabilitate LTTE child soldiers now in state protective custody, authorities have decided to expand facilities to speed up the rehabilitation process. Seven more Centres will come up for the rehabilitation of LTTE child soldiers who…

Release no. 20091109 Colombo - 10 November, 2009: The U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Ms. Patricia A. Butenis, officially opened two schools in Mutur. The schools were rebuilt by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the development agency…

The Hon Stephen Smith MP AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS I will leave Australia tonight to visit Sri Lanka tomorrow, Monday 9 November. This will be the first visit to Sri Lanka by an Australian Foreign Minister since 2003. My counterpart,…