Informes

With the opening up of the A9 highway reconnecting the North and the South by road, the Jaffna economy is set to take off. The recent Exhibition and Trade Fair demonstrated the business potential of the Jaffna region, and…

Sixty one Lorries with essential food stocks were dispatched to Wanni from Vavuniya today (Jan 16) morning. The Government and the World Food Program (WFP) had made arrangements for the convoy, which left Vavuniya with food and essential items for…

The first food convoy for 2009 - dispatched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in cooperation with the Government delivered mixed food commodities to the Vanni region, the WFP announced yesterday (09). It said the convoy, comprising 57…

18 December - 25 December 2008 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Displacement after April 2006 Location Number of Families Number of Individuals Jaffna 6,010 20,205 Kilinochchi TBC 124,369* Mullaitivu TBC 83,800* Vavuniya 3,517 11,630 Mannar 2,899 9,084 Trincomalee 1,389 4,647 Batticaloa 2,389 4,647 Ampara 2,215 8,328 *Figures as of September 2008. These are presently being reviewed. Source - UNHCR, Government Agents Offices Kilinochchi and Mullaithivu JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update -…

COLOMBO, 8 January 2009 (IRIN) - Four years after Sri Lanka's worst outbreak of dengue fever, fewer people are dying of the mosquito-borne disease, but health officials caution that more public action is needed to prevent epidemics. The number of…

25 December - 01 January 2008 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Displacement after April 2006 Location Number of Families Number of Individuals Jaffna 5,995 20,149 Kilinochchi TBC TBC Mullaitivu TBC TBC Vavuniya 3,610 11,860 Mannar 2,906 8,996 Trincomalee 1,389 4,647 Batticaloa 2,215 8,328 Ampara 1,143 4,182 *Figures as of September 2008. These are presently being reviewed. Source - UNHCR, Government Agents Offices Kilinochchi and Mullaithivu JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update -The…

This report is intended to give an overview of the current situation in the North East by tracking the trends of various conflict-sensitive indicators. The table on pages 6 & 7 lists data for the three…

Sixty more lorries containing essential items including rice, flour, sugar, cooking oil and medicine were dispatched to Mullaittivu across the Nedunkerny yesterday (December 29). These essential items will be distributed among the civilians in Mullaittivu district by Civil Administrative Authorities.

"There was no food shortage in the Wanni and Jaffna and the Government is getting the fullest cooperation of all key actors including the WFP and ICRC in the endeavor to provide supplies to the civilians", Essentials Services Commissioner…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today (24) that it completed its largest delivery of food to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Wanni region since humanitarian convoys began moving food to these areas, a WFP media…