Informes

DEVELOPING LIVELIHOODS AFTER THE TSUNAMI Working towards sustainable livelihoods Two and a half years on from the tsunami, Sewalanka Foundation's work with disaster affected communities has shifted from emergency relief and infrastructure development to restoring and rebuilding the sustainable livelihoods of…

The focus has been upon assisting the mass resettlement of 16D,000 IDPs who were formerly settled in parts of Batticoloa, Ampara and TrIncomalee. The 50,000 IDPs remaining in camps in Batticola are routinely covered by visits from the Government…

Background The families living in Jaffna's Welfare Centres are categorized as long-term displaced, with the earliest displacement taking place in 1983, and families first arriving in the Welfare Centres in 1984. Since then, most of their 'places of origin' were…

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field 27 June - 30 July 2007 General situation The past month was marked by two developments: the gradual loss of control by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of the Thoppigala…

19-26 July 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update On 19 July, the Puliyamkulam Forward Defence Line (FDL) EXIT/ENTRY point came was shelled. Shelling continues in areas south of Kilinochchi district, Vadamarachchi East, Poonakary and Madhu division of Mannar district.…

12-19 July 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Shelling continues in areas south of Kilinochchi district, Vadamarachchi East and Poonakary. Internally Displaced Persons On 17 July, ZOA assessed the situation of 80 fisher families, at the Chundikkulam IDP location…

JAFFNA , 18 July 2007 (IRIN) - Nutrition surveys by the Sri Lankan government and international agencies show rising levels of acute malnutrition in the northern Jaffna district. Livelihoods and markets have been disrupted by conflict and displacement, the…

1. CHANGES IN CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES Violence and fighting continued in the first five months of 2007, with severe humanitarian consequences for populations in the north and east. Between December 2006, when the Common Humanitarian Action…

29 June - 05 July 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update - The over all situation in most areas in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu is calm though shelling continues. - Telephone lines disconnected on 25 June in Kilinochchi were restored on 30…

Time: 16.06.2007 - 30.06.2007 Districts: Mannar, Vavuniya,Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Vadamaradchchi East (Jaffna) Vision: A just, peaceful, secure and democratic country free from hunger, poverty, health hazards, illiteracy, environmental degradation and all forms of exploitation and discrimination based on race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity,…