Informes

By Ellie Whinnery, CCF Communications Manager In the midst of providing recovery and reconstruction assistance to thousands of people severely impacted by the Asia tsunami, CCF-Sri Lanka has faced new challenges this past year from the civil conflict in eastern regions…

Sri Lanka Red Cross Society together with the assistance of International Red Cross partner organizations has been providing relief items to those displaced in Trincomalee due to the ongoing conflict in the area. Over 3000 people displaced are now…

7-14 December 2006 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update The general situation in Kilinochchi is calm and quiet except for the sporadic shelling which took place on the evenings of 8th and 13th December at the Muhamalai FDL (Forward Defence Line). On 11…

Sri Lanka was the second worst affected area by the tsunami, after Indonesia. More than 38,000 people were killed, thousands were left injured and over half a million rendered homeless. In the aftermath of this disaster, some 100,000 people were…

Leading UK relief agencies are acutely concerned at the escalation of hostilities in north and east Sri Lanka which has displaced a further 210,000 people from their homes in the last seven months - almost half the number that…

COLOMBO: The Government yesterday allocated Rs 1.5 million to provide emergency relief to around 3,200 civilians who have been displaced due to recent LTTE attacks on Eastern villages. "We have released funds to local authorities to fulfil the requirements of…

1-7 December 2006 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Security situation remains calm. Essential items including fuel, are not available in the local market in Kilinochchi. Kerosene, which was sold at Rs.100 per liter is not available anymore. Electricity is substituted by kerosene…

On 6th August 2007, seventeen employees of Action Against Hunger were found massacred at the organisation's base in Muttur (eastern Sri Lanka). In November, the criminal investigation moved forward. At the same time, Sri Lanka's President created a commission to…

Le 6 août dernier, 17 travailleurs humanitaires d'Action contre la Faim étaient découverts abattus sur leur base de Muttur, à l'Est du Sri Lanka. Au mois de novembre de nouvelles étapes de l'enquête criminelle ont été franchies. Dans le…

A humanitarian convoy of 84 trucks reached Vaharai (Batticaloa District) on 29 November where some 40,000 displaced Sri Lankans have been without humanitarian access since 31 October. The convoy organized by the Commissioner General of Essential Services in cooperation with…