Informes

2 - 15 January 2010 I. Situation Overview & highlights Jaffna District: - On 6 January, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Resettlement, Development and Security in the Northern Province (PTF) and Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa visited Jaffna District to…

COLOMBO 7 January 2010 - Today, the Government of Sri Lanka and UNICEF officially commissioned a new water supply scheme in Ampara district. The Thirukkovil Water treatment plant will provide safe drinking water to 38,000 people in the Thirukkovil area. In…

I. Situation Overview & highlights Jaffna District: - The A9 road from the Jaffna Peninsula was opened for public and private vehicles from 18 December, with movement permitted between 6.00am and 4.00pm. Travel no longer requires authorization. However, the transport of…

By Rob McBride AMANTHANAVELY, Sri Lanka, 23 December 2009 - Taking shade from the fierce Indian Ocean sun, a crowd waited patiently for the UNICEF-built Amanthanavely Government Health Centre to open. Inside, midwives distributed nutritional aid to mothers of underweight children. Despite…

Hony President of the Seva Vanitha Unit of the Foreign Ministry Mrs. Deepthi Bogogllagama handed over a cheque worth Rs 4 million to Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition Nimal Siripala de Silva for the construction of a 20 bed…

The Government is taking speedy measures to develop and upgrade the hospitals in the North. Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition Nimal Siripala de Silva said the Kilinochchi Hospital will be developed to meet required facilities. He said arrangements were already…

Japan has providedmore assistance to improve the health sector in the North. It has provided 2 billion rupees to improve the central function of the Jaffna Teaching Hospital. The project will be completed before end of 2010. The Japan International…

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Nearly one in three Sri Lankan children suffer from the effects of malnutrition, reports the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), leaving them vulnerable to opportunistic diseases, seriously compromising their chances of leading a healthy, productive…

The Ministry of Finance and Planning has taken steps to sign the Letter of Understanding with the World Food Programme for the provision of grant assistance of US$ 134,907,780 to implement WFP food aid programme in Sri Lanka. The objective…

The Cabinet yesterday approved an MOU submitted by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to come to an agreement with the World Food Programme for the provision of grant assistance of US$ 134,907,780 to implement WFP food aid programme in Sri Lanka. The…