Rapports

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Inter Agency Standing Committee country team in Sri Lanka in consultation with the Government of Sri Lanka, donors and agencies involved in humanitarian relief and early recovery activities agreed that the scenarios described…

3 - 10 July 2008 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Location Number of families Number of individuals Jaffna displaced before Dec 2005 displaced after Jan 2006 23,533 6,258 74,015 21,192 Kilinochchi 14,245 54,527 Mullaitivu 14,336 52,521 Vavuniya 5,187 18,372 Mannar 6,633 24,207 Trincomalee 1,634 5,427 Batticaloa 4,637 17,455 Ampara 1,205 4,431 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update - The situation remained tense across Jaffna District, particularly in areas close to the FDL.…

COLOMBO, 8 July 2008 (IRIN) - Residents of Ovilkanda, a remote village in Matale District, central Sri Lanka, often contend with a natural hazard, lightning, that strikes with great frequency and sometimes with deadly effect. So when the local school,…

A batch of 15 former hardcore LTTE cadres who had been successfully rehabilitated at the Army Protective Accommodation and Rehabilitation Center at Thelippale were released on the 29th and 30th of June 2008, Ministry of Defence informs. The rehabilitated persons…

26 June - 03 July 2008 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Location Number of families Number of individuals Jaffna displaced before Dec 2005 displaced after Jan 2006 23,533 6,258 74,015 21,192 Kilinochchi 14,245 54,527 Mullaitivu 14,336 52,521 Vavuniya 5,187 18,372 Mannar 6,599 24,126 Trincomalee 1,634 5,427 Batticaloa 4,789 19,949 Ampara 1,377 5,106 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update After some confusion over hours of curfew during the week, the curfew is now…

KALUTARA, 1 July 2008 (IRIN) - For thousands of Sri Lankans without easy access to potable water, a low-tech filter has provided them with a convenient source of safe water, saving on fuel costs and cutting disease. The water filter…

Funds allocated: US$ 23 500 Affected population: 16 killed and 173 778 affected The emergency On 2 June 2008, heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods in southwest Sri Lanka. The water swept over five districts (Kalutara, Ratnapura, Colombo, Galle and Gampaha),…

19 - 26 June 2008 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Location Number of families Number of individuals Jaffna displaced before Dec 2005 displaced after Jan 2006 23,533 6,258 74,015 21,192 Kilinochchi 14,202 54,376 Mullaitivu 13,784 48,276 Vavuniya 5,187 18,372 Mannar 6,578 24,077 Trincomalee 1,634 5,427 Batticaloa 4,848 18,171 Ampara 1,377 5,106 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update The situation remained tense across the district, particularly in areas around the FDL. Heavy firing…

By: Amjad Mohamed-Saleem When Mohamed Lateef got married and took over a rice farm, he was looking forward to settling down to a quiet life of farming and raising his family. But just a few months later his dream was…

Today, Episcopal Relief & Development commemorates World Refugee Day. 'Protection,' the theme for 2008, is reminder that protecting refugees is a duty and being protected is a human right. Each year over 12 million people are driven from their homes, sometimes…