Sri Lanka
The International Organization Migration (IOM), through its Care and Maintenance Programme, following the request made by the authorities of the Methodist College, Dehiwela, has stepped in to renovate a tsunami affected school building. Accordingly the play area, classrooms, the laboratory and…
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Districts: Vadamarachchi East (Jaffna), Mannar, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, & Vavuniya I. Kilinochchi District a. Situation Report - KDRRO gave Rs 20,000 (US$ 200) to 05 beneficiaries, Rs. 4000 (US$ 40) each, engaged in poultry husbandry in Vivehananthanagar on 03 March 2008. -…
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By Simon Gardner VAVUNATIVU, Sri Lanka, March 9 (Reuters) - Standing by the bullet-strafed ruin of her home in east Sri Lanka, housewife Jegan Devika prays the first poll in over a decade in an area recaptured from the Tamil…
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Cologne - In her current report fort he Malteser International Lent Campaign "40 Euros for Sri Lanka', the British water engineer Suzanna Lipscombe calls for a clean and hygienic learning environment for children in Sri Lanka. First, children must…
Sri Lanka
Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe, Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights led the Sri Lanka delegation at the opening of the High Level Segment of the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, which began today (3 March) in…
Sri Lanka
(New York, 3 March 2008): The Interagency Standing Committee Country Team in Sri Lanka has issued a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) for humanitarian and early recovery assistance during 2008. The CHAP requests $146.2 million for 108 projects to be…
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Paddy @ 20/= Rice @ 60/= what is the mystery? Can we keep both the Farmer and the Housewife happy? By Karunarathna Gamage It is hardly a secret that the rapidly increasing price of rice has now become an unbearable burden…
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SCOPP Report - 66% of Houses Reconstructed - 91% of the houses are being completed or the work is in progress Sri Lanka has made remarkable progress in restoring normalcy in Tsunami affected areas of the North and the East. Reconstruction and…
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COLOMBO, 25 February 2008 (IRIN) - The UN and NGOs working in the conflict-ridden north and east are warning of a mounting humanitarian toll in 2008 due to the escalation in hostilities between Sri Lankan government forces and the…
Sri Lanka
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During 2007, the focus of the conflict in Sri Lanka moved from the East to certain parts of the North. As the situation in the East stabilised, the Government supported IDP returns, following clearance…
