Rapports

AMPARA General Situation Due to the conflict situation in Ampara between the STF and the LTTE, most telephone facilities were disconnected. Compared to other months, there were fewer killings during the month. Four cases were reported. On the 19th of January, twelve…

WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY 2007 - Tamil refugees fleeing the fighting in Vakarai have been given medical assistance in Valachenai by Muslim Aid. Some 1,700 people have sought shelter at the Alamkulam camp, out of a reported 63,000 displaced people…

Following a further escalation in violence in the eastern district of Batticalao between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Tamil rebel movement, the LTTE, more than 7,000 civilians fled. The fighting was concentrated on the Vaharai coastal strip,…

Attached below is the tenth joint UN agency North East situation monitoring report. This report is intended to give an overview of the current situation in the North East by tracking the trends of various conflict-sensitive indicators. The table…

Response to floods and landslides: voices from the regions Are we prepared for ANOTHER DISASTER? By Prasad Poornamal Jayamanna, Puttalam Due to incessant rains which lasted a month, several reservoirs in the Udaha area in Puttalam district overflowed, flooding a large area.…

Funded by the German National Committee for UNICEF COLOMBO/GALLE, 30 January 2007 - Hundreds of children along with their parents and teachers gathered today at a ceremony to mark the re-opening of a school devastated by the 2004 tsunami which struck…

GENEVA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the leading financial services provider, Credit Suisse, today announced a new joint effort to build a sustainable future for 19,000 school children in Sri Lanka. Through WFP, the "Credit Suisse Food…

18-25 January 2007 KILINOCHCHI AND MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update The general situation in Kilinochchi town has been calm with the exception of short and sporadic shelling in the north of the Muhamalai FDL areas in the evenings over the week. GA Kilinochchi…

New job-skills for tsunami victims and a school are set to be provided in Sri Lanka by the Irish Red Cross thanks to the generosity of the Irish people which has already funded homes, schools and job support programmes…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY About the report: This second year report documents the Sri Lankan experience of post Tsunami recovery and reconstruction in 2006. It presents a comprehensive analysis within the larger context of economic, social and political developments of the country…