Rapports

Working towards peace Patrick Silvester has been working with Sewalanka Foundation as a Peace and Reconciliation Coordinator since February this year. Based in Trincomalee District in the country's northeast, Mr Silvester is responsible for developing support and enthusiasm for peace and…

23 -27 October 2006 KILINOCHCHI DISTRICT Situation Update - The Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts had a harthal (work stoppage) on October 25. All shops, government/non governmental offices, schools and public markets were shut. However, hospitals and secondary health facilities remained open. - For…

Location of operation: SOUTH ASIA Amount of Decision: EUR 5,000,000 Decision reference number: ECHO/-SA/BUD/2006/01000 Explanatory Memorandum 1 - Rationale, needs and target population. 1.1. - Rationale : The conflict between Tamil separatists (LTTE(1)) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) in the north…

Reference:IP/06/ Brussels, 25 October 2006 The European Commission has allocated a further €5 million in humanitarian aid to help conflict-affected people in Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu, India, an addition to the €7 million decision adopted in…

18-23 October 2006 TRINCOMALEE DISTRICT - The security situation in Trincomalee remains calm - The US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher, and the US Ambassador, Robert Blake, visited Muttur on 20 October to meet with…

13 - 16 October 2006 General Update A military convoy was hit by a suicide bomb attack on the Habarana- Trincomalee road, on 16 October. No official confirmation of the numbers of casualties was available at the time of releasing this…

18 October 2006, Colombo - The Norwegian Refugee Council officially handed over two new schools; Al-Irfan Vidyalayam, Trincomalee and Pulavarmani Shareefudeen Vidyalayam, Kalmunai to Sri Lankan school authorities last week. NRC has now handed over five schools out of the 30…

11 - 13 October 2006 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation Update Ongoing fighting which resulted in the closure of the main entry road to the Jaffna peninsular (A9 road) has severely affected the flow of basic and other essential food commodities and non-food commodities…

Story by Australian Red Cross' Byron Pakula Seventeen year old school girl Shasikala Dilrukshi sits engrossed in a book on the verandah of her home. A simple scenario played out everyday all over the world. But one that for…