Rapports

Overall Situation President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on 22 August at a ceremony at her official residence commended the Transitional Accommodation Project (TAP) of the Task Force for Relief (TAFOR) for completing 50,000 temporary houses for tsunami victims in a short…

UNICEF highlights Ms. Joanna van Gerpen arrived in Sri Lanka on 22 August to take on her assignment as UNICEF Representative The second post-tsunami nutrition survey tracked changes in the health and nutrition status of 1500 children since January and identified…

Highlights 16 day Training programme for 126 pre school teachers in Jaffna by SCiSl Office equipment donated to the Government Agent's Office in Jaffna to support their work Training on Child Protection Protocol for Children and parents in Trincomalee 9820 children…

Band encourages fans to join long-term efforts ATLANTA (August 25, 2005) - Out of deep concern for the long-term needs of impoverished communities affected by the tsunami and conflict in Sri Lanka, Dave Matthews Band, through its Bama Works fund, has…

Highlights Feeding programme for over 1200 children underway in Ampara 100 shelters completed in Ampara, 50 more to be built 65 beneficiaries beneficiaries in Matara, Weligama, Dikwella and Devinuwara receive cash grants. 90 fishermen receive bicycles. Teen programmes to be implemented in the South. Security On Saturday…

The Matching Funds Program is part of the Government of Canada's $425 million five-year commitment to tsunami-affected countries. The Government of Canada announced in the early aftermath of the tsunami that it would match dollar-for-dollar individual donations made between December…

Overall Situation The Japanese Government has provided over US$ 5 million to reconstruct four bridges and a culvert in the Southern coast. Reconstruction work began on August 14. The assistance is part of the US$ 80 million provided under the…

Spending for the first 6 months (January-June 2005) of World Vision's Tsunami Response: India: 7,367,836 Indonesia: 14,941,674 Sri Lanka: 24,200,812 Thailand: 3,019,002 ATRT Coordination Office (Singapore): 1,772,822 TOTAL: 51,302,146 (USD) Anticipated Spending for 2005: USD 100 million Anticipated spending until the end of December is USD 100 million…

HIGHLIGHTS - Kurier Aid Austria launch their housing construction programme of 110 houses in Thuduwegoda Village, Hikkaduwa on August 5, and a Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for 150 houses in Kathaluwa, Hikkaduwa on Sunday, August 14. - Humanitarian Information Centre (HIC) in…

By Gina Wilkinson, IOM Colombo Sri Lanka's southeast bore the brunt of December's devastating tsunami - but many survivors are finding new hope and new beginnings as the impoverished region emerges from disaster. "When I saw a huge black…