Rapports

By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Jan 25, 2012 (IPS) - Experts agree that Sri Lanka's free pre and postnatal clinics across the island nation have helped bring infant mortality down to 15 per 1,000 live births and the…

This report indicates the UN and NGO partner response to continuing humanitarian needs and early recovery concerns, in support to the Sri Lankan Government’s efforts to rebuild the former conflict-affected regions. Activities show progress towards the…

Programme(s) summary Sri Lanka is at a threshold of economic growth and development. Slogans such as ‘winning the economic war’ and making the nation the wonder of Asia’ have been frequently used to describe the priority that…

COLOMBO, 20 January 2012 (IRIN) - Tea in Sri Lanka is one of the country's biggest cash crops, but families working on tea estates are among the nation's poorest in terms of earnings as well as…

JAFFNA, 11 January 2012 (IRIN) - For Thangamma*, returning to Sri Lanka's once-embattled northern town of Jaffna is nothing short of a pilgrimage. "I waited for two decades to leave India," she said. The 65-year-old is one…

The number of Sri Lankan refugees returning home has dropped in 2011 when compared with the previous year due to suspension of the Colombo-Tuticorin ferry service, latest UNHCR statistics show. A total of 1,728 Sri Lankan refugees…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The number of Sri Lankan refugees returning home has seen a marked drop in 2011 when compared with the previous year, latest UNHCR statistics show. A total of 1,728 Sri Lankan refugees returned…

When six-year-old Anudha plays with his buddies on the new playground at Lady Ridgeway Hospital in Sri Lanka, he gets to experience the joy and liberation of walking unassisted. Before the therapeutic playground was built,…

COLOMBO, 29 December 2011 (IRIN) - Sri Lanka is making progress in the battle against mosquito-borne dengue fever, say health officials. "Over the last two years we have gone all out to stop the spread of dengue,"…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Sri Lanka Rule of Law Assessment was requested by USAID/Sri Lanka and completed under a contract with ARD, Inc., from January through March 2010. Principal researchers were Richard B. Hoffman, Barry Walsh, and Sam…