Rapports

Key issues (Developments over the past 24hrs, including priority needs and constraints, and the major actions that have taken place, etc): Coordination Issues: - The Government of Sri Lanka closed the Centre for National Operations (CNO) under the president secretariat on 4…

Following an overwhelming and unprecedented response from its supporters, CAFOD has decided to wind down its Asia Tsunami appeal. Since the Asia tsunami disaster on Boxing Day, the Catholic community has demonstrated compassion and enormous generosity by donating over =A37 million…

UNICEF highlights UNICEF is supporting the Department for Probation and Child Care Services to submit an amendment to the Tsunami Law. Four gully emptiers arrived in country from Japan School attendance encouraged through back-to-school campaign and other activities Ten water…

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field Sri Lanka's coastlines in the north, east, south and south-west were overwhelmed by the tsunami that followed the undersea earthquake that struck near Sumatra on 26 December. More than 30,000 people died in…

PROGRAMME UPDATE SRI LANKA1. EMERGENCY : on-going activities in spontaneous camps Food Security Water & Sanitation JAFFNA 16 camps 1 common cooking kit to 1 camp 16 cleaning kit to all camps in schools 11 school wells dewatered 320 wells dewatered (19 common wells,…

Key issues (Developments over the past 24hrs, including priority needs and constraints, and the major actions that have taken place, etc): Coordination Issues: - Next General Coordination meeting which used to be held on Mondays at 9.30 AM, under the president…

by Bandula Jayasekara in Hambantota, Sri Lanka Photos by Till Mayer A Netherlands Red Cross team is helping provide up to 2,000 families a day in southern Sri Lanka with essential items to help them get their lives back…

Overall situation According to the latest Government figures, published on 1 February, 248,866 Sri Lankan families have been affected by the tsunami. 553,287 persons are displaced, whereof 411,302 stay with relatives or friends and 141,985 reside in welfare centers or…

Baptist World Aid continues to support the relief and rehabilitation activities of Baptists in the affected areas. Grants of over $200,000 have been approved to provide medical assistance, clean water, food and shelter. BWAid is now working with these…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 26 December 2004, two hours after the first earthquake occurred, the Tsunami waves struck two-thirds of the coastline of Sri Lanka (more than 1,000 km). The waves penetrated inland areas up to 500 meters in many places,…