Rapports

This is a daily brief which will be updated every 24 hours Oxfam International consists of 12 organisations around the world of which Oxfam Community Aid Abroad is one. The Oxfams work together internationally in emergencies to coordinate a response…

Kaufbeuren/Colombo - Since Sunday, when the disaster happened, local humedica volunteers in Sri Lanka's outmost northeast have been providing help to families affected by the devastating flood. Within just a few kilometres, more than 2,000 people have drowned, hundreds of…

Situation The following is a summary of the scale of the disaster in Sri Lanka. - Total deaths: 29,729 - Total displaced persons: 804, 978 - Total injured: 16,665 - Total missing: 5,240 - Total completely damaged houses: 91,059 - Total number camps: 798 The…

Casualties and damages: All but 2 of Sri Lanka's 15 costal districts districts were submerged by the tidal wave. The most affected districts are Trincomalee, Batticiloa, Killinochi, Mullaitivu and Jaffna in the north, and Galle, Matara, Hambantota and Manner…

World Concern helped local organizations begin distributing emergency medical assistance in the district of Batticaloa several days ago. Medical care and emergency supplies, food, emergency shelter, and water is beginning to flow to this and other communities in the heart of…

Period covered: 00:00 1/1/05-00:00 2/1/05 2 January 2005 (15:00IST)- - Death toll nearing 150,000 and expected to continue to increase - Shortage of clean water is widespread and risk of diseases outbreaks increased throughout region Major concerns that death rates…

Colombo,, 2 January 2005 - Just days after tragedy engulfed his country and several others around the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka's cricketing legend, Muttiah Muralitharan, who is also WFP's celebrity partner, was accompanying a WFP food convoy to the…

One of our partners reports the following: "I have just got back from Batticaloa (eastern district that was one of the most affected districts). The devastation is unbelievable. There is so much that needs to be done, it is…

WASHINGTON, Saturday, January 1, 2005 Overall operational information Nine American Red Cross workers currently in or en-route to affected areas (Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia and India) with expertise to support relief effort in three primary areas: water sanitation services, family linking…

New York, January 1, 2005 -- When the Tsunami hit Sri Lanka with 50-foot waves traveling more than 1.2 miles inland, the country was already reeling from floods two weeks earlier. Over a period of 10 days, floods had…