Rapports

by Bandula Jayasekara, Sri Lankan Red Cross, in Colombo When the people of Sri Lanka's Southern district and Ratnapura were preparing to celebrate the great Buddhist festival of Vesak, they never imagined they would soon be homeless, nor that some of…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) allocated: 50,000 The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org Appeal No:…

Colombo, 23 April 2003 -- The civil unrest, rioting and ethnic conflict, which started in Mutur, Trincomalee district on 17 April, left 35,000 people displaced, 2,500 people homeless, 5 people dead and 20 people wounded, according to local sources.…

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and LTTE to finalise an "action plan' to help demobilise hundreds of child soldiers. UNICEF here said, a two-day workshop will be held in Kilinochchi from April 10 to help create an awareness of child…

IP/03/496 Brussels, 4 April 2003 - The fighting between Sinhalas and Tamils that started in 1983 triggered huge population movements. In the wake of the February 2002 ceasefire, more than 230 000 internally displaced persons living in the north and…

The Ministry of Vanni Rehabilitation has undertaken measures to provide basic facilities including small-scale self employment and income generating projects to uplift the living standard of the internally displaced families this year. Over 90 per cent of them, numbering around 15,000…

Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction work done in the North and East by Government Institutions since the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement (2002) 1. Commissioner General for Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation (RRR) The office of the Commissioner General provides support to the National…

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2003/0021 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Sri Lanka - Floods 27 January 2003 This report is based on information received from the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, the International Federation of the Red Cross and…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org Appeal Target…