Rapports

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sri Lanka's landscape changed dramatically during the first half of the 2009. The Government of Sri Lanka's (GoSL) advance into remaining rebel-held territory in the northern Vanni region continued until mid-May, when the final…

Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya on Sunday (19) morning made his first visit to Vavuniya after assuming the office of Commander of the Army. His visit to Vavuniya was of two fold importance. This was the first…

I. Situation Overview & highlights - On 20 July, the Office of the UN Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator in a statement noted that UN staff in Sri Lanka are not restricted from visiting hospitals in Vavuniya due to health concerns. A…

The attention of the Ministry of Healthcare & Nutrition has been drawn to reports circulating in the International media regarding the death rate among the internally displaced persons currently residing in welfare villages in the Vanni. The Ministry is reliably…

During the early part of 2009, more than 300,000 people were displaced from their homes in the north of Sri Lanka and trapped between warring government security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or Tamil Tiger…

The Government of Sri Lanka has asked aid agencies to scale down operations as the island nation's "challenges are now different" with the end of a 25-year war, the minister of disaster management and human rights said on July…

As promised in our previous communiqué, we will be issuing weekly updates on the current status of IDP healthcare. The following are the developments as of 7th July, 2009. Improving the administrative infrastructure in Cheddikulam is necessary for us to…

The Northern people are living in the welfare camps at present will soon be resettled in their places of origin. Thereafter, with the produce of these farmers and fishermen this country would be able to assist the World Food…

SILVER SPRING, Md. - In Southeastern Sri Lanka, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) recently completed the Ampara Community Empowerment (ACE) project, a two-year program that targeted communities left vulnerable by the political instability in the region, and the…

COLOMBO - A donation from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), consisting of US$14 million (Rs.1, 600 million) worth of food supplies, has been warmly hailed by the United Nations World Food Programme. WFP said that the much-needed…