Rapports

By Simon Gardner KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels accused the government on Monday of denying them adequate tsunami aid, warning this could squander a chance to bridge differences after two decades of war. Giant…

The ICRC's efforts to help victims of this disaster are gathering pace. The ICRC is concentrating its relief efforts on Sri Lanka and the Indonesian province of Aceh, areas where it had a strong presence before the catastrophe. The…

The Swedish people are supporting relief efforts to victims of the tsunami catastrophe by taking in collections and through donations from the Swedish development cooperation budget. Carin Jämtin, Sweden's minister of development, announced that the Swedish Government has made available…

NEW YORK - International humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS) announced this morning a $5 million public fundraising campaign for victims of the Southern Asia tsunami disaster. Of the agency's initial $1 million aid shipment airlifted last week, a first…

Refugees International has launched missions to Sri Lanka and Indonesia to focus on caring for displaced people and devising programs to help the displaced rebuild their homes and communities as quickly as possible. The Dec. 26 tsunami has displaced approximately 500,000…

Oxfam Aid Effort Gets Going Oxfam continues to fly in supplies and staff in response to the Asia Earthquake crisis, making a real difference to the lives of thousands of people hit by the disaster. Jasmine Whitbread, Oxfam's…

The medical team dispatched by the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation began providing medical care for victims of the devastating Dec. 26 tsunamis in Hambantota in southeastern Sri Lanka on Dec. 31, 2004. Besides providing medical care, Tzu Chi will also…

Trocaire has raised more than €1.8 million in aid in the eight days since the tsunami and earthquake in Asia that killed thousands ofpeople and left millions homeless. A national church collection is planned for this weekend,January 8 and…

The third national medical assistance team dispatched by the Chinese government to countries hit by the tsunami disaster, which is comprised of 14 persons, arrived in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka at 11:30pm on January 2, 2005. After a…

NEW YORK, 3 January 2005 - UNICEF is warning that early estimates of the number of children killed by the tsunami in Sri Lanka are too low. More than 30,000 people died when giant waves swept the island on…