Rapports

1 000 abris ont été construits pour permettre le retour sur leurs terres des populations déplacées par la guerre civile au Sri Lanka. Des moyens sanitaires et économiques sont également développés pour leur offrir des conditions de vie décentes. Le…

The first meeting to follow up the Tokyo Conference was held in Colombo on 12 September 2003. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Yasushi Akashi, Representative of the Government of Japan, assisted by the EU and the USA. 2. 12…

AMDA PBP Office (Peace Building Project Through Health*) has been providing mobile clinic services in the northern part of Sri Lanka since this February. Under the program AMDA has conducted mobile clinic services in about 10 sites and saw…

News Release No. 122/03 MANILA, PHILIPPINES (9 September 2003) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to raise its lending assistance to Sri Lanka to US$700 million over the next three years, according to the Country Strategy and Program (CSP)…

Sri Lanka's rebels say the future of the country's 18-month-old ceasefire depends on how the Colombo government reponds to a Tamil Tiger proposal on power-sharing. The rebels say their proposal, in response to an earlier government draft on powersharing in…

COLOMBO - As Sri Lanka struggles toward a lasting peace, the United Nations World Food Programme is continuing its reconstruction efforts for the island nation with the launch of a meals-in-school programme for 33,000 children in former war zones. Under…

Many people living in Sri Lanka are often poor, hungry, and without access to the education and training needed to obtain jobs that will adequately support their families. Sri Lanka, an island nation south of India, has developed slowly during…

Program Description USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) program has the goal of supporting the peace process in Sri Lanka. To do this, OTI has two main objectives: to enhance citizen support for a negotiated settlement and to assist targeted…

Appeal launched on 20 May 2003 for CHF 1,212,000 (USD 934,598 or EUR 801,424) for 3 months for 125,000 beneficiaries; budget increased to CHF 2,632,584 to assist some 700,000 beneficiaries for 6 months, i.e. 20 November 2003. Period covered: 13…

Appeal Target: US$ 178,041 Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 78,783 Geneva, 15 August 2003 Dear Colleagues, During May the country usually receives scattered rainfall. This year the rains started on the 16th and on 17 and 18 May there was unusually heavy…