Rapports

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0076 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Sri Lanka - Floods 23 May 2003 This report is based on information received from the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka, the UNDAC Team, and the Sri Lankan Government…

Appeal launched on 20 May 2003 for CHF 1,212,000 (USD 934,598 OR EUR 801,424) for three months for 125,000 beneficiaries. This operation will be revised and scaled-up based on the results of the ongoing FACT/RDRT assessment. Disaster…

On May 20th and 21st, AMDA Peace Building Project (PBP) Office in Sri Lanka has dispatched two emergency relief teams, No. 2 & No. 3, to Nelluwa and Hiniduma, Galle District, seriously affected by the recent floods. The teams,…

By Scott McDonald COLOMBO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Tamil Tiger rebels sent aid to help Sri Lanka's flood victims as rescue workers hunted for 500 missing people from the island's worst natural disaster in half a century that…

Torrential rains pounded Sri Lanka last weekend. The worst affected areas are the southern districts of Ratnapura, Matara, Hambantota - where Foster Parents Plan (Plan) works - Kaluthara and Galle. Water has risen anywhere from 5 to 20 feet…

Ottawa - The Honourable Susan Whelan, Minister for International Cooperation, today responded to the emergency appeal from the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies to assist flood and landslide victims in Sri Lanka. She announced that the Canadian International…

There are still many gaps in the information on the flood situation here in Sri Lanka, but there is no doubt about the gravity of the situation. Torrential rains hit last weekend. The worst affected areas are the southern Districts…

On May 21 (Wed), the Government of Japan decided to provide the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, which has suffered serious flood damage, emergency assistance equivalent to about 19.8 million yen in kind, such as tents, plastic sheets,…

Employment and Labour Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe yesterday disclosed the details of seven major disaster management programmes to be implemented for the welfare of all flood victim families in the country. It is reported that around 18,000 families in the Kalutara District…

With the death toll in Sri Lanka rising to more than 200, United Nations inter-agency teams are struggling alongside local relief workers to feed and shelter 171,000 survivors of the worst floods and landslides to hit the island in…