Reports

Temporary buildings are being provided by a Tearfund partner to house thousands of civilians who've been living in tents since the end of the Sri Lanka's civil war. Displaced families are also receiving help to grow their own food amid…

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…

The government has released all persons in IDP camps over 60 years in age while turning 40,000 IDP children as students. President Mahinda Rajapaksa made these observations on Sunday at a meeting in Mahiyangana, in the Uva Province adding that at…

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…

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…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Tuesday 14th July 2009 - HSBC, yesterday pledged Rs 4.1 Million to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), to support non-food relief response among the internally displaced population in Sri Lanka's North and East The funds will be…

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…

The Joint Humanitarian Update will now be released weekly. This new format replaces the Vanni Emergency Update and the former fortnightly Joint Humanitarian Update. Displacement after October 2008 - IDP situation as reported by GAs as of 15 July IDPs During the…