Reports

8-15 May 2008 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Location Number of Families Number of Individuals Jaffna displaced before Dec 2005 displaced after Jan 2006 23,771 6,725 83,480 23,656 Kilinochchi 13,473 51,680 Mullaitivu 9,273 33,125 Vavuniya 3,642 12,925 Mannar 6,802 25,340 Trincomalee 1,772 5,971 Batticaloa 5,517 20,769 Ampara 1,379 5,115 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update The security situation remained tense during the reporting period, with continued artillery fire towards the Muhamalai, Nagarkovil, and Kilali FDLs.…

Summary Major hostilities between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) resumed in mid-2006 and in January 2008 the government formally withdrew from the ceasefire in place since 2002. Since then the fighting has claimed…

COLOMBO, 30 April 2008 (IRIN) - Humanitarian agencies in Sri Lanka are preparing for the fallout as increasing food prices and shortages put vulnerable populations at risk of malnutrition and leave many families no longer able to afford essentials…

A Medical Camp for the residents of the Noracholai and Alankudah camps was successfully conducted at the Alankudah Muslim Vidyalaya on 23rd February 2008. On a request made by SCOPP, the Golden Key Eye & ENT Hospital at Rajagiriya made…

Introduction Sri Lanka's children have been embroiled in a brutal armed conflict which has killed more than 67,000 civilians in the last two decades and caused untold suffering among the Sri Lankan population. Gross human rights violations committed by Government…

Rebuilding and expansion of the Trinco Public Market, which was destroyed in the tsunami was inaugurated last week. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and HELLENIC AID, the development agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece has jointly…

COLOMBO, 9 April 2008 (IRIN) - A poor rice harvest, rising global food prices and the enduring conflict are increasing food insecurity for hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans, UN food experts have warned. Only half the country's 20 million…

Situation Report The Government of Sri Lanka's (GoSL) military offensive in the Mannar District has caused a series of displacements of civilians from the areas of Pandivirichchaan, Adampan, Andankulam and other areas starting on August 25, 2007. The IDPs sought…

By Chandani Jayatilleke, Communications Manager, Plan Sri Lanka When the 2004 tsunami devastated 13 coastal areas in Sri Lanka, the surviving children were left with nothing. Not only did they lose their homes, friends and family, but also their schools and…

COLOMBO, 17 March 2008 (IRIN) - People receiving emergency relief rarely know exactly what is available for them, or how to access it. For many people escaping violence in Sri Lanka's war zones and stuck in camps, information on…