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Refurbished schools in Aceh and Sri Lanka will provide new education opportunities to more than 1500 people. In Lamno, north-western Aceh, a renovated primary school, junior high school and high school will benefit more than 900 students and teachers. The…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Shelling continued in areas south of Kilinochchi district, Vadamaradchchi East, Poonakary and Madhu division of Mannar district last week. Supplies of construction materials such as cement are limited. The price of a bag of…

Despite appeals by the humanitarian agencies the LTTE has stepped up the recruitment of children as combatants. Even the aid workers are not spared. The Chief of FORUT has expressed her dissatisfaction at the latest move by the LTTE,…

Background The families living in Jaffna's Welfare Centres are categorized as long-term displaced, with the earliest displacement taking place in 1983, and families first arriving in the Welfare Centres in 1984. Since then, most of their 'places of origin' were…

19-26 July 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update On 19 July, the Puliyamkulam Forward Defence Line (FDL) EXIT/ENTRY point came was shelled. Shelling continues in areas south of Kilinochchi district, Vadamarachchi East, Poonakary and Madhu division of Mannar district.…

12-19 July 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Shelling continues in areas south of Kilinochchi district, Vadamarachchi East and Poonakary. Internally Displaced Persons On 17 July, ZOA assessed the situation of 80 fisher families, at the Chundikkulam IDP location…

JAFFNA , 18 July 2007 (IRIN) - Nutrition surveys by the Sri Lankan government and international agencies show rising levels of acute malnutrition in the northern Jaffna district. Livelihoods and markets have been disrupted by conflict and displacement, the…

1. CHANGES IN CONTEXT AND HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES Violence and fighting continued in the first five months of 2007, with severe humanitarian consequences for populations in the north and east. Between December 2006, when the Common Humanitarian Action…

Time period covered: 01 July 2007 15 July 2007 Districts: Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Vadamarachchi East (Jaffna), Mannar, & Vavuniya Overall Situation: - On 11.July 2007 Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) jet bombers killed two people, including a child, and wounded eleven others when…

COLOMBO, 13 July 2007 (IRIN) - Two months after a massive government-sponsored resettlement programme started in eastern Sri Lanka's Batticaloa District, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in the area have yet to gain continuous access to some resettlement communities, particularly in…