Reports

A "National Workshop on the Care and Maintenance of Transitional Shelter Sites," was held 23 September at Colombo's Galle Face Hotel under the auspices of the Sri Lankan Government's Transitional Accommodation Project (TAP) and the United Nations and facilitated…

UNICEF highlights - Tsunami Response Validation Workshop held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8-9 September 2005, hosted by the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA). - National Workshop on the Care and Maintenance of Transitional Shelter Sites conducted on 23 September…

President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Thursday (22 September) urged the international community and the UN to continue to keep the focus on the reconstruction and recovery effort in the tsunami affected countries and to ensure that pledges made are fulfilled.…

Temporary house were handed over to the people affected by Tsunami at Navalady, Thiruchsentur in the Batticaloa District by the Tamils Rehabilitation Organization on 28th July, 2005. This project was funded by the Swiss TRO. This event was presided…

Overall Situation The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) recently signed an agreement with the Sri Lankan government to provide grants totaling US$ 2.5 million for six development projects. Over US$ 2 million of the funding is for five…

Overall Situation The Supreme Court rescheduled the hearing of the three Fundamental Rights applications against the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS) agreement signed between the Government and the LTTE for November 22. The Development Assistance Database (DAD) a web portal to enable…

In response to the Major Earthquake off the Coast of Sumatra and Great Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the Government of Japan extended Bilateral Grant Aids totaling 24.6 billion yen to the Governments of Indonesia (14.6 billion yen), Sri…

Colombo, September 14, 2005 - Thirty-thousand Sri Lankan children will no longer face the risk of serious health and developmental problems caused by worms, thanks to a campaign by the International Organization for Migration today in Mannar district. Children gathered…

The workshop on Transition from Relief to Recovery was organized by ADEPT in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 25 and 26 August 2005. Thirty five iNGOs, local NGOs, and local administrative bodies participated (Appendix 1). Day 1: The workshop opened with a…

Overall Situation A new 700 meter bridge over Arugam Bay and new vocational schools funded by the United States is to benefit thousands in the tsunami-devastated East. USAID awarded a contract worth US$ 33 million for a program of large-scale…