Reports

Appeals Australian NGOs are providing emergency assistance to the many communities in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia that were devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunamis on 26 December 2004. Australian aid…

1 Executive Summary Most of Sri Lanka's coastlines were overwhelmed by the tsunami on 26 December. Over 30,000 people died. Of the approximately 500,000 people currently displaced, over 96,000 are housed in welfare centres (mostly temples and schools) or transit…

UNICEF highlights Water bottles, lunch boxes and pencil cases distributed in districts for over 70,000 children Additional uniform material for over 18,500 children dispatched to ZDEs One million vitamin A capsules arrive from Copenhagen and are handed over to…

by Stacey Winston , press officer, American Red Cross Saturday, March 26, 2005 -- Signs of progress abound along the coastlines devastated by the tragic tsunami three months ago. The Red Cross Movement is helping pave the path of progress through…

PREAMBULE APRES L'URGENCE Suite au tsunami du 26 décembre dernier en Asie du sud, Action contre la Faim, déjà présente au Sri Lanka depuis 1996 et en Indonésie depuis 1997, a immédiatement mis en place des programmes d'urgence : en l'espace…

Innovative Partnerships in Sri Lanka by Jeff Greenwald Clearing a Beachfront Village Provides Financial, Psychological Benefits The Sri Lankan village of Jayanagar sits right at the beach. Consequently, it bore the full brunt of last December's Indian Ocean tsunami; the waves claimed…

by Lena Eskeland in Jaffna Psychosocial support for people affected by the years of conflict in Sri Lanka is being adapted and applied to help survivors of the tsunami in that country. The Danish Red Cross has been a…

ROME, 24 March 2005 -- Three months after the devastating Tsunami of 26 December 2004, Caritas representatives met in Colombo to look at current emergency assistance activities and to plan ongoing programmes responding to the recovery and reconstruction needs of…

Overall Situation According to government figures of 14 March, the current number of IDPs is 519,063, with 96,646 in 267 different camps and 422,417 staying with family and friends. In a number of districts, IDPs are moving from temporary camps…

Helping survivors overcome trauma of having lost loved ones, rebuilding homes and livelihoods and preparing the communities to respond better to future disasters are at the heart of the Australian Red Cross medium and long term plans for tsunami…