Reports

HIGHLIGHTS - 7500 Fisherfolk killed, 5600 missing, 18500 boats lost or damaged. - 100m buffer zone to be strictly implemented. - IMF provides debt relief to SL A local newspaper reports that the Tsunami may have wiped out over 80% of Sri…

An international disaster reduction conference set to open next week in Japan should serve to forge agreement on a tsunami early-warning system for the Indian Ocean, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today. The meeting should…

The devastating effects of the tsunami were first felt along the shores of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Myanmar, the Maldives and Somalia early in the morning on 26 December 2004. The numbers almost defy comprehension: circa 2,000,000 displaced,…

Last night (January 9), the Israel Campaign For South East Asia Disaster Relief, spearheaded by IsraAID, sent a humanitarian team of 14 medical and logistical personnel to Sri Lanka to assist thousands of people affected by the tsunami. IsraAID has…

NB Due to technical difficulties this report does not contain today's input from our offices in Kilinochchi. HIGHLIGHTS - ADB rates Sri Lanka as one of two countries that are worst affected, throwing two million additional people into poverty. - The…

Major Developments The number of displaced persons and camps continues to drop. The total number of displaced persons on 13 January was 425,620, of whom 236,258 are staying in camps and 189,362 are staying with family and friends. On 13…

AMDA immediately launched AMDA multi-national medical mission, in short AMMM, to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and India for the victims of earthquake and tsunami. So far, 77 medical staffs including doctors, nurses, a pharmacist, a social worker, and coordinators were dispatched.…

Key issues (Developments over the past 24hrs, including priority needs and constraints, and the major actions that have taken place, etc): Coordination Issues: In view of next three holidays starting from Friday, most of the Government Offices are closed in Colombo. Field activities…

Tsunami response enters new phase The response to the tsunami disaster of December 26th has now entered a new phase. In the initial phase of the response, efforts were mainly directed at immediate tasks, such as the rescue of survivors,…

12th January 2005 MERCY MALAYSIA further strengthens its medical relief efforts in Sri Lanka by sending a team of volunteers, which includes doctors and members specialising in psychological intervention. They are Dr. Jitendra Kumar a/l Shatilal n. Tejani, Dr.…