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By David Fox GALLE, Sri Lanka, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Books are soggy, desks broken, classrooms home to displaced families -- Sri Lanka improvised as children went back to school on Monday, with some classes even dished out in…

Colombo (dpa) - The Sri Lankan government is battling to find alternative sites for thousands of school children from the tsunami hit areas in the coastal belt of the country as the new term for schools in the country…

Key issues (Developments over the past 24hrs, including priority needs and constraints, and the major actions that have taken place, etc): Coordination Issues National Coordination Meeting was held today. It was informed by the president secretariat that henceforward biweekly…

RELIEF INTERNATIONAL teams remain active on the ground in Sri Lanka; establishing a base of operations, fielding an emergency medical team, providing potable water, delivering food and emergency shelter, and performing the field engineering necessary to implement a long-term integrated…

President Chandrika Kumaratunga today met a team of psychiatrists who have volunteered their services to the Centre for National Operations (CNO) at the President's Office. Members of the Task Force for Rescue and Relief (TAFRER) and experts of the field…

Israeli Relief Team of 14 Leaves for Sri Lanka (Communicated by IsraAID) Last night, 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…

GOAL has almost reached the € 3 million mark in public donations while as of today there are 48 GOALies working alongside national staff and partner organisations in the region, responding to the needs of over a quarter of…

Major Developments The numbers of displaced persons living in camps continues to drop, while the numbers of displaced persons staying with host families is rising. Over the next few days, UNICEF will be considering ways in which we can support…

Key issues (Developments over the past 24hrs, including priority needs and constraints, and the major actions that have taken place, etc): Coordination Issues: National Coordination Meeting was postponed till Sunday. Next meeting would be held on Monday (10 Jan…

$1 billion package for Indonesia On 5 January, the Prime Minister John Howard travelled to Jakarta and following a meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, announced the formation of an Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development…