Reports

HIGHLIGHTS - The nutrition supplement Resource GI shield has been shipped to the island. - A Centre for National Operations (CNO) for relief work established under the President of Sri Lanka. - UNHCR non-food relief items reach affected districts in the South. -…

The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilising the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organisation, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180…

I. SITUATION 1. Nature of the Disaster On the morning of 26 December, Tsunamis and massive tidal waves caused by the massive earthquake that struck off the western coast of northern Sumatra, hit the eastern, southern and large parts of the…

31 December, 2004 Situation The following table gives a picture of the emerging extent of the disaster on a district-wide basis. District No. of deaths No. of individualsdisplaced No. of injured No. of missing No. of housesfully damaged No. of camps Colombo 65 24,500 12 54 Gampaha 7 32,000 500 10 Kalutara 170 33,794 726 31 66 Galle 3,724 44,582 2,500 7,500 150 Matara 1,061 40,500 4,000 10,000 64 Hambantota 4,500 28,785 5,000 38 Ampara 10,436 183,527 120 19,100 125 Batticaloa 2,222 285,408 1,106 600 29,000 93 Mullaitivu 1,700 24,557 2,500 1,300 4,000 19 Trincomalee 925 93,408 327 4,000 92 Jaffna 2,076 48,729 541 500 38 Puttlam 4 Vavuniya 140 99 109 2,000 10 Kilinochchi 559 49,286 880 62 22 total 27,589 889,175 12,482 4,832 79,100 781 Ampara in the East and…

The Secretariat of the General People's Committee held Wednesday its 37th ordinary meeting for 2004. A number of issues related to youth, sport, education, higher education, manpower, operations and training, economy and energy were discussed. The Secretariat of General People's…

ensuring sanitation to help prevent disease: ensuring latrines, water storage tanks and bathing places are available in 35 camps in Hambantota District. ensuring supply of 'safe' water: supplying five mobile pumps, to allow fresh water back into the wells. To…

HIGHLIGHTS - UN Missions to the Galle in the South and Kilinochchi in the North to assess the situation. - President Chandrika Kumaratunga-Bandaranaike called two meetings of all political parties to enforce a national united approach to manage…

COLOMBO, Dec 29, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The National Relief Operations Unit (NROU) was established Wednesday here to aid relief activities undertaken by government and non-governmental groups in the tsunami-stricken Sri Lanka. President Chandrika Kumaratunga announced the establishment of the…

UN/ISDR 2004/17 Tsunami early warning systems could have saved thousands of lives following the devastating tsunamis that struck Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and neighbouring countries and islands on 26 December, according to UN sources. Latest reports put the death toll…

President Chandrika Kumaratunga today appointed an apex body to assist and facilitate all disaster relief activities undertaken by the various Government and Non Governmental Organizations. This National Relief Operations Unit (NROU) will be chaired by the Secretary to the…