Reports

The Australian High Commission recently handed over 44 newly built toilets to beneficiaries in resettled villages in Manthai West, Mannar. The High Commission has to-date built 160 toilets in Manthai West for resettled villages in both…

The Government of Japan has extendedUS$ 224,380 (approximately Rs.30 million)(JPY21,764,860) to the “Reconstruction of Community and Improvement of Livelihood of Returnees in the Fishing Community ofMullaitivu District” project which will be implemented by Pacific Asia Resource…

Hameedia recently embarked on a humanitarian mission to provide water for families most affected by the ongoing drought in North-East Sri Lanka. The Hameedia team comprising ten members visited Polonnaruwa, Sinhapura, Galloya and Higurackgoda and delivered…

Deputy Minister of Health Lalith Dissanayake in Parliament said yesterday (Aug. 07) that the Government had resettled 150,202 families displaced (IDPs) during the war against terrorism by September 30, 2012. The Minister, participating in the second reading…

Statement by Sri Lanka 14-15 July 2014 Distinguished Co-Chairs, At the outset let me congratulate on your appointment as the co-chairs of the preparatory committee of the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and congratulate Madam Margareta Wahlström…

SUBMITTED BY SEENITHAMBY MANOHARAN ON WED, 07/09/2014 A few years ago, I met a woman in Ampara, who receives benefits from the Re-awakening Project that I manage which provides financial support to those rebuilding their lives…

Investing in youth pays dividends, evidence from Sri Lanka shows COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Young people hold the keys to the future; unlocking their potential will lead to a better world for everyone. These facts are supported…

PUTUKKUDIYIRUPPU, 4 July 2014 (IRIN) - Five years after the end of a 26-year civil war, most former combatants from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in northern Sri Lanka have been rehabilitated and re-entered…

by Lina Koch, 2014/05/05 Nearly a decade of effective and elaborate help comes to its successful end: humedica closes the sponsorship program Sri Lanka and, once again, lets numerous families go into their newly acquired independence. Join…

Harshadeva Amarathungar discusses the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission and its inadequacies in considering gender issues in the post-conflict Sri Lanka. My first job was at a local peacebuilding organisation in Sri Lanka, working as a program…