Reports

Mrs. Bernatheth is a 53 year old widow with three children living below an income of Rs. 3,200 per month. Although she has received government and donor support for the construction of her house destroyed during…

Period covered by this operations update: 13 January to 12 April 2012 Appeal target (current): CHF 6.17 million Appeal coverage: 98 per cent based on current revised appeal budget. Appeal history: This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on a…

By Mervyn Fletcher TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, 15 May 2012 – It’s the morning rounds of the village mothers’ support group. Today, they’re visiting one of the poorest families in this remote village in eastern Sri Lanka. Video: UNICEF…

Livelihood support for returnee families One hundred and five families including thirty women headed households have been supported to revive their lost livelihoods and strengthen their income avenues, in what was once a former war zone. SDC…

Overview A World Bank project in Sri Lanka helped a greater number of boys and girls complete their basic education by the end of the last decade, with students scoring better in mathematics and English across all…

Saturday, May 05, 2012 - 02.11 GMT The governments of Sri Lanka and Australia in the interest of both countries have pledged to cooperate on curtailing illegal migration and human trafficking. The two countries have agreed to keep…

A provision of Rs. 8,600 million has been allocated by the Treasury in this year to develop thousand schools. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has proposed the “Thousand Secondary Schools Development Programme” through 2012 budget speech which aims to…

Childhood should be a time of innocence and schooling. But that’s not the reality for youth in Sri Lanka being recruited to fight the country’s civil war. For these youth, it’s weapons and war rather than…

New Delhi, 17 April 2012: Health experts from the 11 Member States of WHO’s SouthEast Asia Region met in New Delhi on 16-17 April to discuss and brainstorm about universal health care in the Region. WHO…

This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Colombo. It covers the period from 3 April 2012 to 9 April 2012. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES • On 31 March 2012 around…