Reports

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY One year after Sri Lanka's conflict ended, significant progress has been made on releases and returns from camps for internally displaced people (IDPs). Large-scale efforts are underway to re-establish essential services and livelihoods throughout the former conflict-affected areas…

Progress on releases and returns of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) has reduced the total number of IDPs in the Northern Province from approximately 285,000 in mid-2009 to just over 64,000 at the end of May 2010. Just over 56,000…

Returns have continued at a steady pace since the accelerated resettlement process commenced in October 2009, with 236,755 people released from camps as of 20 May. Of this total, 142,772 have returned to their districts of origin, while 92,791…

UNICEF Sri Lanka has handed over six new schools to local communities in the Eastern Province during two days of official ceremonies. The six schools represent an investment of 420 Million Rupees and will benefit thousands of pupils and…

Four hundred and twenty million Sri Lankan rupees invested in six schools in the east of the country COLOMBO, June 22, 2010 - UNICEF Sri Lanka handed over six new schools to local communities in eastern Sri Lanka during two…

The Government of Japan pledged its continuous support for Sri Lankan governments peace building and reconiliary efforts in the post war atmosphere in the country. Yasushi Akashi, Representative of the Government of Japan on Peace-Building in Sri Lanka, pledged 39…

Joint Survey with the SLA has uncovered 8 Aircraft Bombs in and around Mullaittivu Town At the request of the Sri Lankan Government, FSD has deployed assets to support the return of approximately 50,000 IDPs to 27 GN Divisions in…

KILINOCHCHI, 11 June 2010 (IRIN) - Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) returning home from camps in northern Sri Lanka are concerned about access to potable water and slow progress in clearing landmines. Since the government declared victory over the Liberation…

When the conflict in Sri Lanka restarted in 2007, the effects were felt at Mulliyavalai Kalaimahal Vithiyalayam school in Mulliativu District - the heartland of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) territory. Some of the 600-plus students were forcibly recruited as…

In May, 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). The LTTE was a rebel group fighting for what they called a separate homeland for the Tamil people. The Sri Lankan…