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By World Vision staff What next? This is the critical question for the next phase of the humanitarian response in Sri Lanka as the land war with the Tamil Tigers comes to an end leaving almost a quarter of…

01-15 May 2009 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Displacement after April 2006 Location Number of Families Number of Individuals Jaffna 21,526 displaced before Dec 2005 5,873 displaced after Jan 2006 73,361 displaced before Dec 2005 19,864 displaced after Jan 2006 Kilinochchi Mullaitivu Vavuniya 61,697 253,796 Mannar 2,908 9,046 Trincomalee 2712 8591 Batticaloa 1,817 6,872 Ampara 1,028 3,732 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update - The…

1. Background (1) In Sri Lanka, the conflict between the government forces and the anti-government forces (Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE)) caused the surging number of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Since April 20, 2009, over 10,000 people have been…

Total number of IDPs arrived in Government controlled areas from uncleared areas from October 2008 District Families Persons Number of Sites Vavuniya as at 15/05 170,553* 22 Jaffna as at 08/04 3,865 11,168 12 Mannar (includes 804 old IDPs in Kalimoddai and Sirukandal) 363 856 03 Trincomalee as at 14/05 (Pulmoddai) 2,000 6,282 03 Total Civilian…

The Government of Sri Lanka is committed to supplying sufficient food to civilians held captive by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the no-fire zone on the Mullaitivu coast. The Government has since February facilitated the delivery of…

This report covers the period from 14 to 15 May 2009. The next report will be issued on or around 18 May. I. Highlights - The Ministry of Defence reported that at least 10,000 civilians from the conflict zone…

May 15, 2009 - While the U.N. Security Council and U.S. President Barak Obama are expressing concern and urging an end to violence, the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (www.crwrc.org) is providing emergency meals and temporary shelter to 15,000…

COLOMBO - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it has started providing cooked meals at a government screening point to feed thousands of desperate people fleeing the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka. "For many, this…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact sheet was dated May 8, 2009 KEY DEVELOPMENTS Relying on recent satellite images, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees…

President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a 19- member Presidential Task Force for Resettlement, Development and Security in the Northern Province. The Presidential directive appointing the Task Force dated May 07, 2009 published in the Gazette yesterday (13). The new Task Force has…