Reports

Colombo, 27 April 2009 - UNICEF said that 50 metric tonnes of airlifted emergency relief supplies landed today in Colombo. The supplies will immediately be sent to northern Sri Lanka to meet some of the most urgent needs of…

Colombo, le 27 avril 2009 - L'UNICEF a déclaré que 50 tonnes d'aide d'urgence arrivaient aujourd'hui par avion à Colombo. Le matériel sera immédiatement envoyé dans le nord du pays afin de répondre aux besoins les plus urgents des…

Save the Children New Zealand has announced that it is sending NZ$30,000 to support the organisation's international appeal to help the thousands of children and their families that are affected by the current conflict in Sri Lanka. Save the…

Save the Children estimates 100,000 displaced people are struggling to survive in the northern tip of Sri Lanka and children are the most vulnerable. Save the Children launches an appeal for =A32.5million to ensure they can continue to help…

With heavy fighting between Sri Lankan troops and rebel forces threatening thousands of desperate civilians packed into a tiny, five-square-mile area along the island country's north-eastern coast, a senior United Nations humanitarian official today urged the Government to allow an…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2009 - On any random morning, most 11-year-old Sri Lankan children are seated safely behind their school desks. In a nation that prides itself on being the regional leader in education, these students in their…

WFP has pre-positioned food in the northern Vavuniya district of Sri Lanka to meet the needs of the tens of thousands of people who are fleeing the 'safe zone' along the north eastern coast of Mullaitivu. by Heather Sutliff COLOMBO -…

COLOMBO, 23 April 2009 (IRIN) - International and Sri Lankan relief agencies and government authorities are scrambling all available resources, and sending out appeals for more assistance, after over 100,000 Sri Lankan civilians fled combat areas in the north…

COLOMBO, 23 April 2009: The UN today issued an urgent appeal for funds to meet the critical needs of an exodus of thousands of people who are fleeing fighting. Speaking from Colombo after returning from camps in the town of…

Baltimore, April 23, 2009 - Lutheran World Relief is responding to the urgent humanitarian needs of people displaced by fighting between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Armed conflict in Sri Lanka…