Reports

President Mahinda Rajapaksa convened an urgent meeting concerning the food supplies to the civilians trapped in the North. On the President's immediate directive, more than 40 tons of urgently required food items will be shipped tonight to the civilians trapped in…

COLOMBO, 17 February 2009 - With a growing number of children being recruited by the LTTE and scores of children being killed or injured in fighting, UNICEF today expressed its gravest concerns for children, as Sri Lanka's conflict enters…

29 January - 12 February 2009 IDP situation as reported this week by GAs Displacement after April 2006 Location Number of Families Number of Individuals Jaffna 5,995 20,149 Kilinochchi TBC TBC Mullaitivu TBC TBC Vavuniya 12,504 41,450 Mannar 2,908 9,046 Trincomalee 1,176 3,829 Batticaloa 2,120 8,037 Ampara 1,091 3,961 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update - Jaffna experiences unannounced power cuts during the day with an extension of the usual power…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / UPDATE Following advances of the Sri Lankan Army into Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts during the second half of 2008, heavy fighting continued in January 2009. During the first weeks of the new year,…

Colombo, February 11, 2009 ─ The World Bank today launched a competitive Development Marketplace for Nutrition aimed at finding and funding innovative ideas that will change the lives of thousands of pregnant women, infants, and young children in South Asia. Titled…

A WFP rapid food security review of the Northern Province in January 2009 to do preliminary needs assessment. At present the entire population in the Vanni (estimated at 250,000) is facing a food crisis due to almost complete loss…

Despite very limited access to the displaced people in the northern Vanni region, WFP has organized 11 convoys since September and is now looking for other innovative solutions. ROME -- Around 250,000 people are in need of food assistance in…

Christian Aid partner organisations in Sri Lanka report that the tens of thousands of civilians fleeing the fighting in the north of the island are in desperate need of humanitarian aid. IOFERR Ceylon, a Christian Aid partner, has been working…

All patients and the medical staff of Pudukkudyirippu Government Hospital have now been shifted to a safer location north of Pudukkudyrippu through the mediation of ICRC. According to Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition there are now no hospitals functioning in…

Secretary of Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition has informed all heads of Diplomatic Missions and ICRC in Sri Lanka that he has instructed Regional Directors of Health in Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi to take their healthcare activities for the civilians…