Reports

21-28 June 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Shelling continues in areas closer to the Forward Defence Lines (FDLs), Poonakary and Vadamarachchi East over the last week. Restrictions of movement along the Akkarayan to Jayerapuram Road via Vannerikulam due to…

- Heavy fighting in the north and east of Sril Lanka is resulting in grave humanitarian consequences for over 200, 000 internally displaced persons. - Humanitarian access is greatly hindered to assist the civilian population in conflict-affected…

GROOTS International's Thematic Programme on Community Resilience seeks to empower grassroots women to build resilient communities. This programme emerged from member organizations' work in disaster-hit communities in India, Turkey, Honduras and Jamaica. Member groups found that disaster response programmes were…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update - Shelling continues in areas around the FDLs, Poonakary and Vadamarachchi East areas. - The GA Kilinochchi reports that there are difficulties in transporting food commodities in to the district since the decision to have the…

Districts: Mannar, Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Vadamaradchchi East (Jaffna) Vision: A just, peaceful, secure and democratic country free from hunger, poverty, health hazards, illiteracy, environmental degradation and all forms of exploitation and discrimination based on race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, language, caste,…

COLOMBO, 14 June 2007 - The final field draft of the Mid-Year Review (MYR) of the Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) 2007, which was approved by the IASC Country team after consultations with the Government, was presented to the…

31 May - 07 June 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Shelling continued in some areas. Internally Displaced Persons The GA-Mullaitivu reported on 05 June that the Government had granted permission to distribute food rations to 220 families displaced…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) NOTE: The last fact sheet was dated March 21, 2007. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - According to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), the Government of…

24-31 May 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update The Omanthai FDL (Forward Defence Line), which was temporarily closed last week, was reopened on 30 May. The Omanthai and Uyilankulam crossing points will be officially open for traffic three days…

Attached below is the joint UN agency North East situation monitoring report. This report is intended to give an overview of the current situation in the North East by tracking the trends of various conflict-sensitive indicators. The table on…