Reports

JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update The government has reduced the curfew from 22 hours to 14.5 hours as of 30 August. The curfew is lifted at different times in different regions (Jaffna, Valihamam, Vadamaradchi, Themaradchi and Island) making movement difficult between…

JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update As a result of advocacy efforts from the GA, ZDEs, the Bishop and UNICEF, the Security Forces Commander agreed for schools to open on 30th August in Jaffna town and Valikamam Zone. Curfew is lifted from…

Food distributions for 1,000 families in Batticaloa are underway as part of CRS' commitment of $100,000 to emergency relief efforts to help hundreds of thousands of people who have fled their homes due to the escalation of violence in…

COLOMBO, 30 August 2006 - More than 500 children, teachers and parents of Zahira Primary School, in Hambantota district, will today be the proud recipients of new primary school buildings. This is the second project, completed under the UNICEF…

On the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Government has initiated a programme to ensure an uninterrupted supply of food and other essential items to the people in the North and East. Under this programme, food items needed by…

KILINOCHCHI DISTRICT Situation update Shelling continues. IDP's Due to shelling on Saturday 26th August evening in Vadamarachchi East, 457 families (1314 members) have been displaced to Karachchi (162 families, 612 members) and Kandawalai (292 families, 702 members) DS divisions of…

Another ship load of essential food items such as rice, flour dhal, milk powder and infant milk will be sent to Jaffna later this week. The ship is expected to sail either on Wednesday or Thursday. The first stock…

Plus de 1 000 morts depuis janvier, plus de 160 000 déplacés, dont 41 000 à Jaffna au nord de l'île depuis deux mois. Les dernières hostilités au nord et à l'est du Sri Lanka semblent entraîner inexorablement le…

General The IASC Country Team approved today 25th August, the final field draft of the Sri Lanka CHAP for the period of September to December 2006. JAFFNA DISTRICT WFP in a press release stated today (25th August) the ship that left…

CHA reports that on 23rd August selected aid agencies met the Advisor to the President, Mr Basil Rajapaksha, to look at present issues and situation. Among others, outcomes are: the work permit deadline is extended to another week (previous…