Reports

Overall Situation Eric Schwartz, UN Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery began a ten-day assessment mission in Sri Lanka and Indonesia on 31 August. Mr. Schwartz who was appointed to replace Mr. Erskine Bowles as Former President Bill Clinton's deputy…

Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Gokulam -- Through its child-sponsorship program and donations from organizations like CHF International, the Bhaktivedanta Children's Home in Sri Lanka has begun construction on a new building that will serve as an addition to the orphanage's…

Flushing, New York, U.S.A. -- UNICEF, the world's leading children's organization, today presented World No. 1 Roger Federer with a plaque as a token of its appreciation for the efforts of the ATP and pro tennis to rapidly raise…

Overall Situation President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on 22 August at a ceremony at her official residence commended the Transitional Accommodation Project (TAP) of the Task Force for Relief (TAFOR) for completing 50,000 temporary houses for tsunami victims in a short…

UNICEF highlights Ms. Joanna van Gerpen arrived in Sri Lanka on 22 August to take on her assignment as UNICEF Representative The second post-tsunami nutrition survey tracked changes in the health and nutrition status of 1500 children since January and identified…

Coordination: FAO has been selected by the Government to be the official coordinator of fisheries in Sri Lanka. FAO has instituted regular NGO/Donor Coordination Meetings both in the fisheries and agricultural sectors to coordinate inputs distribution, avoid duplication of efforts and…

The Matching Funds Program is part of the Government of Canada's $425 million five-year commitment to tsunami-affected countries. The Government of Canada announced in the early aftermath of the tsunami that it would match dollar-for-dollar individual donations made between December…

Spending for the first 6 months (January-June 2005) of World Vision's Tsunami Response: India: 7,367,836 Indonesia: 14,941,674 Sri Lanka: 24,200,812 Thailand: 3,019,002 ATRT Coordination Office (Singapore): 1,772,822 TOTAL: 51,302,146 (USD) Anticipated Spending for 2005: USD 100 million Anticipated spending until the end of December is USD 100 million…

The ICRC is assisting dozens of rural communities in four districts in north and east Sri Lanka to re-establish livelihoods of people suffering from years of conflict and the effect of the tsunami. Report from the ICRC's Solveig Olafsdottir. In…

Vavuniya, August 4 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and ECHO provided an in-service training programme for Agriculture and Fisheries Instructors from 26 to 28 July 2005. The training was conducted by FAO in collaboration with…