Reports

Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, December 30, 2004 (New York, NY) - When the tsunami of December 26 hit Sri Lanka with 50-foot waves traveling more than 1.5 miles inland, the country was already reeling from floods two weeks earlier. Over…

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has begun a $1.7 million Cdn./$1.4 million U.S. immediate and long-term response to devastation left behind by the southern Asia earthquake and tsunamis that have killed over 100,000 people in eight countries, one third of…

On 30th.December.2004 TRO Issued Mats, Bed sheet, and Milk food to 5000 victims of "Tsunami" . 60 care centres are maintained by TRO in Trinco District. Medical assistance and other services are also provided and also Co-ordinates Doctors and…

31 December, 2004 Situation The following table gives a picture of the emerging extent of the disaster on a district-wide basis. District No. of deaths No. of individualsdisplaced No. of injured No. of missing No. of housesfully damaged No. of camps Colombo 65 24,500 12 54 Gampaha 7 32,000 500 10 Kalutara 170 33,794 726 31 66 Galle 3,724 44,582 2,500 7,500 150 Matara 1,061 40,500 4,000 10,000 64 Hambantota 4,500 28,785 5,000 38 Ampara 10,436 183,527 120 19,100 125 Batticaloa 2,222 285,408 1,106 600 29,000 93 Mullaitivu 1,700 24,557 2,500 1,300 4,000 19 Trincomalee 925 93,408 327 4,000 92 Jaffna 2,076 48,729 541 500 38 Puttlam 4 Vavuniya 140 99 109 2,000 10 Kilinochchi 559 49,286 880 62 22 total 27,589 889,175 12,482 4,832 79,100 781 Ampara in the East and…

HIGHLIGHTS - While there are not yet any reports of outbreaks of disease, the fear of epidemics is constantly present - Urgent need to provide psychosocial support to traumatized persons. - Reports of looting and pillaging of aid in…

The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has raised over S$5 million Singapore dollars from members of the public and corporate companies to date. Over S$2.6 million Singapore Dollars were raised from individual donors and another S$2.4 million Singapore Dollars from…

Tears, pain and suffering -- on the Holiday Island. These were the first impressions of the BWAid / HBAid Immediate Response Team consisting of special search and rescue professionals, medical doctors and humanitarian experts who arrived on 28 th…

Official Spokesperson: You are all watching the developments in the wake of the Tsunami disaster and the relief and rescue efforts that have been launched. In addition to the information put out by us this morning, I thought I…

Period Covered 28th to the 29th December, 2004 Date of transmission: 29th December, 2004 20:00 hrs Key Developments - WHO offices are fully mobilsed across the region, with 24 hour crises centres opened in New Delhi and Geneva - WHO…

Islamic Relief has allocated €1,400,000 to bring emergency aid to the survivors of a disaster that has claimed 114,000 lives at the latest count. Islamic Relief is now appealing for €5,600,000 from the general public as the emergency intervention…