Reports

Death toll climbs above 156,000 The damage from the powerful tsunami is becoming more evident by the hour. CRS staff in Sri Lanka report that women and children are the most vulnerable. Destroyed roads are impeding the delivery of vital…

Suis de retour à Batticaloa après une journée de route en direction d'Ampara, normalement atteignable en 40 kilomètres, mais au vu des destructions obligeant à un trajet de 110 kilomètres! Pauline y a déménagé ses quartiers durablement, tant la…

So far 420 mio. DKK (app. 76 mio. USD) have been allocated in Danish emergency and reconstruction assistance. A preliminary division of the funds is 200 mio. DKK for emergency assistance, 100 mio. DKK for reconstruction and 120 mio.…

Tsunami Aid: Episcopal Relief and Development sends shelter materials to Sri Lanka; Pasadena parish raises $146,000 to assist initiatives [Episcopal News Service] Bolstered by a $146,000 gift from All Saints Church in Pasadena, Calif., Episcopal Relief and Development continues its response…

JRS Sri Lanka accompanies survivors of the tsunami A week after the tsunami catastrophe plunged Sri Lanka into the worst natural disaster in its history, the death toll rose staggeringly high with more decomposed bodies being found. The official death toll…

Oxfam International consists of twelve organisations around the world of which Oxfam Australia is a member. The Oxfams work together internationally in emergencies to coordinate a response that ensures maximum impact. Oxfam will be assisting up to 600,000 people over the…

As donors and politicians prepare to gather in Jakarta, Indonesia for the world summit for the tsunami disaster, international agency Oxfam warned them not to repeat the mistakes of the past and instead to commit to a comprehensive package…

Les trois missions du Secours populaire parties au Sri Lanka, en Inde et en Indonésie ont pu débuter leurs actions d'entraide dans les zones sinistrées. La première mission partie au Sri Lanka le 29 décembre a effectué des distributions dans…

WARRENTON, Virginia, Jan. 4, 2005 -- Air Serv International aircraft have arrived in Sri Lanka and have begun operations as part of the massive response of the humanitarian community to tsunami disaster. A King Air 300 and a Puma…

Northwest Medical Teams volunteers and local partners are hard at work bringing hope to people in countries affected by the tsunami disaster. Volunteer physicians, nurses and paramedics are treating people in Sri Lanka's eastern coastal region where, according to the U.S.…