Reports

The team comprising of Dr Palasunthram Shanmuhasunthram, Executive Member of MERCY Malaysia, Dr Nasir Mohamad and Praemeenah Poobalan was met by Malaysian High Commission representatives on arrival in Colombo. The local NGO and community leaders showed the team photographs of…

1. On January 4 (Tue), the Government of Japan decided to dispatch a second Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team from January 5 (Wed) to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, which was struck by a devastating tsunami caused…

Japanese victims of the earthquake/tsunami disaster Press Secretary Hatsuhisa Takashima: Good afternoon and Happy New Year to you. Thank you very much for coming to the briefing. Today, I would like to give you some information on the earthquake and tsunami…

Australian NGOs are providing emergency assistance to the many communities in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia that were devastated by the massive earthquake on 26 December 2004. Australian aid agencies are supporting their local partners…

CAFOD has received unprecedented donations from parishes around England and Wales to help the victims of the Asian Tsunami disaster. As well as generous individual donations, parishes throughout England and Wales held special collections for CAFOD's Appeal on Sunday. More special…

Statistics The statistics of persons affected by the Tsunami as at 3rd January 2005 at 10.00hrs is as follows: District Deaths Injured Missing Displaced Colombo 76 12 16,139 Gampaha 7 32,000 Kalutara 213 421 48 37,595 Galle 4,101 2,500 120,000 Matara 1,205 8,288 404 41,900 Hambantota 4,500 27,351 Ampara 10,436 120 183,527 Mullaitivu 3,000 2,500 1,300 24,557 Batticaloa 2,497 1,166 1,097 203,807 Trincomalee 957 335 51,863 Killinochchi 560 147 56 49,129 Jaffna 2,640 541 540 48,729 Puttlam 4 850 Vavuniya * 641 Total 30,196 15,683 3,792 838,088 Source : District Secretariats(These figures are tentative and as are reported by the respective DS) * Vavuniya district is…

Direct Relief's CEO and other representatives of the the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD) (www.pqmd.org) conferenced today to ensure coordinated efforts among member nonprofit organizations and companies responding to the tsunami. PQMD's website contains information about and links to…

World Vision, one of the world's leading Christian relief and development organisations, aims to raise £28 million ($50 million) globally to help the victims of the South Asia disaster, the largest single commitment in the organisation's 54-year history. "This is…

The medical team dispatched by the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation began providing medical care for victims of the devastating Dec. 26 tsunamis in Hambantota in southeastern Sri Lanka on Dec. 31, 2004. Besides providing medical care, Tzu Chi will also…

An estimated 1.5 million displaced Sri Lankans are heading inland, a coastal exodus that is creating new logistical problems. By Robert Marquand - Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor HIKKADUWA VILLAGE, SRI LANKA -- Pawadamasari fished for 35 years from a…