Reports

Christian Aid's Asia specialist, Anjali Kwatra, is part of a Christian Aid emergency assessment team in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka. Here is her eyewitness account. We spent the day in the village of Dutchbar three miles away from our base…

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…

Silver Spring, Maryland- The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is distributing 30,000 pounds of medical and water purification supplies that were airlifted to Sri Lanka yesterday. The supplies, provided by AmeriCares, are being distributed by ADRA to inpatient hospitals…

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs Grants Two Million Euros in Additional Support to Tsunami Victims in Asia Press Release 309/2004 The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted an additional two million Euros through the Finnish Red Cross in humanitarian…

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…

LISBON, Dec 30, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Portugal announced Thursday the donation of eight million euros (10.8 million dollars) to help the victims of the tsunami that hit some South and Southeast Asian countries on Sunday. On Wednesday, Portugal…

The Secretariat of the General People's Committee held Wednesday its 37th ordinary meeting for 2004. A number of issues related to youth, sport, education, higher education, manpower, operations and training, economy and energy were discussed. The Secretariat of General People's…

Cologne. On Wednesday, 29 December, 10 p.m., seven specialists of Malteser Crisis Intervention Team (KIT) left Frankfurt for Phuket by order of the German Foreign Office. The Malteser support two Crisis Intervention Teams in psychological care of German tourists on…