Reports

Medair has deployed a team to Sri Lanka to respond to the effects of the tsunami which has destroyed much of the coastal areas in southern Asia. Medair has been coordinating its South Asian disaster response from Colombo, Sri…

Seven south Asian nations have been adversely affected by Sunday's 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunamis (tidal waves). The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years struck deep under the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra early Dec.…

by Bandula Jayasekara in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, often described as a paradise island in the sun, will take months to recover from the devastation and havoc caused by the tidal waves which struck on 26 December and which…

29 December, 2004 Situation Sri Lanka is grappling with the full extent of the disaster. The latest government figures as of 29 December are: - 21,715 deaths. - 745,818 displaced - 8,602 injured - 4,028 missing - 565 displaced camps - The largest number…

How are children affected? Up to half the victims of the flooding in some areas are children and they are amongst the most vulnerable of the survivors. According to UNICEF on 30th December some 1.5 million children had been affected…

Bilateral donations For bilateral donations of relief commodities, the donating agency has to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Sri Lanka. The following documents have to be sent related to the commodities: Cargo Manifest Airway Bill Gift Certificate Packing list with…

ANKARA, Dec 29, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Turkey has sent a six-member search-and-rescue team to the Badulla region of Sri Lanka following Sunday's quake and tsunami disaster in southern Asia, semi-official Anatolia News Agency reported on Wednesday. Ozgur Bozoglu,…

On request of the Government of Sri Lanka the Russian Federation has been providing the following assistance to the population affected by earthquakes and tsunamis in the framework of a large scale international humanitarian operation: 1. USAR EMERCOM USAR team…

Le nouveau bilan s'établit comme suit : - 19 personnes décédées en Thaïlande et 1 au Sri Lanka (inchangé) - 90 personnes disparues (dont les corps n'ont pas été retrouvés) (en Thaïlande) - 189 personnes blessées Nos vérifications se poursuivent avec l'aide de…

NEW YORK - International humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS) announced today that it is expediting more than $900,000 in initial relief supplies and deploying emergency assistance teams to aid in recovery efforts in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, following Sunday's…