Reports

Sewalanka Foundation continues to rebuild lives affected by the May 2003 monsoon rains in Southern Sri Lankan; that left over 100 people dead and approximately 175,000 people destitute. At the time of the floods, Sewalanka Foundation with the support of…

The U.S. Embassy this week inaugurated four projects in Batticaloa District aimed at improving the health and vocational skills of local residents. These initiatives funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) include the donation of cardiac patient monitoring equipment…

24 September 2004, Rome - Over 55 000 conflict-affected families in the northeastern part of Sri Lanka will get access to quality rice seed through a recently launched emergency project funded by the Government of Japan, the UN Food…

COLOMBO, Sept 15, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Norwegian government has decided to grant 145,000 US dollars for the support of efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to assist drought- affect Sri Lankans, the Norwegian embassy…

Why are Upcountry Tamils forgotten? About 30,000 Upcountry Tamils, who fled to India from Sri Lanka to escape the civil war between majority Buddhist Sinhalese and minority Hindu Tamils, reside throughout some 100 refugee camps in India's Tamil Nadu state…

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, 9 September 2004 - A report released today by UNICEF says that the stalled peace talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a major impediment to assisting…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (7 September 2004) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to lend US$570 million to Sri Lanka over the next two years, according to a Country Strategy and Program (CSP) Update for 2005-2006 endorsed by ADB's Board…

The project assisted by the Government of Japan for sustainable human development and poverty alleviation in the Puttlam District has achieved ample output. Japan has provided a sum of US$ 62,200 (approximately Rs. 5.9 million) in October last year…

COLOMBO, Sept 1, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Norwegian peace facilitators are to make a fresh attempt mid this month to revive Sri Lanka's stalled peace process with the Tamil Tiger rebels, diplomatic sources here said on Wednesday. Norwegian…

Program Description USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) program in Sri Lanka assists in generating greater support for a negotiated peace settlement to end the long-standing conflict. To accomplish this aim, USAID/OTI's three objectives are to: Demonstrate tangible benefits of…