Bay Area Sri Lankans for Action

The Sri Lankan Government gave an early estimate of $US3.5 billion to rebuild its battered eastern coastal states, but multilateral agencies have since downgraded this to $US1.5 billion.

“UPFA government as well as the LTTE have acquired a remarkable ability to resist international pressure,”

SRI LANKA

This week, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) and the Federation undertook to reconstruct and rehabilitate 34 health facilities in tsunami-affected areas throughout Sri Lanka. A memorandum of understanding was signed with the Ministry of Health on 14 March, outlining the details of a project which includes general, base, district and rural hospitals, peripheral units, central dispensaries and nurse training centres in 11 affected districts.

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Return of rains brings fresh hope

“The friendship between the two countries go as far as the independence of our two countries”

Rules Leave Tsunami Survivors Unable to Rebuild Lives

The President briefed her on the current moves to establish a negotiated and lasting settlement to the conflict within the framework of Oslo Declaration.

Neither the World Bank nor any other foreign institution has a right to hold direct talks or directly assist financially a “terrorist organization recognized all over the world” on developments or any other issues, the JVP statement has said.

“SLMM should take steps to stop atrocities committed by the government troops on students and civilians,”

allowing the suspect in bail might lead to unrest among the public

A group of fifty Sri Lankan Tamil refugees abandoned on a sandbank in the seas off Thalaimannar

Finance Secretary P. B. Jayasundara said the pledging frenzy

Disaster aid is breeding envy and greed

“We found that some of the foreign aid had disappeared,”

Farm Bureau Extends Deadline for Tsunami Aid

Physician returns to Fremont after almost a month in Sri Lanka

Habitat for Humanity to build 25,000 homes for disaster victims

US Church, TRO pay $10,000 taxes to clear water purifiers from Sri Lanka Customs

Tsunami Aftermath in Sri Lanka–Providing Psychiatric and Psychosocial Assistance

Second model village opened in Amparai

Sri Lanka within four minutes

“This is not one shot over and done with; this is a long-term plan.”

Tsunami Aid Reaches Only 30% of People

Norway envoy meets Sri Lanka rebels over tsunami aid

Institutional Decay perpetuated ethnic conflict

Revolutionary Worker

World Music & Spoken Word
BENEFIT FOR
TSUNAMI RELIEF
Thursday, 8pm
January 20

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
2640 College Avenue, Berkeley

Click here for more information.

Just came from a very good huge art exhibition at the Institute of
Aesthetic Studies, which will continue days & evenings Fri. January 21
thru Sun. Jan. 23, at 46 Horton Place, Colombo 7.

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