| AGENCY |
ASSISTANCE |
REMARKS |
LAST UPDATE |
| CHA |
School bags, stationery for 30 school children and kitchen
utencils for 20 families |
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21/01/2005 |
| Panadura-Help to Helpless- Non Food items;
request for 12 camps from the CNO- 1944 mats |
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27/01/2005 |
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| World Vision Lanka |
Phase I - Provided cooked food immediately.
Now in giving dry rations, medical supplies, clothing, non food
items
Phase II - String a 30 day operation from 4/1/05 to provide
emergency relief items
Phase III - Commencing Feb’05 - focusing on rehabilitation
and resconstruction.
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01/01/2005 |
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| UNICEF |
Working with the GA in Kalutara district
in the South to purchase recreation kits for affected children. |
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06/01/2005 |
| EDUCATION
• ‘School-in-a-Box’ kits have been distributed
to the most severely affected areas of the country. Each kit
has educational supplies for more than 80 students and 2 teachers
and contains such items as exercise books, pens, crayons,
blackboards, chalk, scissors, tape and school bags. 500 ‘School-in-a-Box’
kits have been distributed to the severely hit areas of Batticaloa,
Ampara, Trincomalee, Mullaitivu, Jaffna, Hambantota, Galle,
Kalutara and Gampaha, providing school supplies to 40,000
children. 3,000 more ‘School-in-a-Box’ kits will
be arriving at the end of the week and will be distributed
on a priority basis, providing supplies for a total of 240,000
children and 6,000 teachers.
• Over 100 schools damaged by the tsunami are being
cleaned and refurbished so that they can open before the end
of January. Rubble is being cleared, minor repairs and white-washing
is being carried out, and latrines and water points are being
established.
• UNICEF and GTZ are working together to provide urgently
needed psychosocial support to children through teachers trained
as counsellors
• Desks and chairs for students of different age groups,
and teachers, are being ordered and made in Colombo and elsewhere
throughout the country. This will boost local employment and
ensure that schools have furniture as soon as possible.
• Uniform fabric has been ordered, cutting arranged
in Colombo, and stitching is being carried out locally so
as to reach children quickly, meet local needs, and contribute
to local employment efforts.
• The construction of temporary schools using locally
sourced materials and voluntary labour is also underway.
HEALTH & NUTRITION
• Within 72 hours emergency health kits containing essential
drugs and equipment capable of servicing up to 150,000 people
for three months were provided to all affected areas.
• UNICEF immediately produced and distributed 200,000
leaflets in both Tamil and Sinhalese with health messages
to mitigate the spread of communicable disease, accident prevention
and safe hygiene practices
• An initial batch of water purification tablets, oral
re-hydration salts and intravenous fluids were distributed
to affected families to help prevent disease outbreaks in
camps.
• 200,000 leaflets have been developed for the protection
and promotion of breastfeeding.
• A nutrition survey has been developed and will be
conducted in affected areas from the beginning of next week
to understand the nutritional status of women and children
and track subsequent changes and the effect of interventions.
• In order to improve referral of emergency cases and
to provide outreach services, 19 double cabs and 7 ambulances
have been ordered for the Ministry of Health.
• Restoration of the Cold Chain through provision of
vaccine carriers, cold boxes, refrigerators and deep freezers
as well as 5 vaccine transport vans and 3 drug/vaccine transport
lorries.
WATER & SANITATION
UNICEF staff were immediately seconded to the water and sanitation
desk at the government’s Centre for National Operations
(CNO) to provide technical assistance for the government’s
response to the crisis. UNICEF is also the lead agency for
coordinating the UN’s water and sanitation response
to the tsunami disaster. Key activities include supporting
the construction of latrines in camps, schools and communities;
providing hand washing facilities and hygiene education, and
constructing bathing facilities in camps.
CHILD PROTECTION & PSYCHOSOCIAL
CARE
The Government of Sri Lanka, UNICEF, Save the Children in
Sri Lanka (SCiSL) and the ILO are working together closely
to ensure that these children remain in safe environments,
protected from violence, exploitation and abuse.
As one of the lead agencies for child protection and psychosocial
care, UNICEF is supporting a national coalition to trace &
care for unaccompanied and separated children; training psychosocial
workers in 10 of the 12 affected districts and is procuring
and distributing recreation kits for temporary camps so that
children can regain a glimmer of normalcy. |
16/01/2005 |
| Mosquito nets- 3,000 were provided |
03/03/2005 |
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| SL Red Cross Society |
30 volunteers working each day; 03 First Aid Teams treated
80 wounded; 15 volunteers distributing NFRI |
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06/01/2005 |
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| Sri Lanka Church Child Care Association |
Water bottles, lunch boxes, clothes, exercise books - Panadura |
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19/01/2005 |
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| VSO |
1 English Teacher Trainer – Pasdunrata NCOE |
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27/01/2005 |
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| SEDEC |
Pens-150,Pencil-150,Medicine-36,Kitchen Utensils-15,School
Uniform Materials-605,School Bags-150,Clothes-350,Underwear-300,Exercise
Books-8387,Mats & Pillows-33,Under Skirts-132,Nights Dress-08,Drinking
Water Bottles-150,Generators-02 |
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27/01/2005 |
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| UNHCR |
A total of 300 tents were delivered |
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03/02/2005 |
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| SOS Children's Villages of Sri Lanka |
Dry rations, school stationery and undergarments were handed
out to 300 persons in refugee camp in Payagala
SOS Youth participated in ground clearing activity at the site
in Bandaragama for building temporary shelter for the affected
families.
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10/02/2005 |
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| Samaritan’s Purse |
In cooperation with the District Water Board of Kalutara and
St. Vincent’s Catholic Church, a water treatment unit
was installed at the St. Vincent’s refugee camp and adjacent
orphanage. Each family was also given two buckets and two all-purpose
bars of soap. The bucket labelled with a ‘C’ (clean),
will be used for gathering and storing drinking water. The other
bucket labelled with a ‘D’ (dirty), will be used
for bathing and washing. |
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10/02/2005 |
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| International Organization for Migration |
Construction of temporary
shelters for 26 families commenced and is progressing rapidly
in Katukurunda. The shelters are expected to be finished within
the week
Construction of temporary shelters for 32 families in Paiyagala
North is in the initial stages with land preparation currently
taking place.
For the area around Paiyagala North, IOM received a site map
with plot locations and names of 44 families needing transitional
shelters. Construction of these will begin in the near future.
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24/02/2005 |
Shelter/Construction and other camp activities:
• Construction of temporary shelters for 26 families is
in the final stages in Katukurunda. One community centre has
been completed on site. Construction of toilets and showers
is progressing.
• Construction of temporary shelters
for 40 families commenced in Paiyagala North. Transitional
shelters – general information:
• IOM’s contracted shelter engineer is finalising
three different shelter designs. Model construction is planned
to commence in Kalutara district on Wednesday 2nd March 2005.
Livelihood development:
• In Kalutara district, an IOM officer discussed with
the Divisional Secretary and UNDP the possibility of IOM supporting
the establishment of a livelihood database.
A total of 58 temporary shelters are under construction in
Kalutara district.
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10/03/2005 |
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| ITDG |
2 media field visits to highlight need for community
participation angle took place – to Godawaya & Kalutara |
10/03/2005 |
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| World Food Programme |
During the monitoring activities
WFP has noticed that 2nd & 3rd cycle of food distribution
are late in some parts.
Food commodities were dispatched in small batches. Sometimes
only a part of the WFP food basket was received.
WFP and ILO are discussing possibilities for partnering under
FFW activities. –FFW activities include clearing of
debris and rehabilitation of roads
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10/03/2005 |